FACILITIES MANAGER
As the Facilities Manager you will deliver measurable results and meaningful impact in providing the District’s staff, pupils and community members with clean and safe physical plants, grounds and transportation services.
Qualifications: Love what you do, and the opportunity this position presents — especially your ability to shape, drive, and lead a high-expectation instructional climate and culture dedicated to improving student outcomes.
- Successful experience managing people and/or subcontractors/vendors in a service organization, preferably in public school related operations.
- Management experience in activities of maintenance, custodial services, general construction, as well as a managerial knowledge of school transportation, grounds and sports fields.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate.
- Ability to understand and communicate well with the staff, administration and the general public.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time.
- Ability to remain pleasant and calm while working under pressure.
- Ability to be a good organizer and a self-starter with excellent follow-up skills.
- College degree or equivalent educational experiences.
REPORTS TO: Director of Operations
SUPERVISES: Grounds, Maintenance, and Custodial Staff
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Facilities Supervisor is responsible for setting the goals for the varied departments, assessing those goals and evaluating the performance of the lead personnel.
Leadership
- Attends all regular Board meetings and sub committees relevant to the position.
- Oversees, with the appropriate supervisor, the improvement and renovation work performed by staff or outside vendors.
- Assists in recruitment, employment, assignment, transfer, promotion, demotion, or dismissal of personnel.
- Evaluates staff supervised.
- Promotes continuing programs for staff development.
- Establish requirements and schedules for plowing operations.
- Works with the groundskeeper, athletic director and principles to ensure that playing fields, grounds and other necessary facilities for athletics and other school activities are prepared.
Operational Excellence
- Is responsible for the overall planning and performance of maintenance and grounds repair requirements of the district.
- Is responsible for the overall planning and performance of cleaning requirements of the district.
- Ensures that standards consistent with all applicable laws are maintained.
- Is responsible for developing budgets for the operations of the various areas under his/her direction.
- Develops short and long term capital projects for the district’s approval.
- Develops specifications for contracted work and competitive bidding.
- Coordinates purchases for the departments under his/her direction
- Inspects all school buildings and grounds to ensure goals and expectations are being achieved.
- Is responsible for preventive maintenance programs.
- Keeps informed of the latest trends, developments and products that relate to the areas under his/her responsibilities.
- Ensure that all district vehicles are in operating condition.
- Sees that the use of school facilities comply with the policies established by the School Board.
- Participates in the design/development process of new facilities.
- Develops a 10 year maintenance and facilities plan, and reviews and updates on an annual basis.
- Performs such other tasks as may be assigned.
Competencies:
- District representative: you promote our strategies coherently and persuasively; you present our value convincingly and creatively and can defend it when questioned; you balance an aggressive approach with respectful boundaries
- Team builder: you have an eye for talent and make strong hires; you are committed to developing talent; you can identify and articulate a shared vision, and rally all team members to high performance in achieving that vision
- Commitment to management: you advocate for team members; you coach, share feedback and monitor work to ensure high quality performance; you ensure that people feel appreciated, and view mistakes as opportunities for learning; you model and inspire excellence
- Resourceful and collaborative: you leverage available resources and avoid silos to enhance you and your team’s effectiveness; you maintain regular engagement with colleagues to stimulate new thinking and expand your perspective
- Strong communication skills: you have the ability to communicate effectively internally and externally when documenting and distributing information; your communications skillfully inform, update, persuade, and compel--by seeking a response and prompting action by a stated deadline; your communications are professional, direct and achieve their desired outcome
- Organized approach: you view your work as supporting the whole and track your own and others’ work accordingly; you adhere to systems and processes diligently
- Calm in the storm: you stay grounded and focused when problems emerge; you stand ready to provide support, identify options, and delegate tasks as needed
- Embody DEI-focused approach: You show that DEI is important through your actions, mindsets, beliefs and behaviors; DEI infuses all of your decision-making in a holistic, authentic way; you do not approach DEI as a box to check off
Reasonable Accommodations: RSU 21 will provide accommodations to an individual with a disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or applicable law, who has made the district aware of their disability, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship to the district.
Terms of Employment: As per contract, total compensation to be established by the Superintendent commensurate with experience and approved by the Board.
Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Superintendent, in accordance with the Board of School Directors Policy on evaluation of Administrative Personnel (GCOC).