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Job TitleManager - Facilities Management
LocationAkron
FacilityAkron General Medical Center
DepartmentFacilities Engineering-Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Job Code001588
ShiftDays + Call
Schedule7:00am-5:00pm
Job Summary
Job Details
Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.
As the Facilities Management Manager, your work ensures the safe and reliable environment our caregivers need to deliver this world-class care. In this role, you will supervise facilities caregivers and provide leadership, orientation, training, coaching and mentoring to assigned caregivers at Akron General’s Main Campus and Lodi Hospital. You will oversee installation, inspections, repairs, trouble shooting and daily maintenance of buildings, infrastructures, facility equipment and grounds in the respective facilities skilled trade. This role involves optimizing building systems, maintaining regulatory compliance, supporting innovation, and promoting sustainability to uphold Cleveland Clinic's commitment to providing world-class healthcare services and advancing the future of medicine. The ideal caregiver for this role will have an engineering background, hospital facilities management experience or a skilled trade background along with strong leadership skills.
A caregiver in this position works Monday-Friday from 7:00AM – 4:00PM/5:00PM, with on-call requirements.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Be responsible for the safe and continuous operation of the assigned facilities shop/trade including Preventative Maintenance, Operation and testing in accordance with state laws, applicable codes and policies.
Ensure compliance with all facility regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Attract, develop, engage and retain talented employees.
Develop Preventative Maintenance needs for maintaining building systems and trade standards/specifications.
Create a work environment where people can realize their full potential in order to meet current and future clinical and business challenges.
Provide ongoing performance feedback to assigned employees through coaching and mentoring.
Be accountable for staffing and capacity planning for the assigned shop/trade.
Focus and guide assigned employees in accomplishing work objectives, holding high expectations for self and others.
Be accountable for ensuring caregivers have access to training and operating procedures consistent with regulatory compliance requirements, departmental and organizational policies, procedures and protocols.
Perform quality assurance reviews of work completed by assigned employees.
Analyze problems and coordinate work plans with other departments as appropriate.
Be accountable for the development and monitoring of, and compliance with, the departmental budget, including capital, operating and construction budgets.
Manage current expenses in a responsible manner.
Review inventory of equipment and materials and initiate purchase requisitions.
Maintain basic knowledge of applicable statutory, regulatory and administrative requirements relative to departmental operations and ensure departmental compliance.
Generate Infrastructure requirements and prioritization for the assigned region working closely with the Director of Infrastructure.
Participate as a member of the Environment of Care Committee and oversee the integrity of all fire safety systems.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
Completion of apprenticeship trade or vocational school OR knowledge obtained through four years of on-the-job training experience in the appropriate area of responsibility
Four years of experience as a fully qualified tradesperson or technician in respective area of responsibility (e.g., electrical, plumbing)
OR Associate’s Degree OR an additional two years of experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related field OR an additional 4 years of supervisory or managerial experience may substitute degree requirement
Master license and other licenses required as appropriate for trade
Ability to work with employees, interdepartmental teams and organizational leadership across the enterprise to effectively complete goals.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
An additional two years of previous supervisory or managerial experience or demonstration of formal education in business management
Membership in professional trade organization
Certified Healthcare Facilities Manager (CHFM), Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP) or Professional Engineer (PE)
Healthcare experience
Mechanical Engineer
Strong leadership skills
Previous manager at a hospital with at least 100 beds OR large organization
Previously oversaw 10 or more direct reports
Working knowledge of Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing and Mechanical Experience
Physical Requirements:
Requires color acuity sufficient to distinguish color coded wiring and piping.
The position requires extensive sitting and dexterity to perform work on a PC.
The position requires the ability to walk to parts of various hospital campuses, and to stand or sit for extended periods in the completion of assigned duties.
The position requires a passport and/or the ability to get a passport within a reasonable time frame.
The position requires the ability to perform occasional lifting of 5 to 15 pounds.
Personal Protective Equipment:
PPE 1
PPE 2
The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.
Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.
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