59th Street Women's Shelter - Building Manager

Project Renewal; New York, Cary (NY, NC); On-site; USD 61,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Building Manager for a vital women's shelter in New York City. This role involves overseeing building maintenance, managing custodial staff, and ensuring a safe and sanitary environment for clients. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building management, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to work under pressure. Join a dedicated team committed to providing essential services to vulnerable populations, and make a meaningful impact in the community. If you are passionate about facilities management and want to contribute to a noble cause, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in building maintenance with supervisory experience required.
• Bilingual or multilingual skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supervise custodial staff and ensure building maintenance activities are completed.
• Coordinate repairs and maintain inventory for supplies and equipment.

Skills

Leadership

Team building

Communication

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Case management software

Job description

59th Street Women's Shelter - Building Manager

Shelter- 59th Street Women's Shelter, 537 W 59th Street, New York, New York, United States of America Req #1481

Title: Building Manager

Salary Range: $61,000-$66,000

Program Overview:

The 59th Street Women’s Shelter is a 200-bed, 24/7 emergency shelter for homeless women diagnosed with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Our comprehensive services include case management, individual and group counseling, recreational activities, occupational therapy, and housing placement assistance. Additionally, a street-facing, on-site Article-28 Clinic provides primary care and behavioral health care services.

Position Overview:

Under the general direction of the Program Director, and the Assistant Director and/or Director of Facilities with latitude for independent action and decision making, the Building Manager is responsible for hands-on involvement and direction of the custodial staff in performing all repair and maintenance work in the interior and, as needed, the exterior of the building, ensuring that all building equipment is functioning properly to provide a safe, clean, sanitary, and code-compliant facility for clients and staff; coordinating the performance and completion of any capital improvement projects with the appropriate staff; performs related work.

The essential duties of the Building Manager include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Supervises, directs, demonstrates for, and works with the custodial staff and facilities team members to perform daily tasks in response to work requests from staff and clients.
• Provides on-site training to custodial staff to enable them to properly perform the myriads of work to be completed.
• Ensures that staff maintain the conditions on the exterior of the building.
• Coordinates the completion of all the work to be done in the shelter in anticipation of thorough inspections.
• Oversees the proper functioning of the building’s boiler, ensuring that any needed repairs are completed as quickly as possible and that 6-month inspections are performed and recorded.
• Monitors the use of the technical contracts that have been issued for selected repair and maintenance work, utilizing these when emergencies occur, especially plumbing and electrical situations.
• Ensures that any repair work being done by outside contractors is monitored by shelter staff and inspected prior to the work being accepted and processed for payment.
• Prepares requisitions for supplies and equipment and maintains an adequate inventory so staff can have needed goods and materials to perform the requested work.
• Routinely checks all areas of the shelter to prevent the issuance of any violations from staff from any city or state agencies.
• Completes corrective action plans for all building/maintenance inspection citations issued against the shelter.
• Available to respond to emergencies on a 24/7/365 basis, especially after normal work hours, weekends, and holidays.

Physical Activities:

While performing the duties of this position, the Building Manager must be able to walk between the nine floors of the facility in order to tend to building needs. The Building Manager also walks the exterior of the facility to ensure that a proper appearance is being maintained. Furthermore, the Building Manager must stand to talk to staff, sit for extended periods of time at the computer, bend, reach or squat to get records from the files or when addressing building needs, climb and work from ladders of 10 to 12 feet in height, and lift a minimum of 30lbs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of four (4) years of progressively responsible experience working in building maintenance, repair, and management, including at least one (1) year experience supervising maintenance or custodial workers; or
• Associate’s degree with a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience including two (2) years’ experience supervising maintenance or custodial workers; or
• High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of six (6) years of progressively responsible experience, including three (3) years’ experience supervising maintenance or custodial workers.
• Bilingual or multilingual a plus.

Certificates and Credentials:

A Fire Guard certification-F-02 or Fire Safety Coordinator F-80, Certificate of Fitness for Standpipe/Sprinkler Maintenance, S-12 and S-13, S95, P99, OSHA 10 AND OSHA 30.

Preferred Skills:

• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage and motivate staff to accomplish stated program goals and objectives while developing their individual and group skills.
• Team building: Ability to develop and foster, through demonstration, a team spirit, enabling staff to overcome the challenges of providing needed services to a special client population.
• Communication: Excellent oral, writing, and listening skills are a must.
• Organizational: The ability to work well within a highly pressurized, deadline environment, while meeting the short- and long-term mandates of the program.
• Interpersonal: An ability to interface with clients as well as all levels of staff.

Computer: Knowledge of case management software as well as proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.