Traveling Maintenance Manager

Danbury Senior Living

Traveling Maintenance Manager providing maintenance support and oversight across communities. Ensuring continuity of standards while training new staff and being on call 24/7.

Posted 4/13/2026full-timeDes Moines • Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide maintenance and housekeeping support, direction, and oversight of the Maintenance Department at communities, with vacancies, to sustain continuity of maintenance and housekeeping standards until a replacement can be identified
Provide new employee training, perform audits and complete special assignments
Travel daily to assigned communities and be on call 24/7

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must have minimum of three years of management experience and three years of maintenance experience
Must have demonstrable knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office in a Windows environment, with a capacity to master company specific software
Experience with Yardi, Teams, Smartsheet, and OneDrive will be a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Accountabilities: Act as the community Maintenance Manager during a vacancy
Conduct drills, preventative maintenance, room turns, and work orders
Keep accurate records for all inspections and drills performed
Oversee and monitor housekeepers to ensure quality standards are maintained
Use declining budget to keep community on track and within budget
Provide 24/7 on call support for any emergencies within the community
Provide hands on training for all new Maintenance Managers
Coordinate and communicate with home office team to ensure smooth transition of outgoing and incoming community maintenance and housekeeping team members
Promote a positive work environment and encourages collaboration, teamwork, and effective communication with members of the team
Conduct audits to ensure community is up to company standards
Support Maintenance Managers with ongoing training
Perform any other duties as requested within the scope of responsibility and requirements of the job
Travel to assigned community daily which may include overnight stays during the week (M-F)

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Hard Skills & Tools

maintenance experiencemanagement experienceauditingemployee training

Soft Skills

directionoversightcommunicationorganizational skills