Director - Facilities

Join the Cleveland Clinic Florida team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.      

As the Facilities Director, you will supervise facilities caregivers and provide leadership, orientation, training, coaching and mentoring to teams from Indian River to Broward County for the Florida Market. You will be responsible for 80 buildings in total, including 5 Hospitals, and 75 Ambulatory sites. Your team will include four direct reports and 70 indirect reports. In this role, you will oversee installation, inspections, repairs, trouble shooting and the daily maintenance of buildings, infrastructures, facility equipment and grounds across these multiple facilities and skilled trades.

Through communication with various departments and contractors, you will coordinate facilities work, which will support system-wide initiatives and provide trade expertise. Your goal will be to ensure a safe, functional and comfortable environment for patients, families and staff by leading the team to properly maintain equipment and building systems, reducing delays in  
care, preventing safety risks and supporting a positive patient experience. 

Taking on this role can lead to a variety of opportunities to grow your career  
within Cleveland Clinic. Here, you will be a part of a team that is supportive of growth and development. 
 

A caregiver in this position works Monday-Friday from 7:30AM – 4:30PM, with availability to support the team, as needed, on nights and weekends. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Maintain knowledge of applicable statutory, regulatory and administrative requirements relative to departmental operations and ensure departmental compliance. 

• Ensure safe and continuous operations across assigned sub-markets/markets, aligning Preventive Maintenance, operations and testing with State law and applicable codes. 

• Develop Preventative Maintenance needed for maintaining building systems and trade standards/specifications. 

• Establish systems and processes to attract, develop, engage and retain talented caregivers. 

• Create a work environment where people can realize their full potential to meet current and future clinical and business challenges. 

• Provide ongoing performance feedback to assigned caregivers through coaching and mentoring. 

• Be accountable for staffing and capacity planning for the assigned shop/trade. 

• Focus and guide assigned caregivers in accomplishing work objectives. 

• Provide guidance to facilities leaders at local sites to ensure consistent application of policies, procedures and performance standards across the market. 

• Perform quality assurance reviews of work completed by assigned caregivers. 

• Coordinate work plans and priorities across multiple facilities to ensure consistency, efficiency and alignment with enterprise standards 

• Be accountable for the development, monitoring and compliance with the departmental budget to include capital and operating/construction budgets. 

• Review inventory of equipment and materials and initiate purchase requisitions. 

• Participate as a member of the Environment of Care Committee and oversee the integrity of all fire life safety systems. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related field 

• OR an additional four years of experience in upper-level Facilities Management may offset degree requirement 

• Completion of apprenticeship trade/vocational school or knowledge obtained through four years of on-the-job training experience in the appropriate area of responsibility 

• Six years of experience as a fully qualified tradesperson or technician in respective area of responsibility (i.e. electrical, plumbing) 

• Three years of previous supervisory or managerial experience or demonstration of formal education in business management 

• Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) through the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) through the American Hospital Association, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP) or similar certification required upon hire or within 12 months of employment 

• Working knowledge of regulatory codes as applied in health institutions 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure or Registered Architect (RA) licensure through the applicable State licensure and Surveyors Board or a Hydronics License (HY), Plumbing License (PL), Electrical License (EL), HVAC License (HVAC) or Refrigeration License (RE) through the applicable State licensure center 

• Membership in professional trade organization 

• Experience with MS Office, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and programs associated for tracking with a CMMS system 

• Healthcare and multi-site facilities management experience, ideally within a multi-hospital system spanning a multi-county footprint