The Opportunity
Join us as a leader to oversee and manage the environmental services department in our Long Term Care home. With your technical expertise, you will take a proactive approach to ongoing maintenance, and optimization of building equipment. Your passion for building trusted relationships and engaging a team of environmental services professionals will ensure we are able to provide an optimal quality of life to our residents.
In this role you will be focused on:
- Achieving Resident & Family Satisfaction and Employee Engagement targets
- Ensuring that Health & Safety risks to residents, employees and the general public are minimized or eliminated
- Ensuring that installed equipment is maintained in working order or serviced as required
- Ensuring that capital spend and department budget are within established guidelines
What You Will Do:
Collaborate – Work with the Executive Director and leadership team to maximize resident satisfaction
Manage – Hire, train and engage a team of environmental services staff to deliver quality service to our residents
Comply – Maintain environmental services in compliance with regulations and company policies and processes
Lend a Helping Hand- Take a hands-on approach to leading, mentoring, and helping the environmental services team as required
Cultivate – Build and maintain strong relationships with the residents, employees, managers, regional team and vendor partners
Respond with HEART - Hear, Empathize, Acknowledge, Respond, Thank
What You Bring:
- Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field or equivalent is required
- Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a managerial or supervisor capacity in the area of environmental services/maintenance in a unionized environment
- Must be enrolled or willing to enroll in the Property Admin Certificate (PAC) program
- Knowledge of building systems including basic plumbing, electrical, mechanical, HVAC and emergency systems
- Knowledge and experience related to evidence-based practices associated with housekeeping, laundry and maintenance with a strong ability to manage a budget and financial spend
- Values of Respect, Integrity, Compassion & Excellence and a passion to work with seniors
- Must provide a complete and current (within six months) Vulnerable Sector Check (including a Criminal Background Check) or be willing to obtain one.
What We Offer:
- Support from your Regional and National Team
- Technology to help you do your job better
- Benefits and Pension Package
- Better work life balance
- Vision to support Person Centered Care
