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Job Category: Academic Staff

Employment Type: Regular

Job Profile: Facilities Manager

Job Summary:
The Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery building (MSABD) is home to a USDA inspected meat processing/pilot plant, a BSL2 lab, and research/teaching labs. The Facilities Manager oversees all building and equipment maintenance to ensure uninterrupted research, teaching, extension, and production activities. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive preventative maintenance plan tailored to the facility's highly specialized operations and variable schedule.

The position manages day-to-day maintenance activities, coordinates contractors and vendors, and ensures all work meets rigorous university quality standards. The manager proactively identifies solutions for maintaining and repairing complex, research-grade equipment and communicates clearly with building users regarding maintenance timelines, impacts, and resolutions.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Ensures all protection systems such as fire panels, smoke/heat detectors, sprinkler systems, and pumps are maintained in accordance with the regulatory requirements and industry standards and ensures all emergency generators/power systems, rigging systems, and elevators are properly maintained in accordance with industry standards and are operational at all times

• Ensures that the work performance of employees in the area of responsibility and maintenance zones or sections as a whole meet university standards and expectations

• Minimizes institutional liability regarding the university's compliance with federal regulations and regulations governing environmental protection, the handling of hazardous materials and hazardous waste, and the use of chemical substances and materials

• Coordinates and sometimes directly supervises the performance of emergency and routine maintenance on campus facilities

• Establishes priorities for scheduled mechanical and electrical services within the area of responsibility, administering preventive maintenance programs for facilities, inspecting facilities to determine repair or replacement needs, and supervising the performance of emergency and routine maintenance on campus facilities within the area of responsibility

• Works with procurement services and planning, design and construction as appropriate in developing bid specifications and contract documents for contract work to be performed, obtaining, reviewing, and analyzing estimates from reputable vendors, and preparing the bid tabulation sheets and associated paperwork to support the request

Department:
Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences

Compensation: The anticipated salary range for this position is $75,000 - $87,473. However, final salary will depend on experience and qualifications. Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits. Additional benefits information can be found at:https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf

Required Qualifications:

• Experience working with building safety protocols, repair and maintenance of equipment and space.
• Project management experience (e.g., planning/developing projects; delegation of tasks; facilitating/monitoring project progress; troubleshooting obstacles; organizing complex tasks; implementing and adhering to deadlines; maintaining records; and working with a wide range of contractors, including project communication, planning, coordination, and execution).
• Responsive and effective customer service experience (e.g., responding to inquiries, providing administrative and/or technical support, ensuring follow-up and follow-through, adaptability, flexibility, communicating with internal and external customers)
• Experience working with building systems operations such as: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, steam and chilled water distribution, electrical, plumbing, building materials

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in food/meat processing plants (e.g., performing maintenance on equipment such as stuffers, mixers, saws, smokehouses, packaging machines, kitchen equipment, etc.)
• Experience with modern automation and controls (e.g., computerized systems that control freezers, refrigerators, smokehouses, and specialized cooling units such as Ultrachill and spray chill systems)
• Experience with following SSOP (sanitary standard operating procedures) and plant GMPs (good manufacturing practices).

Education:
Associate's Degree Preferred Minimum

How to Apply:
We are eager to learn more about how your experience and passion may align with this position. To begin the application process, click the "apply now" button.

You will be prompted to upload the following documents:

Resume (required) - Detail your educational and professional background

Cover letter (required) - Refer to your related work experience

References (required) - List contact information for three (3) references, including your current/most recent supervisor. References will not be contacted without prior notice.

It's important that your cover letter and resume reflect your experience for this position related to the Qualifications section. Your application materials will be used during our evaluation to determine your qualifications as they relate to the job. The most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process.

Please note when applying, there will be only one attachment field. You must upload all your documents in the attachment field.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Contact Information:
Wes Bollinger, HR Generalist, [email protected]