Director of Environmental Services - Dania Beach, United States - The Residence at Dania Beach

The Residence at Dania Beach

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Dania Beach, United States

1 week ago

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Description

Summary:

The DES administers and directs programs to manage building maintenance, grounds, and equipment and to procure or generate utilities and their distribution systems.

Also coordinate construction and renovation programs. The DES works under the direction of the Administrator.

Incumbent is guided by through knowledge of engineering and construction principles, practices and procedures, applicable laws and government regulations, principles of management and supervision and procedures and policies of departments and facility.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Plans, organizes, and controls functions and activities of plant operations, maintenance and building renovations.
Reviews and evaluates existing programs, services, policies and procedures. Develops, recommends to Regional Manager and implements or guides implementation of new and/or modified programs, services, policies and/or procedures.
Meets with client, medical, admistrative, and supervisory staff, as well as community groups, agencies, contractors, architects and engineers to plan, organize, coordinate,a nd/or communicate programs, services, policies and/or procedures.
Monitors flow and quality of work to assure timely completion of workload and adherence to facility's standards and regulations.
Insures adequate inventories of supplies and approved requisitions for equipment, supplies, etc., as authorized.
Prepares and manges the departmental budgets, including utilities energy savings programs.
Prepares and maintains a variety of departmental records and reports.
Manages and insures compliance with State health Department, Fire Inspection, EPA, DEP, ADA and other regulatory business appointments.
Financially accountable for the Environmental and Maintenance Service Departments. The Director operates the departments in accordance with the approved budget, while providing the client with the maximum value spent.
Maintain an environemt a sanitary, attractive and orderly condition.
Plan, organize, direct coordinate and supervise functions and activities of the departments.
Monitors flow and quality of work to assure timely completion of workload and adherence to faility's standards and regulations
Prepares and maintains a variety of departmental records, logs and reports.
Interviews independent contractors to review and analyze bids, submits bids and recommendations to administration for consideration.
Conducts regular management staff meetings and communications with members of other departments to coordinate housekeeping and maintenance activities.
Maintains the departments in an "inspection ready" state at all times, assuring the departments operate within federal, state and local regulations.
Implements change to the environmental and maintenance service program that enhances the desirability of the community for current and future residents.
Maintains appropriate security for all clientsowned property, supplies and operating funds.
Participate and take on appropriate responsibilies in the community for their safety program.
Responsible for in house fire and emergency response policy and procedures to include facilitywide training program and all fire safetyrelated equipment inspection and maintenance.
Maintains a safe environment which includes the facility and all grounds.

Performs a variety of supervisory functions:

Assigns work to staff.
Monitors work performance and prepares/reviews performance evaluations for assigned personnel.
Schedule and approves vacation and holidays
Orients new employees and provides onthejob training to assigned personnel
Resolve complaints and disciplines employees as required.
Interviews applicants and recommends qualified individuals for hire.
Informs employees of salient features of facility's personnel and employee relations programs and answer questions regarding it or refers them to appropriate source for additional information.

Plans, coordinate, and monitors contruction and development of physical facilites:

Receives, evaluate, and recommends approval of plans for construction.
Advises on structural changes and additions and/or modifications to buildings.
Interviews independent contractors to receive and analyze bids, including blueprints analysis of proposed changes.
Submits bids and recommendations to administration for consideration.
Serves as liaison with contractors, architects, engineers, and materials and equipment suppliers.
Negotiates with outside vendors for preferred agreements.
Responsible for grounds care and snow removal.
Responsible for inhouse fire response team
Performs other services and duties, as delegated, and serves on a variety of facility committees as requird by the administration.
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