Plant & Facilities Manager-Maintenance & Engineering - Shriners Children's

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

All employees are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a full-time or part-time status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans. Additional benefits available to full-time and part-time employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

We are a premier pediatric specialty, research, and academic teaching hospital with a medical and research partnership with Massachusetts General Brigham. It is the world’s leading center for pediatric burn care and is the only American Burn Association (ABA) exclusively pediatric verified burn center in New England and New York.

The Boston Shriners Hospital is one of four pediatric burn specialty hospitals in Shriners Children’s health system and provide comprehensive care for cleft lip and palate, as well as other craniofacial anomalies, with a multidisciplinary care team.

To plan, organize, develop, and direct the operations of the Maintenance Department at Shriners Children's.  Responsible for contract services including grounds, security and environmental services.

Strong knowledge of  hospital preparedness for Joint Commission survey, Environment of Care, Emergency Management and Life Safety standards.

This role will also supervise the plant & facilities supervisor at our Springfield MA clinic. Required meetings are able to done mostly remotely; however, the manager of the Boston facility is expected to travel to Springfield 1-2 days a month.

• Oversees the building's vendor relationships and assists in development of operating and capital budgets.
• Assists in operations and maintenance issues, troubleshooting and problem solving as required.
• Recommends and implements improvements for preventive maintenance programs on an on-going basis and develop/maintain effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.
• Coordinates maintenance efforts with outside contractors, personnel and technicians. Oversees all building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC and electrical issues and must remain competent and with critical building system controls and functionality
• Maintains on-going communication with hospital leadership, staff, facility management team and vendors.
• Assists in solicitation and acquisition of new management contracts. Coordinates development and maintenance of as-built drawings.
• Responds to all emergency situations quickly (fire, evacuation, equipment failure etc.) and leadership and/or staff concerns.
• Implements and administers inventory control programs/purchase parts and supplies.
• Develops specifications and assists in solicitation and administration of maintenance/repair service contracts.
• Establishes and monitors programs to ensure compliance with applicable codes, regulations, government agency and company directives as relates to building operations.
• Demonstrates and maintain current knowledge and skills necessary to provide care/services appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Must have working knowledge of building and maintenance codes/regulations, Joint Commission Standards and all local/state and federal regulations required for health-care 
• Possess skills and abilities of Environment of Care, Hospital Safety, Hazardous Materials/Waste Emergency Preparedness, Life Safety, Equipment Safety, Utility Management, Performance Improvement Risk Management, Infection Control.    

High School Diploma/GED required; Bachelor's Degree in Engineering strongly preferred. 5 years plus Maintenance Management experience, in a healthcare setting required.Certified Healthcare Facilities, MA Engineering license and American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) all strongly preferred.