Facilities Manager

**About the Tsakwa'lutan Healing Centre**

We, the We Wai Kai Nation, embrace our language and culture to build a proud, healthy, safe, and self-sufficient community. We support and encourage each other to thrive by following the footsteps of our ancestral history as stewards of our lands and waters, while balancing our role in modern-day society.

The Tsakwa’lutan Healing Centre, located on Quadra Island, represents a vision for addiction recovery with the goal of restoring lives, families, and empowering communities. Our approach is to destigmatize addiction as an individual issue and to engage, educate, and empower individuals, families, and communities in the recovery process. We achieve this by integrating the best of Western medicine with our traditional healing practices and values.

**About the Opportunity**

We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time **Facilities Manager** based on **Quadra Island, BC.**

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Facilities Manager is responsible for all operational [non-medical/non-clinical] aspects of the Centre, including the health, safety and respectful treatment of all employees, clients, and visitors; financial oversight and budgeting; human resources management; security and loss management; and infrastructure maintenance.

This job description provides a general overview of the duties and responsibilities of the Facilities Manager. In addition to the job description, more detailed lists of job duties and responsibilities may be available. The policies and procedures of the Wellness Centre and the Nation further describe the performance and behavioral expectations of all employees.

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Facilities Manager has responsibility for the facility’s operations infrastructure, grounds, and non-clinical staff.

More specifically, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
**Facility Supervision and Management**
- Ensure the facility is well maintained, clean, and safe for both clients and staff as per the approved OHS plan.
- Ensure all grounds and gardens are kept up and managed as per scheduled maintenance plan.
- Lead and supervise the facilities staff, including housekeepers, maintenance workers, kitchen workers, and other support personnel.
- Develop and implement preventive maintenance programs to minimize downtime and ensure ongoing functionality of equipment and systems.
- Schedule shifts and manage workloads to ensure adequate coverage and efficiency, including proper planning for planned and unplanned absences.
- Conduct performance evaluations and provide ongoing training and support to staff.

**Maintenance, Repairs and Facility Improvements**
- Implement and enforce safety protocols and procedures to maintain a secure environment for clients, staff, and visitors and all areas are met as per licensing requirements.
- Ensure routine maintenance tasks, such as cleaning, landscaping, and minor repairs.
- Coordinate with external contractors for specialized repairs and/or renovations as needed.
- Identify opportunities for facility improvements and efficiencies.
- Collaborate with management on renovation projects or upgrades to enhance the facility’s functionality and appearance.

**Client Interaction and Support**
- Foster a respective and supportive environment for clients through professional interactions.
- Respond promptly to client requests or concerns, handling personally or referring to other applicable staff.

**Safety and Compliance**
- Ensure the facility staff meet and comply with all health and regulations including those specifically required by licensing bodies.
- Participates in the OHS Committee to ensure compliance to the OHS Manual. Will hold OHS meetings and record action requirements and ensure actions are fulfilled. Management of the OHS Manual.
- Collaborate effectively with management and clinical staff regarding staff performance in the areas of housekeeping, food service, and facility maintenance.
- Implements and oversees the Vehicle Management policy.
- Ensure compliance with environmental regulations and sustainability initiatives, including waste management, clean water supply, energy conservation and green building practices.
- Conduct regular inspections to identify and address potential safety hazards.
- Implement and monitor compliance with infection control protocols and other safety standards.

**Supervision and Recruitment**
- Recruit, train, manage, motivate, and terminate staff. Maintain personnel records. Lead staff meetings for all maintenance, kitchen, and housekeeping staff.
- Oversee financial, personnel, and other records and documentation for the facilities staff, ensuring they meet appropriate legal and financial standards.
- Responsible for ensuring kitchen staff provide food delivery service as directed by the dietician and as per the licensing requirements.
- Responsible to ensure maintenance staff develop, implement, and maintain the facility Ma