Engineering Team Leader/Electrical

Overview

By building and leading a strong team, provides continuous improvement of utilities, buildings, facility equipment, and grounds.  Optimizes the environment of care within budget

Responsibilities

Manage day to day maintenance operations by using sound organizational, prioritization, and technical skills

Maintains daily shop operations by working directly with mechanics throughout the organization to resolve equipment issues, make best value decisions, and improve processes

Directs, coordinates, and supervises all mechanics on team

Effective communication with Customer, team, and manager

Continuous development of staff, through hands on examples, and by serving as a knowledge base

Continuous improvement of team efficiency and effectiveness

Provision of safe and reliable buildings, facility equipment, utilities, and grounds

Responsible for making sure health/safety issues are completed immediately or As Soon as Possible

Provides and effectively presents good information for training, problem solving, and decision making

Helps to manage inter-team relations between Engineering Services’ teams, between Engineering and Construction, and between Engineering Services and other DCH departments

Assume duties of Director/Manager during his/her absence

Manages front line operations of area of accountability related to meeting/exceeding departmental goals, 5 keys of excellence, DCH Mission and Vision.

Interviews, selects, hire and retains employees

Executes progressive discipline up to and including termination

 

DCH Standards:

• Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Must adhere to the DCH Mission, Vision, and Values including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
• Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors and employees.
• Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors and employees.
• Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
• Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.

• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English. 
• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent is required. 
• Must possess a valid Alabama Driver’s License
• Must demonstrate facility competence through a cognitive CBT test and specific tasks observation
• Must have good organizational, technical, and communications skills

PLUS:

• Two year technical degree directly applicable to primary assignment;
• AND ten years’ experience in primary assignment
• OR ten years’ experience relevant to primary assignment area or with Engineering Services at a DCH Facility

 

 

WORKING CONDITIONS

 

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Daily face-to-face discussions and working with individuals or teams to complete projects
• Good communication skills
• Includes exposure to human disease and infection
• Includes exposure and dealing with physical aggression of violent individuals (Code Strong)

PHYSICAL FACTORS

• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Heavy Work

Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects

• Able to climb ladders and scaffolding
• Possess good manual dexterity
• Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time
• Requires wearing common personal protective equipment

• Possible daily exposure hazardous chemicals
• Vision and hearing to be corrected to within a normal range
• Includes exposure to extremely high decibel levels. (Loud noise)
• Often exposed to hot and cold temperatures due to outdoor exposure and weather conditions
• Possible exposure to cuts, burns, bites or stings
• Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

STRUCTURAL

• Must be able to work 40 hours a week, occasional weekend and overtime when required
• Some