Maintenance Director

Benchmark Senior Living; Marlborough (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401k with company match

Medical benefits

Life Insurance

Disability benefits

Job summary

Benchmark Senior Living is seeking an experienced Director of Plant Operations to oversee maintenance and housekeeping in a Marlboro-area assisted living facility. The role combines hands-on technical work with administrative responsibilities, including staffing, payroll, expenses, and capital projects.

The position requires strong supervisory skills, knowledge of building systems (electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC), and compliance with life safety regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience managing maintenance and housekeeping in a long-term care or assisted living facility.
• Strong knowledge of building systems (mechanical/electrical/plumbing, HVAC).
• Experience in facilities management capacity.
• Excellent communication and supervisory skills.
• Understanding life safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate repairs and alterations to buildings and equipment.
• Provide technical support and QA guidance.
• Establish and monitor a preventive maintenance program.
• Maintain OSHA and fire code compliance.
• Oversee staff payroll, expenses, and capital expenditures.
• Lead maintenance and housekeeping department.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Facilities management

Communication skills

Electrical knowledge

HVAC knowledge

Budget management

Job description

The Branches of Marlboro are seeking an experienced and skilled Director of Plant Operations/Maintenance Director to join our growing team of professionals at Benchmark Senior Living.

Sunday- Thursday schedule

Salary: $70,000

The Director of Plant Operations 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 of Plant Operations, 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

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.