Director Facility Operations

Acadia Healthcare; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare is seeking a Facilities Manager to oversee the buildings, grounds, fixtures, and equipment across the facility. You will manage preventive maintenance, regulatory compliance, and staff development to ensure safe and efficient operations.

The role requires experience in healthcare maintenance, strong project management skills, and the ability to coordinate multiple contractors while maintaining accreditation standards.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field preferred.
• 5+ years healthcare construction/maintenance experience preferred.
• 10+ years construction/maintenance/healthcare supervisory experience preferred.
• Valid state driver’s license where required in a facility.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee general building maintenance including plumbing, carpentry, painting, roofing, minor repairs and electrical work.
• Ensure preventive maintenance is completed on all equipment.
• Ensure facility is sanitary, attractive, safe, and compliant with regulatory standards and accreditation requirements.
• Maintain compliance with regulatory standards (NFPA, OSHA, CMS, TJC).
• Provide staff management including hiring, development, training, performance management, and communication.
• Ensure proper operations and maintenance of water, electrical, sewage, HVAC, and fire alarm systems.
• Develop facility maintenance plans and project timetables; recommend maintenance projects.
• Serve as project manager for small-scale, short-duration projects.
• Respond to facility fire and disaster situations per emergency plans.
• Coordinate outside vendors/contractors and maintenance staff to complete projects.

Skills

Staff management

Project coordination

Regulatory compliance

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field

Job description

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.