Facilities Team Lead - Day Shift

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is seeking a Facilities Team Lead for the Day Shift at the Main Campus in Jackson, MS. The role oversees the daily operations of Facilities Services technicians across trades, coordinating maintenance projects, and ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.

Responsibilities include coaching staff, planning work assignments, and maintaining records while driving quality and timely service delivery in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two years of facilities experience required.
• Valid Driver's License required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily facilities operations and service delivery during shift.
• Ensure staff meet quality and safety standards.
• Provide coaching, training, and performance evaluations for staff.
• Plan, schedule, and organize work assignments to optimize resources.
• Maintain accurate records and reports.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery.
• Collaborate with management to achieve goals.
• Determine tools, equipment, and supplies for projects and ensure proper use.

Skills

HVAC systems

Electrical systems

Plumbing systems

Building systems

Leadership

Communication

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Job Title

Facilities Team Lead - Day Shift

Location

Main Campus Jackson

Job Summary

Oversees, coordinates, plans, and directs the daily operations of Facilities Services technicians across all trades. Responsibilities include managing projects related to mechanical, refrigeration, electrical, plumbing, energy management, building controls, and utility systems. Ensures the effective delivery of services and maintains compliance with all applicable maintenance standards and regulatory requirements.

Education & Experience

High school diploma/GED and two (2) years of facilities experience.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration

Valid Driver's License Required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of maintenance best practices, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing and building systems;
• Knowledge of healthcare regulatory organizations;
• Excellent leadership and communications skills;
• Interpersonal skills;
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, high-stress environment;
• Proficiency in computerized maintenance management systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and direct daily operations and service delivery during the shift.
• Ensure staff consistently meet quality and safety standards.
• Provide coaching, training, consultation, and performance evaluations for staff.
• Plan, schedule, and organize work assignments to optimize staff utilization, workspace, and resources.
• Maintain accurate records and reports.
• Participate actively in quality improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery.
• Collaborate closely with management to achieve established goals.
• Determine required tools, equipment, and supplies for each project; ensure their proper use and maintenance.
• Inspect completed work to verify adherence to quality standards.

The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, frequent activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, frequent climbing, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, occasional sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Employment Type

Time Type: Full time
FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No
Pay Class: Hourly
FTE %: 100
Work Shift: Day

Benefits Eligibility

Grant Funded: No

Company Culture & Equal Opportunity

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, discovering new cures and treatments and providing the highest quality health care.

We foster environments that support respect, compassion and belonging for all faculty, staff and students as well as patients and visitors.

Our employment, academic, research and clinical care practices reflect these commitments.

UMMC is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), disability, age, sex (as that term is defined in applicable laws such as 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2) and binding court decisions), religion, genetic information, veteran’s status and any other status protected by applicable law.

UMMC also prohibits retaliation against those who report discrimination or harassment and against those who participate in the Medical Center’s investigation and handling of such reports.

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