Facility Agency Superintendent

Make a bigger difference

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you’ll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here.  Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. 

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

The Facility Agency Superintendent is responsible for ensuring Oversight, Organization and coordination of all Handymen, Coordination of various teams, Quality control, safety checks and on-site direction as needed. A successful candidate should possess excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and have the ability to inspire and motivate the team. Assist in the hiring and training of staff, arrange their schedules and work activities.

Some responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Delegating maintenance tasks to the rest of the team, and finding relevant vendors and service providers.
• Manage, inspect and supervise the work of the Facilities Handy-People (union) work force.
• Analyzing performance of work force and drawing up action plans if applicable.
• Assessing procedures and making recommendations for improvement.
• Develop and implement preventative maintenance plan
• Obeying agency regulations, guidelines, policies, and ensuring work force do the same.
• Ensuring quality control standards are consistently met.
• Understanding and knowledgeable of supply and material inventories.
• Purchasing any equipment, tools, or materials that may be required.
• Ensuring basic tools and machinery are in working order by performing regular inspections or delegating to a responsible person among the work force.
• Coordinate and follow up on preventative maintenance on refrigeration units, plumbing, electrical, mechanical and other systems.
• Coordinate and assist in repairs involving basic electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems.
• Coordinate and assist in repairs involving basic carpentry, roofing and other general building repairs or work.

TO QUALIFY:

●        Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Explorer)

●        Strong analytical skills, organizational ability and attention to detail is a must

●        Must be a self-starter, proactive, flexible, and deadline-focused

●        Ability to work on different projects simultaneously.

●        Good leadership and people skills.

●        Experience in project management

●        Experience with people management

EDUCATION / TRAINING PREFERRED:

• 5 + years of experience in the field
• Minimum 2 years of college or Equivalent
• 30 Hour OSHA Card
• Valid driver’s license

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans 
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities 
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program  
• Life and disability insurance 
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

 We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.