Maintenance Director

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

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Meal program

Referral bonus

Wellness programs

Medical benefits

401k

Life insurance

Job summary

Benchmark Senior Living's Chelmsford Crossings is seeking an experienced Maintenance Director to lead maintenance and housekeeping at our assisted living facility. The role combines hands-on tasks with administrative duties, ensuring safe, well‑maintained environments for residents and staff.

You will oversee electrical, carpentry, HVAC, preventive maintenance, safety compliance, and staff supervision, while managing facilities budgets, payroll, and capital expenditures.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance and housekeeping teams in a long-term care or assisted living setting.
• Strong knowledge of building systems with emphasis on HVAC, electrical, and plumbing.
• Ability to manage budgets, payroll, and capital expenditures.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate repairs and renovations for buildings and equipment.
• Provide technical guidance and ensure quality in maintenance activities.
• Establish and monitor a preventive maintenance program for safety and esthetics.
• Maintain OSHA compliance and fire code adherence.
• Supervise maintenance staff and housekeeping operations.

Skills

Maintenance management

Leadership

Communication

Electrical

Job description

Chelmsford Crossings is seeking an experienced and skilled Maintenance Director to join our growing team of professionals at Benchmark Senior Living.
Work a Tuesday-Saturday or Sunday-Thursday schedule
Salary: Starting at $70,000
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 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.