What are the responsibilities and job description for the Facilities Operations Director position at Knott's Berry Farm?
Job Summary
The Facilities Maintenance Area Manager is responsible for overseeing maintenance activities to ensure the park's infrastructure and attractions operate safely and efficiently. This includes leading a team of maintenance professionals, developing maintenance schedules, and collaborating with other departments to promptly address any facility issues.
Main Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the paint, sign, carpenter shops for a large amusement park, aquatic park, and facility systems.
- Plan and direct work staff, including training, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work, evaluating work performance, coordinating activities, maintaining standards, allocating personnel, selecting new associates, and acting on associate problems.
- Schedule associates and assign tasks according to business needs, coordinate work on multi-craft and multi-divisional projects, and plan and develop preventative maintenance job plans.
- Develop project/repair estimates that include materials, equipment, contractors, and internal labor personnel required to successfully complete projects.
- Lead logistics planning by obtaining, storing, safeguarding, distributing, and using equipment, material, and supplies, lead and interpret construction codes and other regulations.
- Proactively develop sustainment corrective action plans that package work together in the same land to achieve deploying tradesmen using an economy of movement that results in highly effective and efficient labor utilization.
- Comply with SCAQMD, OC Health Food Safety regulations, Pool Safety, OHSA, and Cal OSHA.
Requirements:
- Associate's degree or vocational/technical school degree, with a focus in Construction or Facilities Maintenance.
- Vocational/technical training in Project Management, Construction, Maintenance preferred.
- Previous leadership/management experience overseeing a large group.
- Practical and successful experience working in a regulated environment, practical experience with SCAQMD rules, Food Safety Health Code, Pool Safety.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel desired.
- A minimum of 6 years of experience at a supervisor level or equivalent required.
