Environmental Services Manager , Senior Living
- Port Hope, ON, Canada
$62,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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- $62,000 CAD / year
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- English
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Original job description
This is a posting for an existing job vacancy.
Now, If You Were To Come On Board As An Environmental Services Manager, We’d Ask You To Do The Following For Us
- Provide overall leadership and operational oversight for housekeeping, laundry, and facility maintenance services within the long-term care home, ensuring a safe, clean, compliant, and resident-focused environment.
- Provide hands-on oversight of facility maintenance operations, including monitoring building systems such as HVAC, plumbing, electrical, life safety, and preventative maintenance programs.
- Implement and conduct training sessions and coordinate an annual training calendar at site for all housekeeping and laundry staff.
- Complete a monthly summary of the completed Compass Quality Assurance Program and submit to the District Manager, Regional Director, Unit Manager and client.
- Conduct weekly quality assurance audits in housekeeping and laundry and follow-up with the staff, including keeping the manager involved as needed.
- Review job routines, programs and systems for housekeeping and laundry to ensure continuous quality improvement.
- Ensure the Compass Health and Safety program is in place, including trained first aiders, an active OH& S committee, H&S training and audits.
- Active participation in the Health and Safety Committee for the facility.
- Attend client meetings as applicable to the areas in housekeeping and laundry.
- Ensure all Marquise staff is appropriately trained in and follow infection control programs.
- Interact with suppliers and vendors as it relates to housekeeping and laundry services.
- Recruit, hire, performance manage and discipline all housekeeping and laundry staff.
- Participate in the budgeting process and the ongoing financial management of the housekeeping and laundry departments.
- Ensure all Compass HR programs are in place and complete for housekeeping and laundry staff, including CHAT, Be-A-Star, HERO, Weekly Safety Minders, etc.
- Complete accident investigation forms and recommend ERTW programs for housekeeping and laundry staff.
- Recommend equipment and supplies needed for housekeeping and laundry operations.
- Conduct hands-on daily maintenance (physical building maintenance required for this role-including floor care/cleaning and some snow blowing during winter).
- Act as the main liaison with the Environmental Public Health Officer and other regulatory bodies, as applicable as it relates to environmental services.
- Participate in the completion of the Balanced Scorecard for the unit.
- Meet and check-in with the client on a regular basis and attend meetings as requested.
- Take the lead and coordinate schedules for environmental special projects.
- Post-secondary education an asset.
- Three years of management experience in healthcare, facilities, environmental services or related.
- Working knowledge of building operations, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, preventative maintenance, and contractor management.
- Experience in long-term care, healthcare facilities management, building operations, property maintenance, or operating engineering environments is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in a unionized environment.
- Ability to work in a highly hands-on role requiring regular movement throughout the facility, including climbing stairs and accessing rooftop mechanical equipment when required.
- Building Environmental Systems (BES), Operating Engineer certification, or a related facilities maintenance designation is considered an asset.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Proficient computer skills, specifically with Windows.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead housekeeping, laundry, and facility maintenance operations in a long-term care home, ensuring a safe, clean, compliant, and resident-focused environment. Manage staff, training, quality audits, health and safety, budgets, regulatory relationships, and hands-on maintenance projects.
Requirements
Three years of management experience in healthcare, facilities, environmental services, or a related field is required, with experience in long-term care or facilities operations strongly preferred. Candidates should have building systems knowledge, unionized-environment leadership experience, strong communication and computer skills, and the ability to perform hands-on physical work; post-secondary education and relevant facilities certifications are assets.
Skills
- Housekeeping Operations
- Laundry Operations
- Facility Maintenance
- Building Systems Operations
- Preventative Maintenance
- Quality Assurance
- Staff Training
- Health And Safety
- Infection Control
- Recruitment And Performance Management
- Budgeting And Financial Management
- Contractor And Vendor Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Windows Computer Proficiency
Benefits
- Group Benefits
- Employer RRSP Contributions
- Discretionary Bonus Or Incentive Programs
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Healthcare
- Trades
- Security & Safety
- Environmental & Sustainability
Keywords
- Long-Term Care
- Environmental Services
- Housekeeping
- Laundry
- Facility Maintenance
- HVAC
- Plumbing
- Electrical Systems
- Life Safety
- Preventative Maintenance
- Quality Assurance
- Health And Safety
- First Aid
- Health And Safety Committee
- Infection Control
- Environmental Public Health Officer
- Regulatory Compliance
- Unionized Environment
- Contractor Management
- Budgeting
- Balanced Scorecard
- Building Environmental Systems
- Operating Engineer Certification
- Floor Care
- Windows