LEONARD LUKELA
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Waianae,USA
1
Certification
28
years of professional experience
Environmental Services Manager leading hospital housekeeping operations, laundry services, and infection control across a long-tenured acute care setting. Oversees staff scheduling, training, daily quality assurance, and policy development while keeping the department aligned with JCAHO, OSHA, and Department of Health standards. Manages budgets, equipment checks, and interdisciplinary communication to keep service reliable and audit-ready.
Work History
Environmental Services Manager
16 Years 3 Months- Oversee Environmental Services department operations here at Shriners Hospitals for Children.
- Perform daily quality assurance inspection
- Prepared policies and procedures for EVS department.
- Provide training, education, and supervise employees.
- Maintain hospital housekeeping procedures.
- Supervise the hospital laundry department, keep count of laundry being washed, total weight loads per week and monthly.
- Infection control knowledge. ICC member
- Participates in interviews, evaluating, disciplining and other duties.
- Communicates with EVS staff and keeps them updated of hospital and department activities.
- Communicates with Hospital Staff.
- Maintain schedule for EVS Staff
- Maintain weekly equipment checks.
- Participates in Environmental Tours
- Ensures department meets JCAHO Commission, OSHA, and Department of Health.
- Budgeting appropriately based on staff & department needs. Monitoring expenses regularly. Justifying expenses exceeding department budget. Using sound financial judgment when purchasing to get the best value based on quality, cost, service, warranty and other factors.
Shift leader
10 Years 4 Months- Assist supervise the Hospital Housekeeping Department at Tripler Army Medical Center ( 55+ employees per shift )
- Training of new employees
- Assist with housekeeping procedures.
- Assist with floor care and carpet cleaning procedures.
- Quality assurance inspection.
- Front desk shift scheduling.
- Warehouse duties.
- Qualified as a Retort and Bailor operator.
Supervisor
11 Years 4 Months- Supervise the Hospital Housekeeping Department at Schofield Barracks.
- Shift scheduling, planning, implementing all hospital housekeeping procedures mandated by the Federal Government.
- Give monthly training classes.
- Maintain floor care and carpet cleaning procedures.
- Order weekly supplies.
- Maintained all equipment.
- Daily laundry cleaning.
- Performed weekly quality assurance inspection at all Medical Facilities at Schofield Barracks.
- Communicate with all staff and Military personnel
- Qualified Retort and Bailor Operator.
- Maintained all housekeeping discrepancies from the government.
- PO Box 31049, Honolulu, Hawaii 96820
Housekeeper
11 Months- Trained in O/R and Labor & Delivery departments.
- Trained in Isolation cleaning.
- Floor care procedures.
- Trash removal
- Bed making.
- Restroom cleaning
- Worked in ICU units.
- 2/96 to 11/97 – O.C. Towing, 1300 #. Wilshire Ave, Ca Duties included maintaining and operating tow trucks.
- 2/96 – 9/94 – J.R Fleet Services, 1505 S. Grand Ave Santa Ana, Ca Worked on private Security Vehicles, Ambulances, Corp Vehicles.
Education
High School Diploma
Graduated
Skills
Environmental services operations
Housekeeping procedure management
Staff scheduling
Employee training
Budget management
Infection control protocols
Joint Commission compliance
OSHA compliance
Quality assurance inspections
Incident reporting
Capital planning
Vendor contract management
Work order management
Preventive maintenance scheduling
CMMS administration
Energy management
Green cleaning standards
KPI reporting
Space utilization planning
Biomedical waste handling
Regulatory audit preparation
OSHA recordkeeping
Certification
- CPR – Certified 2025
- DoT: Regulated Medical Waste Certification 2026
- AHE – Member 2024
- ALM – Membership – 2024
- Certificate of Training – July 26, 2020
- Fred Pryor Seminar:
- Mistake-Free Grammar & Proofreading - 2024
- Excel Basics / Beyond the Basics – 2024
- Ultimate Supervisor – 2024
- Supervisory-Management Development Certificate Series – 4/2024
- Hawaii Employers Council:
- Basic Supervision and the New Supervisor - 2024
- Basic Employment Laws - 2018
- Correcting Poor Performance - 2024
- Investigation and Documentation - 2024
- Performance Appraisal, Part 1 – Overview - 2024
- Performance Appraisal, Part II – Communicating with the Employee - 2024
- Sexual and Other Harassment Avoidance - 2023
- Interviewing – 2025
Timeline
Environmental Services Manager
Shriners Hospitals for Children
10.2009 - 01.2026Read More
Shift leader
Tripler Army Medical Center
06.1999 - 10.2009Read More
Supervisor
Pacific Environmental Services
06.1998 - 10.2009Read More
Housekeeper
06.1998 - 05.1999Read More
Saddleback High School
High School Diploma
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