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DIRECTOR OF PLANT OPERATIONS

Universal Health Services
paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Pennsylvania, Doylestown
833 East Butler Avenue (Show on map)
Aug 05, 2025
Responsibilities

One of the nation's largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Steadily growing from a startup to an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, UHS today has an annual revenue nearing $10.4 billion. In 2017, UHS was recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; ranked #276 on the Fortune 500, and listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America's Top 500 Public Companies.

Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was 40 years ago: Build or acquire high quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, invest in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive, and become the leading healthcare provider in each community we serve.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 90,000 employees, and through its subsidiaries, operates more than 400 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and ambulatory centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin islands, and the United Kingdom.

Foundations Behavioral Health is currently looking for a Director of Plant Operations to support our facility in Doylestown, PA. Foundations Behavioral Health provides innovative behavioral health treatment and academic excellence to children, adolescents and young adults. Established in 1964, Foundations Behavioral Health provides treatment in a homelike environment located on a 12-acre campus in Bucks County, PA. Foundations provides a full continuum of care for children, adolescents, and young adults spanning hospitalization to outpatient and academic services.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Director of Plant Operations is responsible for coordinating and managing hospital programs which ensure the safe and reliable operations of the physical plant, of the facility. The DOP provides services that support the acute care and residential environment of care, and ensures compliance with all Federal, State, Local, regulations, including those applicable to, and in concert with The Joint Commission.

Additional duties and responsibilities include:

  1. Supervises and directs the Plant Operations by developing preventative maintenance programs and ensures physical plant facility are environmentally and physically safe.
  2. Manages daily and weekly work order system to ensure maximum customer service; manages outside contracts which are inter-related with total plant operations.
  3. Oversees and manages departmental budget - monthly operation issues and capital expense processes; trains plant operations staff in the safe operation of the facility.
  4. Ensures all fire drills and safety checks are conducted, as required.
  5. Monitors the sanitation and cleanliness of facility to ensure compliance with all applicable and accrediting standards, licensure requests, and infection control guidelines.
  1. Manages the following areas of the hospital: plant operations, buildings and grounds, safety, nutrition services and environmental services

Benefit Highlights:

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
  • Tuition Reimbursement

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com


Qualifications

Qualifications

  1. Significant experience overseeing and managing facility operations, including engineering, HVAC systems, building construction, and maintenance; preferably in a hospital environment.
  2. Demonstrated knowledge of infrastructure based operations, specifically, as it relates to electrical, HVAC, plumbing, building construction, and fire safety.
  3. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  4. Knowledge of contract management, bidding, project management, and contract negotiations.
  5. Must be able to handle multiple competing task, with minimum supervision
  6. Demonstrated ability to manage and supervise the work of multiple staff members, and prioritize duties and responsibilities, including performance management.
  7. Demonstrated knowledge of the Joint Commission accreditation standards applicable to building operations and environmental services.
  8. Demonstrated ability to train plant operations staff in the safe operations of facility tools, equipment, machines, and systems.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS

and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

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