Maintenance Manager - Maintenance & Housekeeping

About This Role

This role involves overseeing the provision of maintenance services and managing the housekeeping team within a residential facility, ensuring safe, efficient, and responsive operations. The manager will be the primary contact for outsourced maintenance providers, track work in the CMMS, and support operations and maintenance accounts. The position suits a professional with hands-on maintenance and housekeeping experience who can motivate teams to achieve excellent outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Comply with established home policies, practices, and standards regarding resident safety and Occupational Health & Safety
• Adhere to Home and departmental policies and procedures
• Appraise employees and report their effectiveness
• Understand and respect the responsibilities of associates in the Home and support them wherever possible in the achievement of their objectives
• Supervise workers involved in maintenance and housekeeping
• Assign maintenance personnel to specific jobs and spot-check work to ensure adherence to required standards of safety and building regulations
• Conduct the orientation of new departmental staff to familiarize them with their position requirements
• Ensure the continuity of the Management System
• Maintain the departmental Quality Assurance program
• Ensure that staffing patterns are maintained in accordance with the functional needs of the department
• Develop and maintain an effective working relationship with departmental staff and other home employees and keep them informed of any changes and developments which may affect them
• Assist with the development and maintenance of a departmental orientation program and ongoing educational programs for maintenance staff members
• Participate in Home, Community and District committees as assigned
• Complete monthly, annual, and other operational reports and submit these to the Client and District Managers
• Ensure that confidentiality is maintained
• Conduct Fire and Safety Drills as required by regulation

Requirements

• One of the following qualifications:
• Certified Engineering Technologist (CET) or higher, such as a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) or Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation
• Licensed Industrial Electrician authorized to practice in Ontario
• Power Engineer certification
• 3-5 years working in the maintenance department of an Acute Care or Long-Term Care or Congregate Living Facility
• Experience in managing a housekeeping team
• Experience in purchasing contracted services and quoting for construction and repair services
• Familiarity with planning maintenance and activities to meet regulatory compliance in the management of a Canadian Facilities Maintenance Program