Your Opportunity:
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has an exciting opportunity for a new Lead Hand position based in our Facilities, Maintenance & Engineering (FM&E) Operations department at Chinook Regional Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who has their Journeyman trade certificate, and several years of experience in building maintenance using a Computerized Maintenance Management system (CMMS). This position oversees a wide range of trade-related duties associated with maintaining, renovation, repairing and construction in accordance with AHS standards and practices. You will be responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance work for equipment repairs, and preventative maintenance for the hospital’s utilities systems. Many of your responsibilities as the Lead Hand - Trades includes supervising FM&E staff and day-to-day activities, assigning work to other journeymen staff, and collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, ensuring safe work and departmental policies and procedures are followed. Excellent project coordination, communication, and organizational skills are required as you will be the first line of contact with vendors, contractors, lead hands, and project managers to review and resolve issues and coordinate maintenance activities. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, analytical, and effectively engages with employees. As a leader, you build confidence in your staff and assist them in adapting to change. If you are passionate about proactively identifying areas for continuous improvement and implementing strategies to improve team efficiencies, this is the perfect role for you to showcase your leadership abilities for Canada’s largest health authority. Join our team where you can make a significant impact on Albertans by helping to create a safe, healthy environment for staff, families, and patients!
Description:

As a Lead Hand, you will be responsible for providing functional supervision to a moderately sized group of similar journeyperson trade staff. In addition to functional supervision, you will perform a wide variety of journeyperson level trade duties associated with maintaining, renovating, repairing and construction in accordance with AHS standards and practices. You will assign work of journeyperson and supervise staff and perform ongoing maintenance work in an area of assigned trade or related responsibility. In addition, you will provide health and safety training and orientation and ensure compliance.

• Classification: Lead Hand
• Union: AUPE GSS
• Unit and Program: Facilities Maintenance and Engineering
• Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

• Classification: Lead Hand
• Union: AUPE GSS
• Unit and Program: Facilities Maintenance and Engineering
• Primary Location: Chinook Regional Hospital
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicabl