Maintenance Director

Benchmark Senior Living; Chelmsford (MA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8 holidays & 3 floating holidays

Vacation and Health & Wellness PTO

Discounted Meal Program

Associate Referral Bonus Program, up$1

Physical & Mental Health Wellness

Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits; no.

401k Retirement Plan with CompanyMatch

Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability

Job summary

Benchmark Senior Living is seeking a Maintenance Director to oversee maintenance and housekeeping within an assisted living facility. This on-site role focuses on hands-on trades (electrical, HVAC, carpentry) and strong leadership for staff and residents.

The position emphasizes payroll, operations, and capital expenditures while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance. Sunday-Thursday schedule may apply, with salary starting at $70,000.

Qualifications

• Understanding of life safety regulations.
• Proven ability to run a maintenance and housekeeping department.
• Experience in facilities management capacity.
• Good communication skills.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Knowledge of biohazardous waste handling.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate people and tasks to repair buildings and equipment.
• Provide technical support, product information, research, and QA guidance.
• Establish and monitor a preventative maintenance program for residents and staff.
• Maintain OSHA and fire code compliance.
• Perform other maintenance functions as required.
• Director must be an experienced maintenance professional with strong skills.
• Must have maintenance and housekeeping management experience in long-term care or assisted living.

Skills

Maintenance management

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Hands-on maintenance

Electrical

Carpentry

HVAC

Facilities management

Job description

Chelmsford Crossings is looking for a Maintenance Director to join their team!

Chelmsford Crossings is looking for a Maintenance Director to join their team!

Sunday-Thursday schedule

Salary: Starting at $70,000

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Maintenance Director to join our growing team of professionals at Benchmark Senior Living. The Director is primarily focused on maintaining responsibility for all maintenance and housekeeping functions within an assisted living facility. This person is expected to have a hands-on role in the overall operations of this facility as well as dealing with administrative functions.

As the Maintenance Director, you will be responsible for using your maintenance skills to perform various hands-on tasks including electrical, carpentry, HVAC, and general maintenance. In addition, the Director of Facilities Operations will emphasize interacting with the staff and residents and overseeing staff, payroll, operational expenses and supply and capital expenditures

Responsibilities

• Communication and coordination of people and tasks to accomplish repairs and alterations to buildings and equipment systems
• Providing technical support, product information, research, and quality assurance guidance
• establishing and monitoring a preventative maintenance program that will promote a sense of well-being and esthetic appeal for residents and staff
• Maintaining OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and fire code compliance
• Other maintenance functions as required
• The Director of Plant Operations must be an experienced maintenance professional with a strong skillset
• Candidates must have previous maintenance and housekeeping management experience in a long-term care or assisted living facility
• Must have a strong working knowledge of applicable building systems, including mechanical/electrical/plumbing with a strong emphasis on HVAC

Requirements

• Possesses an understanding of all applicable life safety regulations
• Demonstrated ability to run a successful maintenance and housekeeping department
• Experience in facilities management capacity
• Possesses good communication skills
• Previous supervisory experience required
• Possesses diagnostic abilities and skills in completing details
• Understands the practices surrounding proper handling of biohazardous waste

Benefits

As a community leader at Benchmark, you will have access to a variety of benefits including, but not limited to, the following:

• 8 holidays & 3 floating holidays
• Vacation and Health & Wellness Paid Time Off
• Discounted Meal Program
• Associate Referral Bonus Program, up to $1,500
• Physical & Mental Health Wellness Programs
• Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits; no enrollment waiting period
• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Company-provided Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability

Benchmark Senior Living is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We embrace and encourage our associates’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our associates unique.