ESD Services Supervisor - FT Overnight Shift

Evaluate employees’ performance, mentor and train employees, complete personnel reports, discuss problems, and counsel employees when necessary. You’ll work with diverse employees and see all aspects of our hospital functions while ensuring that your colleagues have a clean and safe environment to treat our patients properly.

Position/Dept Summary:  Working in Environmental Services makes you an integral part of our hospital. You’ll work with diverse employees and see all aspects of our hospital functions while ensuring that your colleagues have a clean and safe environment to treat our patients properly. With a tremendous amount of opportunity for growth and excellent benefits, you’ll be able to shape your career and build a future here at Boston Children's Hospital.

*Schedule is Monday-Friday 11pm-7:30am, every other weekend and holidays*

Key responsibilities:

• Plan, organize, direct and control the workflow in the assigned areas. Rearrange E.S.D. employee assignments to provide coverage for employees' vacations and absenteeism
• Evaluate employees’ performance, mentor and train employees, complete personnel reports, discuss problems, and counsel employees when necessary. Initiate corrective action procedures when necessary
• Perform record keeping such as daily documentation of work performed and payroll hours for employees
• Conduct inspections of assigned areas to ensure that work is being carried out in a proper and orderly manner
• Provide monthly written documentation of area inspections
• Establish and maintain interdepartmental relations with other depts such as: Linen, Dietary, Nursing, Engineering, etc.
• Continually update personal working knowledge of regulations, area/unit requirements, chemical and equipment use and hospital policies. Recommend changes in policies and/or procedures to the Director
• Assign and respond with staff and equipment when emergency calls and situations arise, such as: fires, floods, disaster alerts and activations
• Evaluate new cleaning products, materials and equipment. Order supplies as needed, report on equipment needs and conditions
• Provide coverage for other supervisors during their absences. Assist E.S.D. employees with assigned tasks when necessary
• Monitor specialized areas such as the receiving docks and entrances for cleaning and illegally parked vehicles
• Collaborate with the Security Department for towing of illegally parked vehicles

​​Education:  A High School Diploma/ GED is required
Experience:   

• 2 years experience is required
• Experience managing teams 
• Floor Care experience is highly preferred
• The ability to solve problems that require the use of basic scientific, mathematical or technical principles
• Communication skills in order to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions and well developed writing skills in English

**Environmental Service positions are currently eligible for a sign-on bonus of $1,000 if you are not a BCH employee**