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Manager - Plant Operations and Maintenance

SSM Health · Waupun, WI · Full time

Posted Sep 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about the facilities you've managed and the kinds of systems you were responsible for.

What they are checking: Whether their experience fits a hospital like Waupun Memorial and its building systems.

Tell me about a time you had to discipline or let go of an employee.

What they are checking: Whether they handle hard people decisions fairly and follow process.

How do you build a maintenance team that takes pride in their work?

What they are checking: Whether they can motivate and develop their staff.

What would you do

The emergency generator fails its monthly test. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they act quickly, put backup plans in place and document everything.

A department head wants a renovation done quickly, but it needs infection control steps that will slow it down. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they protect patient safety while working with leaders to meet goals.

About the work

How do you plan and defend a capital budget for building systems?

What they are checking: Whether they can rank needs by risk and explain them to leaders.

What are the most important parts of the Environment of Care standards you manage to?

What they are checking: Whether they know Joint Commission and life safety requirements for hospitals.

How do you make sure preventive maintenance gets done and is documented?

What they are checking: Whether they use systems and follow-up to keep inspections clean.

How do you decide whether to repair aging equipment or replace it?

What they are checking: Whether they weigh cost, risk and downtime in their decisions.

How do you manage outside contractors working in the hospital?

What they are checking: Whether they control contractor safety, quality and infection risks.

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The full job description

As published by SSM Health.

It's more than a career, it's a calling. WI-Waupun Memorial Hospital Worker Type: Regular Job Summary: Manages and leads plant operations and maintenance functions within a business unit or ministry location with some authority in plant operations and maintenance strategies, work plans, budgets, and staffing to ensure effective operational performance. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES • Participates in strategic planning of staffing levels, development, and growth. recruitment, supervision, and disciplinary process. • Assists in strategically managing and leading plant operations and maintenance services to meet the expectations of all customers served. • Participates in the development and submitting of annual capital and operating budgets for maintenance operations for all business units or specific ministry locations of responsibilities. Manages approved budgets cost-effectively. • Participates in the strategic planning and development of plant operations and maintenance services for maintenance services, ensuring alignment with system strategic initiatives. • Participates in strategically developing policies and procedures that align with department and over-all locations operations, and manages the review and revision of policies and procedures. • Participates in planning and managing the physical environment of care with the policies of the campus, The Joint Commission (TJC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and any other applicable federal, state and local statutes and administrative codes. • Manages the purchase of supplies, equipment, and services ensuring uninterrupted service to a business unit, or specific ministry of responsibility. • Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. • Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION • Associate's degree in engineering, business or related field, or equivalent years of experience and education EXPERIENCE • Five years' experience, with two years' in leadership PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. • Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. • Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. • Frequent keyboard use/data entry. • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping. • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. • Rare climbing. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS • None Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 9232000045 PLO-Waupun Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. SSM Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Click here to learn more.

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