Preventive Maintenance Supervisor

Position Description:

The Preventive Maintenance Supervisor coordinates routine maintenance, repairs, and work orders across the business’s food-service, retail, fuel station, and accommodations operations. This hands-on role inspects facilities and equipment, prioritizes and assigns maintenance requests, coordinates vendors and staff, and keeps accurate records in the work-order system. The supervisor must be comfortable receiving, entering, updating, and closing work orders by phone and computer.

Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks:

• Inspect assigned locations regularly to identify maintenance needs, safety concerns, damage, and opportunities to prevent equipment or facility failures.

• Create and maintain preventive-maintenance schedules for buildings, grounds, vehicles or equipment where applicable, kitchen and refrigeration equipment, pumps, restrooms, RV sites, and other property systems.

• Receive work requests by phone, email, or in person; enter them into the workorder system; and record the location, issue, priority, and requested service.

• Review, prioritize, assign, and track work orders through completion, keeping requesters informed of status or delays.

• Process work orders using a computer and phone, including updating notes, labor and materials, vendor information, completion status, and follow-up needs.

• Perform basic repairs and maintenance within the supervisor’s training and authorization; coordinate qualified employees or outside contractors for specialized work.

• Coordinate repairs and service calls for electrical, plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, lighting, doors, parking areas, landscaping, signage, and other building or site systems.

• Support maintenance needs specific to each operation, including food-service equipment and storage areas, retail fixtures, gas-station facilities, and RV-park utilities and common areas.

• Respond promptly to urgent issues that could affect safety, business operations, product quality, or guest and customer service; escalate emergencies to management and appropriate responders.

• Follow applicable company procedures and safety requirements, including safe work practices around food-handling areas, fuel facilities, electrical systems, chemicals, and occupied RV sites.

• Maintain an organized inventory of maintenance supplies, tools, and commonly used parts; report purchasing needs and help control maintenance costs.

• Keep accurate maintenance records, inspection checklists, equipment histories, and vendor documentation.

• Communicate professionally with employees, guests, customers, suppliers, and contractors; protect customer privacy and minimize disruption to operations.

• Provide direction to maintenance employees or contractors, verify completed work, and report recurring issues or larger repair needs to management.

Qualifications:

• Experience in facilities maintenance, building operations, equipment repair, or a related field; supervisory or work-order coordination experience is preferred.

• Comfortable using a computer, email, phone, and work-order or maintenance tracking software; able to learn the company’s system.

• Able to enter clear, accurate work-order details and follow requests through to completion.

• General knowledge of building systems and routine repairs; able to recognize when work requires a licensed or specialized contractor.

• Strong organization, prioritization, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Valid driver license and ability to travel between assigned locations, if required.

• Any required licenses, certifications, or training will depend on assigned duties and local requirements.

Physical and Work Requirements:

• Ability to walk through indoor and outdoor work areas, inspect facilities, and use a computer and phone regularly.

• May need to lift or carry tools and supplies, climb ladders, bend, kneel, or work outdoors in varying weather, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• May be required to respond to urgent maintenance problems outside regular business hours, according to the agreed schedule.

Preferences: [Preferred attributes for the position which are not absolutely required in the minimum qualifications (i.e., multi-lingual, college degree)]

• Bilingual, English and Spanish
• Able to read and write English

You may remember Casa de Fruta as the little cherry stand on Pacheco Pass, or as we are today, a California landmark and traditional stop on many families journeys. At our roadside Orchard Resort in the beautiful Pacheco Valley, we welcome visitors from around the world to stay and discover all that Casa de Fruta has to offer.