Director Facility Operations

Maple Heights Behavioral Health; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Maple Heights Behavioral Health Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN, seeks a Director of Facility Operations to lead the hospital’s physical plant, safety, and regulatory compliance for an 80,000-square-foot campus. You will manage maintenance, environmental services, and staff, ensuring a safe, efficient, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff.

Responsibilities include overseeing maintenance operations, ensuring regulatory compliance (NFPA, OSHA, CMS, TJC), managing projects, and

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business or technical field preferred.
• Five or more years’ Healthcare experience involving construction/maintenance preferred.
• Ten or more years’ construction/maintenance/Healthcare supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee general building maintenance including plumbing, carpentry, painting, roofing, minor repairs, and electrical work.
• Ensure preventative maintenance is completed on all equipment.
• Ensure the facility is in a sanitary, attractive, safe, orderly condition and in compliance with all regulatory standards and accreditation requirements.
• Ensure the facility maintains compliance with all regulatory standards (i.e., NFPA, OSHA, etc.) and accreditation requirements (i.e., CMS, TJC, etc).
• Provide staff management including hiring, development, training, performance management, and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
• Ensure proper operations and maintenance of water systems, emergency electrical systems, sewage systems, primary electrical systems, telephone systems, fire alarm systems, and heating and cooling systems.
• Develop facility maintenance plans, timetables for completion ,and recommendations for maintenance projects.
• Serve as project manager for small‑scale, short‑duration projects.
• Respond to facility fire and disaster situations immediately and assist per emergency plans.
• Coordinate outside service vendors/contractors and maintenance staff to complete projects as assigned/necessary.

Skills

Facilities management

Leadership

Budgeting

Safety programs

Regulatory compliance

Vendor management

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business or technical field

Job description

Maple Heights Behavioral Health Hospital | Onsite in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Join Maple Heights Behavioral Health Hospital, a modern 120-bed behavioral health hospital serving adolescents, adults, and seniors in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Our purpose-built campus provides a full continuum of behavioral healthcare services, including inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient programming (IOP), all delivered in a safe, therapeutic, and patient-centered environment.

As the Director of Facility Operations, you will oversee the physical plant, facilities maintenance, safety, security, environmental services, and regulatory compliance across our approximately 80,000-square-foot hospital campus. This leadership role is critical to ensuring a safe, efficient, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff while supporting the hospital's mission of delivering exceptional behavioral healthcare.

Purpose Statement

Responsible for the overall maintenance of the buildings, grounds, fixtures, and equipment of the facility. Areas of responsibility may include two or more of the following areas/departments: safety, security, maintenance, facilities, materials management, and housekeeping.

Essential Functions

• Oversee general building maintenance including plumbing, carpentry, painting, roofing, minor repairs, and electrical work.
• Ensure preventative maintenance is completed on all equipment.
• Ensure the facility is in a sanitary, attractive, safe, orderly condition and in compliance with all regulatory standards and accreditation requirements.
• Ensure the facility maintains compliance with all regulatory standards (i.e., NFPA, OSHA, etc.) and accreditation requirements (i.e., CMS, TJC, etc).
• Provide staff management including hiring, development, training, performance management, and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
• Ensure proper operations and maintenance of water systems, emergency electrical systems, sewage systems, primary electrical systems, telephone systems, fire alarm systems, and heating and cooling systems.
• Develop facility maintenance plans, timetables for completion ,and recommendations for maintenance projects.
• Serve as project manager for small‑scale, short‑duration projects.
• Respond to facility fire and disaster situations immediately and assist per emergency plans.
• Coordinate outside service vendors/contractors and maintenance staff to complete projects as assigned/necessary.

Other Functions

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• High School Diploma required.

Bachelor’s degree or higher level of education in Business or technical field preferred.

• Five or more years’ of Healthcare experience involving construction/maintenance preferred.
• Ten or more years’ construction/maintenance/Healthcare supervisory experience preferred.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

• Valid state driver's license, where required in a facility.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.
• Valid Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) will be preffered.

Additional Regulatory Requirements

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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