Lead Facilities Management Specialist

Mercycare; Cedar Rapids (IA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA seeks a Lead Facilities Management Specialist to maintain hospital utilities, equipment, and environmental systems, ensuring a safe, compliant, and patient-centered environment.

You will lead complex preventative maintenance, coordinate staff and contractors, and drive energy efficiency while upholding regulatory standards and safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in facilities management or related trades.
• High school graduate or equivalent; Journeyman certificate preferred.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record.
• Hold at least one trade certification in Electrical, Plumbing/Boilers, Mechanical/HVAC/Chilled Water, or Life Safety Maintenance.
• Hold at least a second trade certification in one of the listed areas.

Responsibilities

• Completes and facilitates work orders and preventative maintenance under supervision.
• Coordinates work with staff and contractors; serves as technical expert in fields.
• Ensures maintenance per manufacturer specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Gathers testing and documentation for regulated items and reports status.
• Schedules tasks and staff; collects data and reports compliance.
• Communicates with customers about work order status and issues.
• Monitors utility usage and supports efficiency goals.
• Acts as main contact for contractors during project design phases.
• Involved in project design and inspections; reports progress and issues.
• Advises on construction and capital activities; supports commissioning and hand-off.
• Technical expert in building mechanical systems and facilities management.
• Coaches Specialists to ensure proficiency.

Skills

Written communication

Self-motivated

Team collaboration

Process improvement

Blueprint reading

Education

High school diploma

Journeyman certificate

Driver's license

Trade certifications (Electrical/Plumbing/Mechanical/Life Safety)

Secondary trade certification

Job description

## Lead Facilities Management SpecialistApply: Mercy Medical Center: Full time: Posted Today: JR105428**Work Shift**Day**Scheduled Weekly Hours**40**Summary**This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by providing and maintaining an environment that allows for the perfect patient experience. This is achieved by maintaining and repairing hospital utilities, equipment and environmental systems.**Job Description****Job Duties/Essential Functions*** **Job Duties** + Completes and facilitates basic and complex work orders and preventative maintenance at direction of Supervisor or Dispatcher using staff and contractor resources. Serves as a technical expert in several specific fields of mechanical or building system trades. + Able to facilitate and coordinate any work using resources available to include staff and contractor resources reporting to Facilities Supervisor. + Coordinates and completes all aspects of the preventative maintenance procedures in an accurate and timely manner to ensure that all work is performed to manufacturer's recommendations and by regulation. + Gathers and facilitates all required testing and documentation of regulated items within area of specialty. Facilitates the correction of all identified deficiencies. Reports to Facilities Supervisor regarding status of testing and documentation. + Principal coordinator of preventative maintenance to ensure accountability and regulatory compliance for assigned specialty areas. Responsible for scheduling tasks and staff assignments, gathering all data, and reporting compliance responsibilities within specified and directed timeframes. + Able to communicate with customers regarding the status of work orders and issues pertaining to their respective departments. + Understands utility usage within multiple areas of expertise. Works with Facilities Supervisor in setting annual goals for reduction of utility usage and champions initiatives to meet these goals. + Serves as main point of contact and principal advisor for all contractors in their specialty areas during the design phase of projects. Identifies the best way to integrate new work into the current systems. + Involved in design and implementation of projects to ensure systems are in line with specifications and design intent. Performs periodic inspections of ongoing projects and reports status and possible issues to Facilities Supervisor. + Key advisor in the following activities related to Construction and Capital: capital improvement projects; project design kick-off meetings; project design review; periodic construction inspection; commissioning and start-up; hand-off of project to Maintenance department. + Technical expert in all building mechanical systems and facilities resource management. + Coaches and mentors any assigned Specialist I to ensure proficiency and continuity or staff resources. + Serves as resource lead area expert for assigned system of expertise for on-call facilitation of issues within the facility.* Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries.**Department Specific Duties*** N/A**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities*** Good written and oral skills.* Self-starter, motivated to work hard.* Works well with others.* Looks for opportunities to improve facility and processes.* Able to use email and web-based software.* Able to read and understand blueprints.* Able to plan and design system improvements.* Specific Professional proficiency and expert knowledge in multiple trade specialties.**Professional Experience*** 8+ years of experience**Education*** High school graduate or equivalent preferred.* Journeyman level program certificate or equivalent is preferred.**Licensure, Certification, Registration*** Must have valid Driver's License* Must have and maintain a good driving record. Motor vehicle record will be reviewed as part of the background check prior to hire or transfer.* Hold at least one certification, license, or equivalency (validated years or experience – 8 years continuous work in that area) in one of these trade areas (Electrical, Plumbing/Boilers, Mechanical/HVAC/Chilled Water systems, or Life Safety Maintenance).* Hold at least one secondary certification, license, or equivalency (validated years or experience – 5 years continuous work) in one of the areas mentioned above. **Physical Requirements**Very Heavy: Exert 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or 50lbs. of force frequently