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General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday 6:30am - 2:30pm
Posted Date
04/08/2025
Salary Range: $83800 - 179400 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
23392

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Serving at UCLA Health will give you the opportunity to use your specialized abilities to help improve the lives of our patients, their families, and your fellow UCLA Health team members. You’ll provide critical support that makes healing happen. We’d love to have you join us.

Under general direction, plans, organizes, directs and coordinates line management and staff services of specific trades for SMUCLA Medical Center and surrounding hospital buildings.  Plan, direct, coordinate and supervise operational functions of Physical Plant and perform other related duties as required. Responsible either directly or indirectly of a crew of employees consisting of Facilities Mechanics, operating engineers, service engineers and skilled trades personnel. Other essential duties include contractor support for all construction activities on SMUCLA property. Coordinate core building system maintenance and repair with outside service providers for the utility systems.


Salary Range: $83,800 - $179,400

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree with a focus in engineering.
  • 5 years of experience in Building System Maintenance.
  • Oversee the day to day operations and maintenance of the Central Plant to ensure that the hospital is provided with safe and reliable utilities and building systems.
  • Direct the ongoing repairs, preventive maintenance, and testing of the Central Planty and its systems as well as implement corrective and deferred maintenance projects to improve, renew, and modify those systems.
  • Contract with and oversee outside vendors providing services not performed by in-house staff.
  • Assist with identifying and the planning of new hospital projects.Work with Cap Programs and PDC with any construction projects affecting the Central Plant.
  • Maintain inventory of supplies and tools by establishing par levels; researching parts and materials needed; submitting purchase requests to the Health System Facilities Office staff.
  • Ensure that there is 24/7 direct supervision of the Central Plant staff whether by yourself or by your assigned designee.
  • Attend meetings and participate in all Manager assigned committees such as Environment of Care, Life Safety, Support Services, etc.
  • Ensure that the Central Plant is in compliance with all applicable regulatory codes, standards, permits and licenses and maintain all documentation required by Authority Having Jurisdiction. (AHJ).
  • Responsible for communication to all hospital administration, staff, and applicable personnel whether directly or by your assigned designee for any maintenance work, planned and/or unplanned outages and repairs that affect hospital operations.
  • Responsible to initiate and insure the completion of any “Risk Assessments” and if necessary “Interim Life Safety Measures” (ILSM), if applicable.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.