Lead Engineering Specialist

Department:

11607 Non Enterprise Corporate - Engineers

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Various

Pay Range

$30.15 - $45.25

Position Highlights:

• Location: Winston Salem, North Carolina

• Full Time

What We Offer:

• Day 1 Health Coverage: Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.
• Generous PTO: Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
• Parental Benefits: Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.
• Retirement: Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions
• Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor's degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.

What You'Ll Need:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent and 2 years healthcare facilities experience or 4 years facilities or property maintenance experience.
• Valid applicable state driver's license.

What You'Ll Do:

• Manages the maintenance staff to maintain facility compliance with all regulatory codes and accreditation standards including TJC, CMS and AAALAC.
• Coordinates preventive maintenance schedules/activities by using the computerized maintenance system. Ensures the completion of all patient room preventive maintenance tasks.
• Evaluates building system failures (electrical, HVAC, refrigeration, mechanical, plumbing and building hardware) and directs the repairs.
• Ensures the proper testing and maintenance of electrical utility equipment such as emergency power generators, transfer switches, motor control centers, transformers, and power distribution panels.
• Coordinates the testing and maintenance of the fire alarm and fire protection systems. Maintains the required NFPA testing documentation.
• Monitors and operates campus HVAC equipment such as chillers, cooling towers, boilers, air handling units, pumps and heat exchangers.
• Monitors the building environmental conditions using the building automation system and implement energy efficient control strategies.
• Ensures the operation of the building plumbing systems including back flow preventers, pressure reducing valves, domestic water pumps, water heaters, RO water systems, fire pumps, and sprinkler systems.
• Ensures the operation of the building waste systems including the storm sewer, sanitary sewer, sewer pumps, and laboratory acid waste systems.
• Ensures the operation and maintenance of vacuum, compressed air, and medical gas systems. Coordinates the testing of the local and master medical gas alarm panels.
• Maintains building roofs, exterior and interior finishes, oversee landscaping services, ensure the safe operation of all parking structures, direct sidewalk and parking cleanup during inclement weather.
• Achieves financial objectives by developing and monitoring building operational budgets and analyzing variances. Provides capital equipment recommendations and budgets. Provides capital equipment project management.
• Completes Risk Assessment documentation for projects and life safety system repairs.
• Procures materials, generate purchase requisitions, manage purchase orders and maintains inventory of maintenance supplies.
• Promotes a cooperative work environment by providing leadership, training, and resources for employees.
• Manages the scheduling and approval of employee time and attendance. Hires and trains new staff. Coaches and develops staff and completes annual employee performance reviews.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Basic math and analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Knowledge of policies, procedures, codes and regulations
• Good computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and various spreadsheet programs

Work Environment:

• Subject to temperature extremes
• Subject to dirty and dusty places
• Exposure to extreme noise conditions
• Works on elevated surfaces (ladders, scaffolds, roofs)
• Personal Protective Equipment required (eye, face, head, hands, hearing, and breathing protection)
• Available 24/7 as needed at any WFBH location

Our Commitment To You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits And More

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.