Facilities Manager

Your new company

Established by Ernest Winch in 1943, New Vista Society was created to support those in the community who require assistance.

With over 1000 units of low-cost housing and care home units across the lower mainland, their mission is to create integrated communities that enrich their neighbourhoods through healthcare and affordable housing.

New Vista Society is a leader in innovative affordable housing and pride themselves on creating meaningful relationships, being compassionate, collaborative and safety oriented all while enriching lives and providing excellence in care.

Your new role

We are currently seeking a motivated and organized Facilities Manager to join New Vista Society. Reporting to the Director of Development and Capital Assets, the Facilities Manager will be responsible for overseeing the daily operational management and maintenance of a mixture of care home and affordable housing properties.

This role is suited for someone with a strong background in maintenance or maintenance management who prides themselves on delivering excellent service and keeping buildings well maintained.

If you have strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset and experience leading a team of maintenance professionals, then this is the role for you! You will be responsible for improving the overall maintenance and care of various buildings, delegating maintenance tasks, and ensuring the maintenance management system is kept up to date.

You will be establishing, developing and implementing department goals, overseeing development and continuous improvement of maintenance programs as well as planning / scheduling techniques.

As you will be leading a team of 8-10 maintenance professionals, you will be responsible for delegating tasks, scheduling team members, managing the recruitment and mentoring needs of your team, conducting employee performance reviews and identifying ways for staff to improve.

You will manage assigned construction and renovation projects, liaise with stakeholders and develop and implement annual operating and capital budgets.

What you'll need to succeed

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of residential building maintenance experience, preference to those with a care home or affordable housing background.

You will have a working knowledge of various building systems, operations, and maintenance practices, preferably within a health care or below-market housing environment.

You will have a strong background in maintenance or equivalent educational background (applied sciences, building operations).

Lastly, this role will supervise a team of 8-10 maintenance professionals. Thus, as an individual, you will have experience leading and building strong teams and promoting teamwork through motivation and coaching.

This role does not require you to be hands-on with the tools, but the ability to jump in and assist your team where needed would be considered a strong asset.

A driver's license and a reliable vehicle are a requirement for this role as you will need to travel to various sites.

What you'll get in return

In exchange for your hard work and commitment, the successful candidate will be compensated with a competitive salary ($85,000 90,000 per annum), extended health and dental, long-term disability, 5 weeks of vacation, flex time, enrolment in the municipal pension plan and mileage reimbursement as per the CRA.

Please note this role is based on a 37.5 hour work week.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click easy apply or send over an updated copy of your resume to [email protected]

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