Maintenance Director - Assisted Living

Prestige Senior Living; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home-like setting

Leadership opportunity

Impactful work

Long-standing company

Job summary

Prestige Care in Salem, OR is seeking a Maintenance Director to oversee building, equipment, and grounds at our assisted living community. You will lead preventive maintenance, supervise trades, and ensure safety and compliance to support a comfortable, secure, and thriving environment for residents and families.

You will collaborate with the executive team, manage vendor repairs, monitor temperatures, and maintain fire safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Vocational or Trade School degree in general maintenance.
• Three years of experience in carpentry, electrical or painting work.
• Experience with budgets helpful.
• A valid driver’s license and access to a private vehicle for business use.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering preventive maintenance for the building, equipment, and grounds.
• Perform repairs under supervision including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and painting per codes.
• Arrange for and manage contract repairs, maintenance, and other construction services to care center/community.
• Monitors and records building and water temperatures and adjusts to meet regulations and safety codes.
• Ensure adherence to fire safety and hazardous chemical procedures; address unsafe conditions or problems.
• Perform floor care in resident apartments and common areas.
• Oversee the Maintenance Assistant where applicable.
• Remove trash daily and maintain grounds in a professional manner.

Skills

Budgeting

Leadership

Education

Vocational/Trade School in maintenance

3 years carpentry/electrical/painting experience

Job description

What does the Maintenance Director do?

Want your facilities and maintenance/construction experience to matter? To really and truly impact people? This is it. In the Maintenance Director role, you will be providing maintenance services to the building, apartments, equipment, and grounds of our assisted living community. In short, you oversee the care center/community to ensure it is safe for all.

Why join the Prestige Care Family in the Maintenance Director role, and what can we offer you?

• The ability to work in a welcoming, home-like setting with like-minded healthcare providers.
• The ability to serve on the leadership team at the community/care center.
• Your hard work and expertise matter here – you are ensuring the community is safe for all residents and their family members, where we provide comfort, security, and a thriving lifestyle. You would be a part of that and ensure that happens.
• Our 35+-year-old, family-owned, and operated organization (with over 80 locations in 8 states) means we aren’t too small, but not too big. You are known here.

In this job, every day, you will.

• Assist in delivering preventive maintenance for the building, equipment, and grounds.
• Perform repairs under the supervision of the Executive Director and within the area of expertise, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and painting, according to accepted codes.
• Arrange for and manage contract repairs, maintenance, and other construction services to care center/community.
• Monitors and record building and water temperatures and adjusts to meet regulations and safety codes.
• Ensure strict adherence to community fire safety and hazardous chemical procedures, promptly address all unsafe conditions or equipment problems.
• Perform floor care on an ongoing basis, including carpeting in resident apartments and common areas of the community.
• Oversees and guides the work of the Maintenance Assistant, if applicable.
• Remove trash gathered by housekeepers and caregivers on a daily basis.
• Maintain grounds in a professional, well-groomed manner by performing grounds maintenance on a regular basis or working with a landscape company to maintain grounds in an appropriate manner.

Education & Experience You Need To Qualify

You will need a Vocational or Trade School degree in general maintenance or three years of experience in carpentry, electrical or painting work. Experience with budgets helpful. A valid drivers’ license and access to a private vehicle for business use.

Ways you can advance beyond the Maintenance Director role:

Once you master this role, you could consider the Resident Care Coordinator, Executive Director, Sr. Maintenance Director, or jobs with Prestige Care.

EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED – At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different.

Prestige is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.