Maintenance Superintendent - Kennedy Mall

CAFARO; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health care plan with low

Dental & Vision insurance

Annual paid time off benefits

Safe Harbor 401(k) retirement plan

Comprehensive wellness plan

Job summary

Join Cafaro as Maintenance Superintendent to lead the facility's maintenance department, ensuring safe, reliable operations across buildings and grounds. You will guide the team, oversee contractors, and uphold Cafaro's standards for housekeeping, repairs, and compliance, with a focus on continuous improvement and tenant satisfaction.

You will hire, train, schedule, and supervise staff, manage outdoor spaces and systems (HVAC, plumbing, lighting), and coordinate with vendors to deliver

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of construction and maintenance activities.
• Proven leadership and management skills with team building and staff development.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for tenants, vendors, and employees.
• Proficient in computer skills, including spreadsheets and word processing.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks to deadlines.
• Experience writing reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to follow complex instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Valid driver’s license with travel between locations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality housekeeping, maintenance, and repair practices are followed for the property.
• Oversee daily operations, including all phases of maintenance for common areas and manage external contractors to ensure compliance with company standards and maintenance agreements.
• Identify maintenance needs for common areas, solicit and review contractor bids.
• Hire, train, schedule, supervise, and discipline maintenance staff.
• Maintain roadways, parking areas, curbs, sidewalks, doors, furniture, restrooms, landscaping, floors, lighting, HVAC, stormwater management systems, and roof systems.

Skills

Strong knowledge of construction and维护

Job description

The Maintenance Superintendent is a critical leadership role responsible for the efficient and effective operation of a facility's maintenance department. We are looking for someone who fosters a safe and productive work environment, promotes continuous improvement, and ensures compliance with all relevant regulations.

In This Role, You Will

• Ensure quality housekeeping, maintenance, and repair practices are followed for the property.
• Oversee daily operations, including all phases of maintenance for common areas (buildings, grounds), and manage external contractors to ensure compliance with company standards and maintenance agreements.
• Identify maintenance needs for common areas, solicit and review contractor bids.
• Hire, train, schedule, supervise, and discipline maintenance staff.
• Maintain roadways, parking areas, curbs, sidewalks, doors, furniture, restrooms, landscaping, floors, lighting, HVAC, stormwater management systems, and roof systems.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

When you join Cafaro you become part of the Cafaro Team and Family. You will work alongside team members to achieve ambitious and exciting goals every day.

As an employee with Cafaro, you will also benefit from the following:

• Competitive health care plan with low deductibles.
• Dental & Vision insurance.
• Annual paid time off benefits
• A Safe Harbor 401(k) retirement plan
• Comprehensive wellness plan that includes reimbursement for gym memberships.

Your Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of construction and maintenance activities.
• In-depth understanding of corporate standards for shopping centers and ability to meet them.
• Proven leadership and management skills with a focus on team building, staff development, and supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with tenants, vendors, and employees.
• Ability to relay technical concerns accurately and efficiently.
• High initiative and strong independent judgment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Proficient in computer skills, including spreadsheet and word processing software.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Skilled in writing reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to follow complex instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Valid driver’s license with travel required between locations.

Why Cafaro

For over 75 years, we have been dedicated to bringing high-quality retail developments to communities across America. We understand that the needs and preferences of each market evolve, and we respond by creating vibrant centers that serve as destinations for shopping, dining, and entertainment.

This vision was born from the entrepreneurial spirit of our founders, brothers William M. Cafaro and John Cafaro. Their journey began by developing properties for grocery stores, and in 1949, they established the foundation for what would become a leading force in retail development across the nation.

Today, the Cafaro portfolio boasts over 50 properties, encompassing more than 30 million square feet of developed space across 10 states. The third generation of the Cafaro family now leads the company, with Co-Presidents William A. Cafaro and Anthony Cafaro, Jr., guiding this dynamic organization with their unique talents and vision. While embracing innovation, they remain deeply committed to the values of stability and integrity instilled by their father and grandfather.

Cafaro’s Mission

The Cafaro family of companies shall continue our commitment of fiscally managed preservation and growth of our commercial real estate and investment portfolios. Based upon a strategic approach of continuous reinvestment and improvement of our real estate assets and disciplined non real estate asset management and investment, the organization shall maintain its autonomy as a privately controlled family owned business. This commitment recognizes that our people, as an extension of the Cafaro family, constitute our most important resource.

Accordingly, by promoting an environment that values fairness, respect, and recognition, the organization shall endeavor to stimulate amongst its people accountability, personal growth, and self-esteem. The hallmark of the organization shall continue to be characterized by an unparalleled sense of loyalty, pride, dedication, and strong work ethic.

In the tradition of our founders, we shall maintain our present business relationships with honesty, openness, integrity, and credibility. These values shall be the foundation of future relationships as we plan for a future of continued prosperity. It is the policy of the Company to provide Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and job applicants.

It is the policy of the Company to provide Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and job applicants. The employment practices of the Company are conducted without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, disability, sex (except where sex is a bona fide occupational qualification as specified under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972), religion or age.