Supervisor Facilities Maintenance

Job Posting Title:
Supervisor Facilities Maintenance
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Hiring Department:
Facilities Services
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Position Open To:
All Applicants
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Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40
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FLSA Status:
Exempt from FLSA
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Earliest Start Date:
Immediately
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Position Duration:
Expected to Continue
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Location:
UT MAIN CAMPUS
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Job Details:
General Notes

Maintenance Operations, a branch of the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Division, provides comprehensive maintenance services in support of the University's operations.

Our teams provide a comprehensive array of qualified services, backed by our licensed and certified technicians, to this end, we offer opportunities for continuing education, as well as various stipends for additional trade licenses. Our team of trained trade experts are well-matched for the university's operational and maintenance needs, whether the facility is a brand new laboratory or our iconic Tower.

Our goal is to self-identify operations and maintenance issues long before our clients realize a repair is needed and take a thoughtful approach to using their resources, structuring processes, and providing the best client service and use of university resources. This goal comes from our sense of ownership and pride in our work.

With this approach in mind, the team is organized into a zone-based structure and employs flexible work hours, data analysis, and technology to meet operational goals.

Your skills will make a difference.

Purpose

Prevents and resolves customer and maintenance related issues by leading a broad team of skilled technicians in the application of cost effective maintenance practices that improve the reliability of supported building systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a high degree of productivity, efficiency, cost effectiveness, and quality in shop performance. Closely monitors and controls key performance indicators and ensures adherence to budget.
• Provides timely and courteous customer service, keeps shop employees up-to-date on current policies, procedures, and related official information to ensure clear, concise, and necessary communication channels are maintained. Enforces all safety requirements.
• Prepares statement of work, solicits bids, selects best value contractor, obtains required funding, fills out requisition paperwork, coordinates and administers contractor work for maintenance repairs and replacements when deemed more economically prudent to use contractors versus inhouse personnel.
• Composes, reviews, and processes shop paperwork including letters, reports, timesheets, labor reports, emails, and materials and equipment requisitions to ensure all communication channels and work activities function properly. Coordinates work with other shops when necessary.
• Uses plans, construction documents, and specifications for estimating labor and material costs and for identifying related equipment relationships to ensure good cost containment and proper preventive maintenance equipment scheduling.
• Participates in project reviews, staff meetings, and various external shop training and assistance to ensure current and proper information, policies and procedures are known and distributed appropriately.
• Perform other job-related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Diploma (High School) or GED. Five years of experience in a construction/facility maintenance trade or a four (4) year technical degree. Three years of experience directly or indirectly supervising commercial/industrial construction/facility maintenance shop personnel. Experience using a personal computer or microcomputer.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Associate degree or above in a technical field. Completion of vocational trade or apprentice program in one or more journeyman trades. Successful completion of Facilities Services Introduction to Leadership Program. More than seven years of maintenance and repair experience with building mechanical and electrical systems. University of Texas related experience or other comparable University experience, including two or more years of supervisory experience. Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service through problem solving, conflict resolution and direct customer contact. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to an array of customers to include team members, peers, building contacts, and management. Demonstrated strong team building skills. Demonstrated ability to lead a cross-functional multi-craft workforce in preventive maintenance and repair of mechanical systems. Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills. Commitment to Facilities Services core values. Experience with computerized service request system.

Salary Range

$74,025 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions
Environmental Demands:

• Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished)
• May work in all weather conditions
• May work in extreme temperatures
• May work around chemical fumes
• May work around standard office conditions
• May work around biohazards
• May work around chemicals
• May work around electrical and mechanical hazards

Physical Tasks:

• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Use of manual dexterity
• Climbing of stairs
• Climbing of ladders
• Lifting and moving

Additional Working Conditions:

• This position and associated job duties have been designated as essential during extraordinary and emergency situations when the university is closed. Essential personnel must maintain contact with their supervisor and report to work as regularly scheduled unless directed otherwise.
• Required to operate an electronic device such as an iPhone, iPad, or laptop/desktop computer to perform and fulfill time reporting and work management requirements. Work management requirements include receiving work assignments, updating work orders, and other functions as required.
• May be required to work in confined spaces, manholes, tunnels, elevated work, extended shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Considerable walking, standing, squatting, stooping, and moving of heavy materials and equipment in all weather conditions.
• May be required to use of personal protective equipment (PPE) while performing duties.
• May be required to pass a physical examination.
• May be exposed to loud noise, high dust and allergen levels.
• May be required to lift up to 50lbs. Often required to twist, grasp, push, pull and bend.
• May be required to operate forklifts, personnel lifts and cranes. Operate job related equipment.
• May be required to perform elevated work. Occasional work from ladders and/or scaffolds.
• May require tuberculosis screening and occasional use of a respirator.
• May drive University vehicles. If driving University vehicles, must maintain acceptable driver rating as established in Policy: UTS157 Section 2.5.4.

Work Shift

• 40 hours a week, five 8-hour days with schedule to be determined with supervisor. Some overtime, evening, weekends, and holidays possible. May occasionally be required to work on-call

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Importantfor applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left-hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility:
Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility:
The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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