- Supervising Staff: Overseeing the daily activities of maintenance technicians and assigning specific tasks.
- Training & Development: Leading training sessions, onboarding current hires, and conducting performance reviews.
- Scheduling: Setting shift schedules, prioritizing daily or weekly workloads, and ensuring adequate team coverage.
- Maintenance Planning & Execution
- Preventive Maintenance (PM): Developing and scheduling proactive PM plans to extend asset life and avoid unexpected equipment breakdowns
- Repairs & Troubleshooting: Diagnosing complex equipment or building issues and ensuring they are quickly and safely resolved. [1, 2]
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- Safety & Regulatory Compliance
- Inspections:
Conducting routine safety checks and hazard inspections across worksites and facilities.
- Compliance: Ensuring all maintenance activities adhere to local laws, building codes, and safety standards (such as OSHA).
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- Inventory & Budget Management
- Inventory Control: Tracking stock of spare parts, tools, and supplies, and placing orders to replenish inventory when necessary.
- Budget Tracking: Contributing to the development of maintenance budgets and monitoring expenditures to keep costs in check.
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- Vendor & Contractor Coordination
- Hiring Contractors: Sourcing, hiring, and managing third-party vendors or external specialists (e.g., plumbers, HVAC technicians) for major repairs or specialized installations.
- Contract Negotiation: Negotiating service contracts and overseeing the quality of the external work performed.Employee Type: