CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES

Hickorynet; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Flexible schedule

PTO

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Mental health days

Career development

Holiday pay

Job summary

Hickorynet is seeking a Corporate Director, Engineering to provide leadership for facilities, maintenance, and safety across its treatment centers. This role focuses on ensuring operational reliability and compliance with health standards. Ideal candidates will possess a degree in a related field and significant leadership experience in engineering or facilities management.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $105,000 – $125,000 annually and includes various benefits such as health insurance, 401k, and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, engineering, or related field preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in facilities, engineering, or physical plant leadership.
• Knowledge of life safety and regulatory compliance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-site engineering and maintenance operations.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and standards.
• Manage vendor relationships and capital projects effectively.

Skills

Leadership in facilities and engineering

Safety compliance knowledge

Budget management

Vendor relationship management

Project management skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in facilities management or related field

Tools

OSHA compliance tools

Preventive maintenance software

Job description

Corporate Director, Engineering – Hickory Treatment Centers

Department: Operation

Reports To: Vice President of Field Operations

Direct Reports: Regional Coordinator/s, Engineering

About the Role

The Corporate Director, Engineering provides enterprise-level leadership for facility operations, maintenance, life safety, engineering, physical plant performance, environmental safety, and capital infrastructure across the organization’s behavioral health facilities. This role ensures that all buildings, systems, equipment, grounds, and physical environments are safe, compliant, therapeutic, and operationally reliable.

The Corporate Director partners with executive leadership, facility administrators, clinical operations, nursing, compliance, quality, finance, and external vendors to maintain high-performing physical plant operations across inpatient psychiatric, residential substance use disorder, outpatient, and other behavioral health service lines.

Why Hickory Recovery?

Hickory Recovery is setting the benchmark in mental health care, especially for those facing acute challenges or dealing with co-occurring disorders. Our focus is on

• Delivering personalized, top tier care that fosters healing and improves wellbeing
• Ensuring every individual has access to the best possible support and treatment

Our Mission

To provide high quality, acute care for adults struggling with mental health issues or mental health co-occurring disorders. It’s Hickory’s primary goal to offer expert treatment for all we serve.

What We Offer

• 401k
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• PTO
• Vision insurance
• Career development
• Mental health days
• Holiday pay

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, engineering, construction management, business, healthcare administration, or related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 7+ years of facilities, engineering, maintenance, construction, or physical plant leadership experience.
• Multi-site healthcare or behavioral health experience preferred.
• Knowledge of life safety, Environment of Care, preventive maintenance, emergency preparedness, and regulatory survey readiness.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, capital projects, inspections, and corrective action plans.
• Behavioral health, inpatient psychiatry, residential SUD, crisis, or hospital facility experience preferred.
• Familiarity with ligature risk mitigation and behavioral health environmental safety standards.
• CHFM, CHSP, OSHA, NFPA, facilities, engineering, or construction-related certification preferred.
• Experience with Joint Commission, CMS, state licensing, and fire marshal inspections required.
• Ability to travel regularly to assigned facilities.

Key Responsibilities

Operational Leadership & Oversight

• Lead multi-site engineering, maintenance, facilities, grounds, utilities, and physical plant operations
• Provide leadership, coaching, and accountability for corporate-based engineering and maintenance teams, and support facility-based Engineering Directors and Executive Directors/CEO’s
• Partner with operations, clinical, nursing, compliance, quality, and finance leaders to resolve facility-related risks and operational barriers
• Responsible for orchestrating new facility openings nationwide from a maintenance operations perspective, ensuring all building systems, vendors, and readiness tasks are fully coordinated and executed
• Direct the maintenance strategy and execution for new site launches across multiple U.S. regions

Regulatory Compliance & Safety

• Ensure compliance with life safety, fire safety, OSHA, CMS, Joint Commission, state licensing, and local code requirements
• Oversee Environment of Care, Life Safety, Emergency Management, and physical plant survey readiness
• Support ligature risk reduction, infection prevention, patient safety, staff safety, and therapeutic environment standards

Preventive Maintenance & Facility Standards

• Develop and maintain standardized preventive maintenance programs, inspection schedules, work order processes and documentation systems.
• Conduct routine facility assessments to identify safety risks, deferred maintenance, capital needs, and regulatory concerns.

Vendor, Contract, & Project Management

• Manage Vendor relationships, service contracts, construction partners, inspections, and corrective action plans
• Lead capital projects, renovations, expansions, and facility improvement initiatives
• Develop annual capital plans and long-range infrastructure priorities

Emergency Preparedness & Response

• Support emergency preparedness for power outages, severe weather, utility failures, evacuations, shelter-in-place, and other operational disruptions

Compensation

$105,000 – $125,000 annually

Learn More

www.hickorytreatmentcenters.com