Director of Maintenance

Location(s): Palatine, IL

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

Salary: $68,/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:

• 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).