Company Overview

Easy Mile Fitness is a multi-unit franchisee of Planet Fitness health clubs located throughout the Southeast, owning & operating +40 Planet Fitness clubs in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and Canada. At EMF we look to live out our mission statement:

To create and serve our communities by enriching lives through passionate team members who embody Planet Fitness values

With more than 2,400 locations, Planet Fitness (NYSE: PLNT) is one of the largest and most popular fitness chains in the world. Planet Fitness possesses a highly recognized brand in the high-value, low-price segment of the market. Its core mission is to enhance peoples lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment, which it calls the Judgement Free Zone.

General Responsibilities:

Easy Mile Fitness is looking for an experienced Director of Facilities to oversee all building maintenance and equipment maintenance related activities within our gyms and office locations. We are expanding our footprint and seek a full-time candidate to develop and grow the Facilities Departments abilities and team.

This positions role is to provide safe, clean and operationally efficient facilities for our membership and staff in harmony with our Planet Fitness branding. The ideal candidate will be well-organized, have excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to develop and improve processes and vendor relations, while reducing costs. The candidate will also possess leadership abilities to inspire and motivate a team, effectively work cross-functionally with the other departments.

Anticipated responsibilities outlined below.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, hire, develop, mentor, and manage Facilities Manager and field-based Maintenance Technicians.
• Ensuring facilities are maintained according to Planet Fitness branding requirements.
• Purchasing and managing gym equipment replacements pursuant to corporate timelines and guidelines.
• Ensuring quality control management for club maintenance, preventative maintenance and basic repair matters for in-house maintenance staff and third-party vendors.
• Bidding, tracking and analyzing annual service agreement vendors.
• Expanding quality vendor relationships to ensure that best practices for cost and responsiveness needs are met and improved.
• Facilitating and expanding database management for onboarding new facilities and ensuring current facilities are accurate and updated.
• Communicating, documenting and coordinating between contractors, vendors, landlords and property management for complicated facility matters.
• Developing, analyzing and reporting on budgets and analytical tools for cost metrics.
• Forecasting, allocating, and managing financial and physical resources of the facilities maintenance department.
• Providing and maintaining inventory management for tracking and ordering processes.
• Analyzing and approving contracts, purchase orders and corresponding invoices.
• Managing the documentation of facilities required inspections for life safety and operational requirements.
• Provide oversight for department budget development and execution.
• Working with operations staff for best practices coordination on equipment and building reparations and preventative maintenance needs.
• Other duties, as needed, based on the club and business needs.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Minimum of ten years facilities maintenance and operations experience, at least five of which have been in a supervisory capacity, including project/program budget preparation and monitoring, contract administration, and employee supervision.
• Facilities Management degree, Certification preferred or equivalent experience.
• Must be detail oriented and have the ability to multi-task with time sensitive material in a fast-paced environment.
• Have clear verbal and written communication with executive team, in-house maintenance staff, in-club management and staff, city/government employees, project managers, outside vendors, and landlords is a must.
• Strong leaderships communication skills, with the ability to coach and mentor while having knowledge of supervisory practices and procedures.
• Ability to prioritize and delegate.
• Proficiency and prior experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) and familiarity with property management software tracking programs Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), is preferred.
• Ability to travel to different markets on a regular basis.
• Strong problem solving and organizational/planning skills.
• Physical Requirements: Ability to talk and hear, sit, stand, and use their hands and fingers to handle or feel. Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 75 pounds.

Benefits (ie The Fun Stuff!)

• Work Environment: Located in downtown Boston in a new WeWork office with iced coffee on-tap, it is a fun & engaging work environment with a small team.
• Fun & Fast Paced: Must be comfortable wearing a number of hats and getting your hands dirty. A growing organization where everyone is helping to build the organization. Get used to multi-tasking.
• Vacation: Unlimited PTO! It's your time, you decide how to use it. We work hard and want to make sure our staff take the time the need to relax.
• Medical & Dental Insurance: A competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Program is available to all our Employees.
• Retirement: 401(K) and Roth Retirement Savings Plan with competitive company match
• Free Planet Fitness Membership: Ultimately we want all of our staff to be raving fans of PF. Enjoy a Black Card membership on us!