Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
Join UCLA Health and help create a safe, welcoming environment for our patients, visitors, and staff.
In this role, you will manage preventative and reactive maintenance, inspections, and testing across the Westwood Health Campus. This includes Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Medical Plaza 200 and 300, parts of Medical Plaza 100 and CHS, Wasserman Building (lower level and first floor), West Medical Building, Tiverton House, and the Rehab Building (lower level). You will lead a Superintendent, Procurement Analyst, Administrative Officer 2, and skilled trades, including Facility Mechanics, Lead Facility Mechanics, Flooring Installers, and Food Service and Sterilizer Technicians. You will report to the Director of UCLA Health System Facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage daily maintenance, inspection, and testing operations to ensure a compliant Environment of Care and Life Safety.
- Maintain compliance with CMS, CDPH, State Board of Pharmacy, TJC, Cal/OSHA, CARB, and other regulatory agencies.
- Represent UCLA Health during scheduled and unannounced surveys and complaint validations.
- Lead in-house leaders, union-represented trades, and external vendors, including UCLA Campus Facilities Management.
- Participate in risk management, manage the departmental budget, and collaborate across disciplines to advance Health System goals.
- Promote a culture of safety, engagement, equity, and inclusion.
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing/Life Safety Engineering, Power generation Technology, or related fields, and/or equivalent experience/training.
- Certified Healthcare Facility Manager (CHFM) within 1 year of hire
- 6 years minimum of representing or assisting to represent a California acute care hospital to regulatory agencies and their proxies during surveys and complaint validations or equivalent.
- 7 years experience in Facilities Management associated with a 100-bed or larger Hospital in California preferred.
- Working knowledge of common Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio).
- Skills derived from directly operating and interacting with at least one CMMS in a hospital setting.
- Effective time management and communication skills to help navigate a very dynamic hospital environment.
- Ability to relate symbiotically and enthusiastically to individuals within a very large, diverse group stakeholders.
- Leadership skills to effectively manage and motivate both a represented workforce and diverse external vendor pool.
- Ability, confidence and willingness to make sound decisions in critical, dynamic situations, tempered by a strong sense of judgement to know when escalation is needed vs. reaction.
- Ability and willingness to adjust to changing expectations, demands, and other conditions beyond incumbent’s control.
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