JOB SUMMARY:

Directs and leads the compliance efforts for the department of Facilities and Operations Management.  Ensures applicable codes are reviewed, met, and maintained for the entire institution.  Assists with the Joint Commission visits, ADA compliance issues, code analysis and recommendations for life safety issues.

MAJOR DUTIES / CRITICAL TASKS:

• Provides leadership for Facilities for campus-wide issues related to code compliance, ADA and accessibility issues, and life safety issues.

• Responsible for keeping records of all code and life safety issues for the campus.

• Collaborates with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Maintenance Managers and Utility Managers to maintain code-compliant facilities.

• Reviews drawings and research code issues related to new projects as well as for renovations and provides recommendations as necessary.

• Provides leadership for FOAM in the Environment of Care Committee, including setting direction and vision of committee.

• Develops and implements plans for improving the Environment of Care function on and off campus.

• Schedules, coordinates, collects, reviews and disseminates data collected during semi-annual Environmental Rounds.

• Develops, creates and maintains Microsoft Access databases for on/off campus EOC Environmental Rounds Surveys.

• Provides EOC educational opportunities for UTMB staff throughout the clinical areas.

• Presents EOC improvement indicators and information to the Hospital Quality Care. Committee quarterly.

• Serves on the JCAHO Hospital Steering and Task Force committees

• Administrator for the UTMB’s JCAHO Statement of Conditions for Life Safety to ensure compliance.

• Performs annual Life Safety inspections at UTMB’s Off-Campus clinics throughout Southeast Texas.

• Serves as member of EOC sub-committees for Safety, Life Safety, Utilities and Security.

• Creates, deletes, and continuously updates UTMB’s preventive maintenance plans for its facilities equipment.

• Annually updates FOAM calendar for Preventative Maintenance strategy of UTMB’s Emergency power system.

• Generates, prints and distributes the weekly Preventative Maintenance work orders for FOAM.

• Generates ad-hoc reports for FOAM (i.e. PM’s issued, Equipment Completion Reports, Maintenance Area Workgroup completion reports, etc.).

• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

• Assists with Life Safety budgeting and oversight of Life Safety projects

• Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and three years of related experience.

EQUIPMENT:

Standard Office Equipment.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Standard Office Environment, Clinical and Research Environments

OTHER:

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.

any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require the prior approval of the vice president for human resources and employee services.