Director of Maintenance

## Description

**Location(s):** Palatine, IL

**Hours:** Full time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm, 35 hours per week (plus on-call)

**Salary: $68,000-75,000/year,** plus full time benefits

Clearbrook is a non-profit, social services agency that specializes in providing innovative tools, services and opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as Autism and Down Syndrome.

**General Duties**: The Director of Maintenance coordinates all maintenance activities. The Director of Maintenance reports directly to the Vice President of Operations. The Director of Maintenance is on call 24/7.

**Essential Functions:**

• Develop capital budgets to update and maintain all facilities.
• Meet with Executive and Program Management teams to review growth, capital/operational budgets, and work orders.
• Procure and review all major contracts requiring maintenance and/or capital expenditures ensuring the quality of work performed and materials used as well as best pricing.
• Insure all facilities and equipment comply with IDPH, DHS, BALC, State Fire Marshal, and local building codes.
• Ensure that buildings are maintained in good repair and free of all hazards as needed.
• Ensure that all electrical, mechanical, water supply, heating, air conditioning, fire protection, and sewage disposal systems in a safe, clean and functioning condition. This shall include regular inspections of these systems. This involves all issues relating to the buildings we occupy whether we rent or own.
• Ensure that the interior and exterior finishes of the buildings are maintained to keep them attractive, clean and safe.
• Ensure safe working conditions of maintenance staff in accordance with Clearbrook policy and OSHA standards.
• Monitor purchasing of maintenance supplies and equipment.
• Ensure that the grounds are maintained in a safe, sanitary and presentable condition.
• Ensure that all plumbing/electrical/boilers are in good repair and properly functioning.
• Respond to maintenance emergencies as required.
• It is the responsibility of the Director of Maintenance to maintain confidentiality with all clients and their families and maintain a professional image/role as a representative of the agency.
• To review all major contracts requiring maintenance and/or capital expenditures ensuring the quality of work performed and materials used as well as best pricing.
• Responsible for successfully implementing the PHI coaching approach, as well as, utilizing PHI techniques when communicating with staff.
• Complete mandatory training annually.
• Perform other duties as assigned. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

**Staff Supervision**

Team management

• Hire, train, schedule, and supervise maintenance staff.

**Planning and scheduling:**

• Develop maintenance schedules and assign works orders/tasks to maintenance staff, prioritizing work orders based up facility and programmatic needs.
• Routinely follow up on completed work orders to assess quality of work.
• Verify all checklist and paperwork is completed on time.

**Training/Mentoring**

• Work directly with maintenance staff to improve their skills.
• Identify external training opportunities for the staff to attend.

## Qualifications
**Qualifications:**

• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States

**Education:**

• Minimum: H. S. education or equivalent

**Experience:**

• Minimum: 3 - 5 years of property maintenance / management

**Additional Skills:**

• Project Management, Mentoring Individuals, Tech-Savvy

**Physical Demands:**

• Perform physical tasks as determined by the Essential Functions

**Full Time Benefits Package:**

• Group term life insurance and long-term disability insurance (fully paid for by Clearbrook!)
• Health insurance
• Optional dental, short-term disability, and critical illness and accident insurance
• 403(b) retirement savings plus company contributions
• Paid sick days
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Opportunities for training and referral bonuses
• And MORE!

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).