Interim Regional Maintenance Director - Senior Living

Wallick Communities; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401K

Pay-on-Demand

Employee ownership

Paid time off

Job summary

Wallick Communities is seeking an Interim Regional Maintenance Director for senior living communities in the Columbus, Ohio area. This role leads maintenance teams, manages budgets, and collaborates with regional leadership to maintain high standards of safety and quality across properties.

The position requires strong leadership, hands-on maintenance expertise, and willingness to travel within the region. Wallick emphasizes employee ownership and a supportive culture with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years leading a facilities or maintenance team.
• Ability to read and interpret financial data and work orders.
• Experience maintaining properties to high standards.
• Willingness to travel within the assigned region daily.

Responsibilities

• Ensure properties and buildings are maintained and meet health and safety codes.
• Coordinate with vendors for services like cleaning, pest control, landscaping, utilities.
• Oversee capital projects and budget feedback to leadership.
• Lead safety inspections and maintain ADA compliance.
• Deliver training for safety manuals and procedures.

Skills

Budget management

Team leadership

Facilities maintenance

Safety compliance

Communication

Time management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Power tools

MS Office

Job description

Description

Interim Regional Maintenance Director - Senior Living Communities

Location: Columbus, Ohio Job Type: Full-Time

Make a Difference—And Own Your Future

At Wallick Senior Living, our team understands that senior living is not just a job, but a calling. We take pride in caring for and empowering our residents as they choose to enjoy their golden years with us. With 1,000+ employees and a mission to open doors to homes, opportunity, and hope, we take pride in fostering a supportive and collaborative work environment where every employee-owner plays a vital role

A Career with Wallick Senior Living Means

• A Unique Approach to Senior Living: Our associates power Wallick’s approach to senior living that goes beyond care to ensure our residents live their best lives through meaningful activities, delicious meals and round-the-clock support.

• Pay-on-Demand: access your money as you earn it.

• Exceptional Benefit Package: Health, dental, vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting your new job. Other benefits like gym membership reimbursement, paid parental leave, 401K, and more!

• Work-Life Balance: Paid time off, including paid parental leave.

• Supportive Culture and Rewarding Work: A team-oriented environment where associates make a meaningful impact by helping individuals maintain independence and quality of life.

• Resident Stories That Stay with You: From Maurine, who found an “instant family” to Evelyn, who recently celebrated her 105th birthday with us, our residents enjoy a sense of community that is created by you!

• Career Growth: Tuition reimbursement, training, professional development, and advancement opportunities within a company that invests in its people.

• Employee Owned, Resident Focused: As a 100% employee-owned company, your daily work (supporting our residents) also contributes to your financial future by sharing in our profitability.

What You’ll Do

• Ensures propertiesand buildings are properly maintained and meet health and safety codes.

• Collaborates with purchasing manager to help secure contracted services such as cleaning, pest control, landscaping, and utilities for each location within their area.

• Partners closely with regional managers for feedback on repairs, maintenance, or other issues

• Coordinate work performed by outside vendors and equipment/furniture delivery companies.

• Welcome feedback on contracted services and seeks out new competitive bids to improve service at his/her locations and keep costs low.

• Oversee the execution of facility set-up on newly opened facilities.

• Leads project management (capital projects) as assigned.

• Analyze utilities consumption and strives to minimize costs.

• Collaborates to develop, maintain, and deliver training for Safety Manual and Policies and Procedures.

• Maintains main list of all required life safety inspections, maintenance, and ADA requirements for all communities in an assigned geographic area.

• Delivers feedback on annual capital and operating budgets to local and regional leadership for each community within an assigned geographic area.

• Life Safety Inspections, Maintenance and ADA Compliance

• Other duties as assigned.

What We’re Looking For

• High school diploma or GED preferred.

• Knowledge and experience with the use of power tools overall maintenance equipment.

• Minimum of 3 years prior experience leading a facilities or maintenance team, with expertise in maintain properties at a high standard required.

• You have managed budgets and have an ability to read and interpret financial data and work order proposals.

• Technically adept in Microsoft Office programs, computers, and smartphones.

• Organized and manage your time well.

• Team player with a collaborative spirt and excellent communication skills.

• Flexible and willing to travel within the assigned region daily.

• You have a valid drivers’ license

Physical Demands: Position requires general office work (sitting, standing); manual dexterity needed for computer work with keyboard and mouse; requires walking, talking, seeing, hearing.

Work Environment: Requires minimal to moderate travel to various communities within the districts. Position requires most of the work to be performed indoors, some outdoors while at various communities. Inside working conditions are in an office setting. Outdoor conditions may require extensive walking throughout the various communities.

Wallick’s Mission & Values

At Wallick Communities, we believe in opening doors to homes, opportunity, and hope for our residents, associates, and community. Our core values guide everything we do:

• Care – We show compassion and respect for everyone.

• Character – We do the right thing, even when no one is looking.

• Collaboration – We work together to achieve more.

At Wallick, we celebrate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging (DEI+B) in our workplace and communities, creating an environment where associates feel welcome, respected, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to the great work they do every day.

For nearly 60 years, it has been at the core of our organization’s culture that all Wallick associates come to a safe and inclusive place to work. Wallick does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.

Join Us and Become an Employee-Owner!

*Employment is contingent upon passing a pre-employment background check and drug screen

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.