About Our Organization:

St. Catherine’s Center for Children is a leading non-profit organization in New York’s Greater Capital District. Our comprehensive range of human services reach more than 1,000 children, 600 families, and hundreds of adults across Upstate New York each year. Our multi-faceted programs are designed to offer hope, foster growth, and improve the lives of the children, families, and adults we serve. We offer residential and therapeutic foster care programs for children and youth, Kinship support, homeless and community-based services for adults and families, a special education elementary school for ages 5-13, and so much more.

St. Catherine’s employs more than 300 full and part-time staff. Our spectrum of services for children, families and individuals suffering from the lasting effects of abuse and neglect, family instability, mental illness, homelessness and other ongoing traumas, continues to grow. We are committed to cultivating a culture where all employees can bring their authentic and best selves to the workplace. Our DEI-B initiatives are designed to support and build a more equitable, inclusive and diversified workplace, one which exemplifies true respect and dignity.

Position Overview:

The Director of Building and Grounds (“Director”) ensures and coordinates the maintenance and repair work for agency buildings and properties. Regularly inspects and completes proper safety inspections regarding agency buildings, properties and vehicle fleet, executing work as necessary. Manages and supervises the maintenance team, assigns maintenance staff tasks and ensures completion of tasks. Interacts routinely with program leaders and staff to facilitate completion of maintenance tasks, projects and to maintain safe working and living spaces.

This is a full-time exempt position, Monday - Friday (7-3, 7-4, or 9-5) and the candidate must be available for on-call rotations. This is a driving position; therefore, a New York State driver's license is required.

Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Maintenance:

• Must demonstrate the ability to perform all routine and extensive tasks to maintain and improve the physical appearance, functioning, and operation of agency buildings, property and equipment. Assist, as needed, with the renovation/remodeling of buildings

• Must demonstrate the knowledge and application of commonly used concepts, practices, and safety procedures in the areas of plumbing, carpentry, painting, plastering, electrical, grounds keeping, pest management and vehicle servicing.

• Delegates maintenance duties and as needed, performs repairs. Ensuring the necessary tools, equipment and supplies are readily available for each task, as well as maintained and serviced to prolong the life of tools and equipment.

• Maintains a safe working environment by ensuring that all tools, materials and supplies are kept out of reach of all clients and are properly stored.

• Possess the ability to work independently, relying on experience and judgement to organize and complete tasks and supervise the maintenance team.

• Maintain records of scheduled maintenance and inspections.

• Obtain estimates for supplies, materials and repairs.

• Follows all applicable safety rules, practices and procedures.

• Ensures that emergency maintenance requests are addressed in a timely manner.

Supervision:

• Manage day-to-day operations of Maintenance staff and projects.

• Complete periodic performance evaluations of maintenance staff.

• Retrieve work orders from the AWARDS database daily.

• Prioritize Work Orders, assign duties to maintenance staff each morning.

• Enter completed work order information into the AWARDS database.

• Submit periodic reports on Maintenance needs and progress.

• Coordinate with agency staff, Volunteer Coordinator, and the maintenance department for project makeovers and large projects that are being proposed by individuals, community groups, and other volunteers. Coordination should occur from start to finish of the project.

• Participate in all annual inspections required by regulatory bodies and follow up with documented corrective actions taken.

• Secure estimates from vendors for projects and on-going facility needs.

• Oversee work progress and completion of remodeling jobs by contractors

• Assist in coordinating Special Projects.

• Develop and implement procedures to assist in the efficient operation of the maintenance department.

• Additional position-related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements:

• High School diploma (or) GED/ TASC Equivalent, required; Trade School required.

• At least three years’ professional experience in at least one of the following: Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and suitable experience in other two.

• At least one year of supervisory experience.

• Previous experience working in a human services agency is a plus!

• Local travel to all agency site locations is regularly required for this position; therefore, it is essential to have a clean and valid New York State Driver’s License – and be actively licensed for no less than one (1) year.

• Must be willing and able to work in close proximity with the clients we serve.

• Ability to pass required pre-employment background checks, to include fingerprinting, is required.

Essential Functions:

• Ability to complete tasks independently, and apply common sense understanding to carry out written or verbal instructions as required by St. Catherine’s policies and procedures and by regulating agencies.

• Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle and meet the criteria outlined in the Revised Policy for Agency Drivers.

• Able to pass an agency driver training course to drive 8-15 passenger van.

• Knowledge in care and operation of all tools and equipment used in the maintenance department.

• Adjust schedule as necessary to meet emergency conditions affecting the agency (plumbing, electrical, snow removal, etc.). This includes the possibility of working evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary.

• Willingness to work as a team member respecting the points of view of other employees.

• Lead and inspire confidence in those supervised as well as those who collaborate on a peer level.

• Demonstrate ability to make decisions that are consistent with agency and program philosophy.

• Self-motivated and engaged, with a strong attention to detail.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to interpret miscellaneous drawings and schematics.

• Ability to frequently be required to sit; stand; walk; climb stairs; climb ladder; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; bend; kneel; crouch; or crawl; lift and carry boxes, tools, equipment and materials; and talk; or hear. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision and depth perception.

• Must be physically capable of lifting, carrying and moving at least 70 pounds.

• Must be able to complete job duties while being exposed to moving mechanical parts, to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and vibration.

• Ability to relate to and communicate with a wide range of people. This includes but is not limited to a broad range of people who are culturally and socio- economically diverse, as well as people with various developmental and functional levels.

• Ability to understand emotionally disturbed children, tolerate frustration of children upsetting cleaned or repaired areas, and safe-guard confidential information.

• Ability to understand, communicate with, represent and carry out the mission, values, philosophy and policies of St. Catherine’s Center for Children.

• Ability to conduct oneself in a manner that is becoming of an employee of St. Catherine’s Center for Children.

• Ability to work effectively in a shared decision-making model as a team member.

• Ability to carry out written documentation as required by St. Catherine’s policies and procedures and as required by regulating agencies.

• Ability to organize and effectively manage (in a timely manner) the varied tasks of the position.

• Ability to work collaboratively with other personnel/ service providers or professionals.

• Computer and technology skills that include the ability to respond in a professional manner to emails, calls and texts, and prior knowledge of or the ability to learn AWARDS software.

What We Offer You*:

• Competitive Pay with an Excellent Benefits Package

• Health Insurance options*: Medical, Dental and Vision

• Generous Combined Leave Time and loads of PAID Holidays*!

• $500 Employee Referral Bonus*

• Professional Development & Career Growth Opportunities

• We are a 501(c) (3) agency, which is a qualifying employer for eligible staff under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program*

• Pension Plan with Aggressive Agency contribution*

• Life Insurance – Automatic Benefit, at no cost to you!

• Paid Training* including TCI and CPR/AED/First Aid Certification Update courses, if role appropriate

• Tuition Reimbursement*

• Travel/ Mileage Reimbursement*

• Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

• The Comfort of a Business Casual Environment.

*To qualify, certain conditions may apply

EEO Statement: St. Catherine’s Center for Children is committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, reproductive health and pregnancy, family history and genetics, disability, age, military status, veteran status, politics, or other beliefs, and any other characteristics protected by law.

Background Checks: We run a thorough and complete pre-employment background check on all candidates being considered for a position, this includes fingerprinting. All candidates must successfully clear the pre-employment background check process, which follows NYS/DOJ requirements. We pay for all pre-employment background checks!