Overview
Coordinates and directs the day-to-day campus general maintenance and plant operation and manages community support services related to site educational programming, planning, construction, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, and other facilities by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides ongoing communication and reporting of site activity to both the client and ABM senior management
- Inspects buildings and grounds and evaluates support services effectiveness and use of space and facilities.
- Processes all general maintenance, community requested service and specific assigned PM Activity associated with academic programming spaces.
- Directs general maintenance personnel and workers engaged in community support, equipment service, installation and repair, facilities equipment repair, and preventive maintenance.
- Plans, budgets, and schedules facilities modifications including cost estimates, bid sheets, layouts, and contracts for construction and acquisitions.
- Performs audits using SITE to support service planning and client service needs
- Helps develop long range plans, conceptual designs, and capital outlay requirements and documentation for buildings and grounds.
- Formulates and coordinates program specifications, requirements for proposals and contracts, and associated documents.
- Acts as liaison to public utility, environmental, and energy agencies.
- Monitors plumbing and other systems operation and tracks energy profiles against operating performance. Works with client to identify energy conservation measures and implements such as needed.
- Inspects construction and installation progress to ensure conformance to established specifications.
- Reviews service contracts for compliance with site needs and provides oversight to validate adherence to specifications and quality of deliverables
- Assists in the coordination of building space allocation, layout, and communication services.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Directly supervises 23 employees in the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Language Skills:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of QA Software; BAS automation, CAD or .DWG programs a plus; Internet software / Office 365 with strong ability in Excel and PowerPoint / Outlook Mail; CMMS Software Experience; Kronos Payroll systems; MS Project or Milestones Simplicity Project Management software a plus.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Current Driver’s License, Formal Facilities Management Certification (BOMI, CFM etc.), HVAC License, EPA Universal Certification
Other Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge of allied building services trades, complex digital building control systems and central plant operation and maintenance are important. Ideal candidate should be fully self-starting, able to motivate crews and be customer service driven
Other Qualifications:
- Must be willing to work at all; hours.
- Candidate should have had formal training in control systems and plant diagnostics
- Good understanding of energy management and demand containment - exposure to Energy Conservation Measures desired
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.
