Stanford Health Care · 10 hours ago
Director of Facility Field Services (Engineering & Maintenance)
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$89.01/hr - $117.94/hr
7+ years expStanford Health Care is a leading healthcare provider, and they are seeking a Director of Facility Field Services to lead engineering and maintenance operations across 40 facilities. The role involves overseeing a large team, managing vendor contracts, and ensuring compliance while driving a proactive maintenance program to support patient care and research.
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Responsibilities
Manage the collaboration with Construction, Facility Planning and other functions on activities related to the construction and activation of Hospitals/Ambulatory Clinics and Facilities to include but not be limited to standards development, design/submittal review, construction inspection, activation and E&M support as applicable
Act as primary Command Center representative in managing an event with the E&M Chief(s); with Stanford Medicine entities; the University; and with other departments as applicable. Ensures department is trained in response; assures all the applicable policies/procedures, documentation, maps in place for appropriate response
Develop and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services; ensure that policies and procedures are compatible with the function and goals of Stanford Medicine and which meet the external regulatory and statutory requirements
Direct the planning and transition to a sophisticated level of maintenance from preventive to predictive, which will also entail planning and participating in the requirements development of for the right technology; planning will also include development of how the staff members respond, troubleshoot, organize their work and their response
Develop, direct and maintain standards for quality and continuous improvement programs and initiatives, including those related to customer interface, operations, emergency response, finance and compliance with standards set by The Joint Commission and other regulatory guidelines
For strategic direction, management and improvement, create the metrics to monitor trends and patterns in the areas of (but not limited to) customer satisfaction; staff productivity; work volume; and regulatory compliance. Participates in compilation of benchmark data for Decision Support. Uses benchmark data for staffing, operations and finance direction and decisions. Use of metrics to optimize workload division between staff and vendors
Direct financial activities of the department to include developing the annual operating budget to include 3-5 year planning; preparing monthly and quarterly variance reports; proactively preparing other statistics and reporting as required to continuously improve operations; managing expenses; and participating in planning and developing the annual capital budget to include long term planning
Maintain fluency technology and operational advances in the industry and develops strong relationships with industry counterparts to facilitate learning of best practices
Strategic planning, oversight for staff training, education, workforce planning; engagement, daily active management
Planning and directing what skills are needed in-house versus what skills should come from vendors
Administrative organization of the department to include assuring performance-based service contracts in place; internal information organization for easy retrieval
This position may require on-call availability during non-standard hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, to meet business needs and respond to emergencies as necessary
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a work-related field/discipline from an accredited college or university. Relevant experience in lieu of degree may be considered
Seven (7) years of leadership experience in a facilities engineering, at least five (5) of those years in Hospital or Ambulatory Clinic environment
Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
Ability to develop long-range business plans and strategies
Ability to manage complex projects and resources (people, costs, time)
Ability to strategize, plan and implement change
Ability to understand, draft and negotiate contractual agreements
Ability to work effectively both as a team player and leader
Knowledge and understanding of financial and statistical activity reports
Knowledge of principles and practices of organization, administration, fiscal and personnel management
Experience with operationalizing new construction
Knowledge of and experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Applications
Knowledge of and experience with Building Automation Systems
Knowledge of and experience with inpatient/outpatient regulatory requirements
Knowledge of and experience with building and fire life safety codes
Knowledge of and experience with incident command emergency response
Experience with developing metrics and dashboards
Familiarity with Lean, JIT, or Six Sigma techniques
Ability to act as both the 'thought-leader' and operational expert around IT-Driven and IT-enabled process transformation
Company
Stanford Health Care
Stanford Health Care is a healthcare center that treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, and primary care issues.
10001+ employees
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