Director Facility Operations

Maple Heights Behavioral Health•Fort Wayne, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Maple Heights Behavioral Health Hospital is a modern 120-bed behavioral health hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, serving adolescents, adults, and seniors. Its purpose-built campus offers inpatient treatment, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient programming (IOP). The Director of Facility Operations oversees the physical plant, facilities maintenance, safety, security, environmental services, and regulatory compliance across the hospital’s approximately 80,000-square-foot campus. The role is responsible for maintaining the buildings, grounds, fixtures, and equipment, and may oversee two or more areas such as safety, security, maintenance, facilities, materials management, and housekeeping. The position helps ensure a safe, efficient, sanitary, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors, and staff while supporting the hospital’s behavioral healthcare mission.

Requirements

High school diploma required.
Valid state driver’s license, where required by the facility.
CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business or a technical field.
Five or more years of healthcare experience involving construction or maintenance.
Ten or more years of construction, maintenance, or healthcare supervisory experience.
Valid Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) certification.
First aid, which may be required based on the state or facility.

Responsibilities

Oversee general building maintenance, including plumbing, carpentry, painting, roofing, minor repairs, and electrical work.
Ensure preventative maintenance is completed on all equipment.
Maintain the facility in a sanitary, attractive, safe, and orderly condition and ensure compliance with regulatory standards and accreditation requirements.
Ensure compliance with regulatory standards, including NFPA and OSHA, and accreditation requirements, including CMS and TJC.
Manage staff hiring, development, training, performance management, and communication to support effective department operations.
Ensure proper operation and maintenance of water systems, emergency and primary electrical systems, sewage systems, telephone systems, fire alarm systems, and heating and cooling systems.
Develop facility maintenance plans, completion timetables, and recommendations for maintenance projects.
Serve as project manager for small-scale, short-duration projects.
Respond immediately to facility fire and disaster situations and assist in accordance with emergency plans.
Coordinate outside service vendors, contractors, and maintenance staff to complete assigned or necessary projects.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.