Manages facilities maintenance activities, oversees staff development, and administers programs and policies to ensure high-quality maintenance and compliance with regulations. Coordinates with departments and external vendors, and develops budgets and schedules.
Requirements
- Directs the work plan for assigned facilities maintenance services and activities.
- Manages the organization, staffing, and operational activities of staff responsible for the maintenance of Authority buildings, grounds, right-of-ways, turnarounds, parking lots, stations, and shops.
- Coordinates with department staff to plan maintenance and repair activities.
- Communicates with internal customers/employees working within assigned facilities on a regular basis to discuss facility needs.
- Assigns work activities and projects.
- Responds to the scene of all facility incidents, accidents, and unusual occurrences and provides oversight, direction, and incident management.
- Oversees project management of maintenance and preventative maintenance projects and activities.
- Performs administrative functions for the Facilities Maintenance Department.
- Prepares and manages any assigned maintenance program budgets.
- Administers the Corrective Action Disciplinary Guidelines for all personnel in the Facilities Maintenance Department and the Random Drug and Alcohol Testing Program.
- Coordinates with Facilities Improvement and Compliance department on the research and review of departmental files in response to requests from CTA attorneys for documents used in the resolution of legal claims against the Authority.
- Plans, supervises and coordinates practical testing of union job applicants for the Facilities Maintenance Department.
- Oversees staff development to ensure proper training and knowledge is attained to perform effective and safe work functions.
- Coordinates and conducts training sessions and provides training bulletins for staff in proper maintenance and preventative procedures and techniques.
- Reviews work processes, identifies opportunities to increase efficiencies and safety, and makes recommendations on process improvements.
- Reviews all relevant performance and productivity reports, sets goals for staff, and executes performance improvement plans.
- Measures performance of department staff and recommends disciplinary action and/or additional training for personnel that do not perform repairs that meet Authority requirements and standards.
- Issues corrective action/discipline in accordance with the current Corrective Action Guidelines.
- Participates in the development of and administers and monitors programs, policies, goals, and departmental objectives to ensure consistency of interpretation.
- Develops methods to improve team workflow and processes.
- Hires, trains, develops, monitors, and evaluates performance of staff.
- Reviews and recommends personnel actions for approval.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement plan
- 401k matching
- Education assistance
- Employee assistance program
