Tuskegee University Hiring for Facilities Superintendent at Tuskegee, AL Full Time

Facilities Superintendent

Job Summary:

Direct a comprehensive planned maintenance program focused to avoid failures disruptive to the mission and significantly reducing the number of reactive emergency responses to failure.

Essential Job Duties:

• Allocate resources to ensure same day response to facility and utility failures that adversely impact the mission or create the potential loss of life damage to property.
• Maintain a viable work-scheduling program that ensures a timely response and quality service following established priorities of maintenance based on the mission of the University.
• Consult and interact with customers, internal departments and external consultants regarding facilities modification/repair/maintenance options, strategies and cost estimates and resolve problems and conflicts.
• Maintain an inventory of University utilities, other infrastructure, buildings and the major systems within these buildings.
• Oversee and manage any changes in services and/or changes in the use of buildings resulting in an increase or decrease in costs to the University.
• Manage both in-house and outsourced resources to maintain the attractiveness, functionality and safety of the campus grounds.
• Administer the tree care, landscape maintenance and fertilization programs performed by outside contractors.
• Maintain outdoor sports facilities including natural and artificial turf athletic fields.
• Direct snow remover operations and provide assessment of campus conditions.
• Ensure quality control in cleaning all residential halls, classrooms and buildings on and off campus.
• Maintain a responsive customer service section fully trained to operate a work order system by effectively serving both internal and external customers.
• Manage waste and recycling removal operations.
• Maintain and administer the campus signage standards program
• Oversee the procurement of all residence halls, classroom area furniture

Qualifications (Education, Experience and Specialized Training):

• BS degree in Building Science, Engineering, Construction Management or related field.
• Minimum of 10 to 15 years of experience managing construction projects

• BA/BS degree in applied engineering or related fields preferred, and/or who has undertaken specialized training in management of facilities.
• Ten years of experience in facilities management or comparable field with at least seven years as the director or lead person.

Skills and Attributes:

• Possess strong human relations/customer service skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with diverse constituencies.
• Knowledge and experience with office administration, budgeting, financial control, and general business operations; personnel and performance management; continuous quality improvement or process management methods.
• Skilled in the use of electronic information systems and their use in the automation of such functions as service request/work processing, asset management, facilities assessment, inventoty/ordering and work scheduling.
• Possess working knowledge of appropriate plumbing, electrical, fire and safety code, OSHA regulations and standards general building codes, environmental agency requirements, and life safety standards.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Familiar with all major aspects of university facilities and their management with a strong background in the maintenance of building systems, demonstrated by a combination of both experience and education.
• Experience with multiple direct report supervisors leading staffs of skilled tradesman and semi-skilled workers.
• Supervision of external contractors providing services of at least $500,000/year.
• Demonstrate success in maintaining high levels of user/occupant satisfaction in the provision of facilities or an analogous support service.
• Facilities management experience at a university highly desired.

Posting Number:

S500

Will this position required travel?:

N/A

Will this position required night, weekend, and after hour work?:

N/A

Will this positon be supported using grants or contract funding?:

N/A

Open Date:

08/17/2023

Close Date:

12/31/2023

Open Until Filled:

No

Special Instructions Summary:

Each applicant, including all current employees, must complete and submit the following documents:

• Tuskegee University employment application
• Cover Letter
• Resume/CV
• Recommendation letters
• Copies of unofficial transcripts.
• Please note that official transcripts(s) will be required upon hire

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