Manager Facilities Operations

Monday through Friday 7:30am - 4:30 pm. Available 24/7.

• →Manages and oversees the planning, operation, repair, and maintenance of heating / cooling, power plant, electrical, emergency power, fire protection systems, plumbing, grounds and carpentry.
• →Identifies and recommends changes and improvements in the physical plant to be consistent with appropriate codes and authorities to ensure safe operation.
• →Ensures compliance in conjunction with Safety Officer, federal, state, and local regulatory and accrediting agency standards and guidelines for facilities operations.
• →Coordinates construction, remodeling and renovation projects to include managing and communicating scheduled utility interruptions, and ensuring that contractual provisions and construction schedules are met, satisfy standards of Advocate Aurora Health and government regulations and codes.
• →Ensures utility systems and equipment are adequate to support the health care services that are being provided and that utility system redundancy plans and emergency procedures are developed and implemented in event of failure.
• →Manages Facilities Operations quality improvement through established performance indicators utilizing a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). Generates reports from CMMS including labor productivity, work order response times and proactive verse reactive work order completion rates.
• →Plans, develops, executes and monitors preventative maintenance programs throughout the facility. Directs programs to maintain building and equipment for optimum economic and performance benefits.
• →Develops and updates policies, procedures, and practices to improve the operational effectiveness and safety of the department.
• →Performs human resources responsibilities for staff which include interviewing and selection of new employees, promotions, staff development, performance evaluations, compensation changes, resolution of employee concerns, corrective actions, terminations, and overall employee morale.
• →Develops and recommends operating and capital budgets and controls expenditures within approved budget objectives.
• →Responsible for understanding and adhering to the organization's Code of Ethical Conduct and for ensuring that personal actions, and the actions of employees supervised, comply with the policies, regulations and laws applicable to the organization's business.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent knowledge.

• Typically requires 5 years of experience in plant or facilities operations. Includes 1 year of supervisory experience in mechanical and electrical engineering, and / or HVAC.

• Advanced knowledge of applicable codes / regulations pertaining to assigned equipment and operations.
• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated proficiency in electricity, plumbing, HVAC, steam fitting, soldering, carpentry, fabricating and groundskeeping.
• Intermediate computer skills.
• Excellent communication, organization, prioritization and time management skills.
• Knowledge of healthcare building construction.
• Strong desire to help people specifically with patient interactions.
• Ability to mentor other Team Members in their area of expertise.

• This position requires travel, therefore, will be exposed to weather and road conditions.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
• Exposed to a normal office environment.

• Health Care Facility Manager (CHFM) certification issued by the American Hospital Association (AHA) obtained within 1 year, or
• Health Care Compliance (CHC) certification issued by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB) obtained within 1 year.

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.