Physical Plant Maintenance Staff

Director of Physical Plant: Wendy Yankelitis Email:yankelitis@es.marywood.edu Phone: 570-348-6201	Marywood University’s Physical Plant Department is dedicated to providing quality services to students, faculty, staff and visitors to the University.  The Physical Plant Department is responsible for maintaining the entire campus in a manner that is beneficial to learning and safety.  We are committed to continually improving our services, as well as, our operational systems to insure the best possible services within our means.
Superintendant of Trades: Myron Marcinek Email: mmarcinek@es.marywood.edu Phone: 570-961-4786	The Trades Department is responsible for the planning, construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance of all University buildings and facilities.  The services provided include but are not limited to providing utilities, elevator maintenance, preventative maintenance on heating & air conditioning equipment, keys, roof repairs, event setups, moving services, painting, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, recycling, pest control,scheduling chemical/medical waste disposal and updating the Material Safety Data Sheets on campus. All environmental safety issues are handled through this department.
Superintendant of Building Services: Joseph McCormack Email: jmccormack@es.marywood.edu Phone: 570-961-4785	The Physical Plant provides housekeeping services to administrative, academic, and residential buildings on a daily basis.  Classrooms, offices, hallways, and stairways are cleaned on a scheduled basis.  Restrooms are cleaned and serviced daily.  Windows, carpets, and floors are maintained periodically depending on academic schedule.  The custodial staff controls snow and ice on entrance ways and walks leading into buildings. Building services also includes general maintenance and custodial work in all academic and residence hall buildings and the maintenance of classrooms and public spaces including furnishings.
Superintendant of Grounds: Mark Burns Email: mburns@es.marywood.edu Phone: 570-961-4788	The grounds department is responsible for the maintenance & landscaping of the university grounds, the upkeep of sidewalks and roadways as well as maintaining the fleet of University vehicles & equipment. Marywood University takes a great deal of pride in the appearance of its building and grounds.  The Physical Plant employs a grounds crew that is responsible for turf maintenance, care of shrubs, plantings, and trees; road and walk cleaning and maintenance; and snow and ice control.  It takes conscious efforts on everyone’s part to help keep the campus grounds and buildings as free of litter, graffiti, and abuse as possible.  Please help keep your campus clean.
Maintenance Planner/Scheduler: Stanley Grzenda Email: grzenda@es.marywood.edu Phone: 570-961-4787	The Physical Plant planner/scheduler oversees the moving of furniture/offices, event setups in all buildings, recycling pickup, ordering paint & supplies for work orders, mail courier, keeping parts inventoried and supplied and also creating and receiving purchase orders in Datastream. All special event set ups are coordinated through this area and we respectfully request at least 2 weeks prior to any event, so we can staff and prepare properly.
Preventative Maintenance Coordinator: Geoffrey Smeltzer Email: gsmeltzer@es.marywood.edu Phone: 570-961-4789	The Preventative Maintenance Coordinator is responsible for creating all preventative maintenance work orders for equipment throughout campus. The positions also requires maintaining and updating all CAD drawings of campus, as well as looking for ways to save on and control the University's energy costs.
Department Assistant: Laurie Munley Email: munley@es.marywood.edu Phone: 570-348-6218 ext 8 or ext 2327 from campus phone	The department assistant provides the initial contact regarding service for problems on campus during normal hours of operation. This includes but is not limited to greeting visitors to Physical Plant, distribute visitor badges, input work orders, dispatching service, issuing purchase orders, ensuring invoices are prepared for payment, maintaining the web site, contacting vendors with service or repairs & handling calls from students, parents, employees and Chartwells staff as necessary.

Normal hours of operation for the Physical Plant Maintenance are 7:00am.-4:30pm., Monday through Friday. The maintenance building is staffed for emergencies 24 hours/day and on all Holidays. If you need immediate assistance after hours please call the garage @ (570)348-6218 option 9,(extension 2416 from a campus phone) or Security @ 6242.