Area Maintenance Manager

Georgia Tech; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech is seeking a multi-craft Facilities Manager to oversee maintenance and repair of campus buildings and systems. You will set goals, evaluate performance, and coordinate with staff, project teams, engineers, vendors, and customers.

The role requires a technical education, a Georgia driver’s license, and 6–8 years of related experience. A rotating on-call schedule is expected, with salary commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid Georgia Driver's License.
• Six to eight years of job related experience.
• Ability to obtain a state purchasing card and follow guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate customer service activities for assigned area, including service calls and maintenance.
• Assure optimal operation of building components and systems in the area.
• Coordinate work requirements with Facilities units, contractors/vendors, and external resources.
• Provide estimates and budgets for minor/major projects and events.
• Coordinate acquisition of required materials.
• Supervise personnel; schedule and evaluate performance.
• Participate in recruiting and developing staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Construction management

Project management

Supervision

Communication skills

Computer applications

Education

Technical Diploma/Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field

Tools

Basic computer applications

Job description

Job ID: 302857

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Contract: Full-Time (Regular)

About Us

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• 1. Students are our top priority.
• 2. We strive for excellence.
• 3. We thrive on diversity.
• 4. We celebrate collaboration.
• 5. We champion innovation.
• 6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• 7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• 8. We act ethically.
• 9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Manage activities of a multi-craft team in providing maintenance and repair for buildings and related systems and facilities within an assigned campus area. Responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: area maintenance staff, other facilities management and employees, project management, designers, engineers, vendors, contractors and customers. This position typically will advise and counsel: area maintenance staff, other facilities management and employees, project management, designers, engineers, vendors, contractors and customers. This position will supervise: maintenance staff.

Responsibilities

• Job Duty 1 - Coordinate customer service activities for assigned area to include service calls, performance of planned and preventative maintenance, major repair and renovation.
• Job Duty 2 - Assure the optimal operation of all building components and systems within assigned area.
• Job Duty 3 - Coordinate work requirements with other Facilities units, contractors/vendors and other outside resources.
• Job Duty 4 - Provide estimates and budgets for minor and major project work, maintenance contracts, reimbursable work requests, and campus events.
• Job Duty 5 - Coordinate acquisition of required materials.
• Job Duty 6 - Supervise personnel. Schedule and assign employees and related resources and evaluate work performance.
• Job Duty 7 - Participate in recruiting new employees; coach, counsel, train and monitor development of staff.
• Job Duty 8 - Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Other Required Qualifications

Valid Georgia Driver's License. Work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations requiring following extensive safety precautions. The job typically requires handling of average-weight objects up to 25 pounds, sitting or standing for long periods of time; accessing work areas from ladders, scaffolding, lifts, and bucket trucks to heights necessary to inspect the operation, installation, repair, and replacement of building components and systems. Job will require accessing and working in confined space areas; may require wearing a full-face respirator in accordance with GT campus policies and procedures. Position may require the ability to obtain a state issued purchasing card to procure materials and account for purchases using state purchasing card guidelines.

Required Experience

Six to eight years of job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Educational Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or related field

Candidate should be prepared to participate in a rotating on-call schedule, which includes being on call for one week each month.

Proposed Salary

$77,526.00 - $100,00.00

Salary will be commensurate with experience and education

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS

This job requires advanced knowledge in construction and maintenance management, project management and supervision of craft personnel. Also required is a working knowledge of the operation and maintenance requirements for building structures and components and the use of basic and specialized computer applications.

Strong communication skills required, both written and verbal, with the ability to interact professionally, provide clear direction, and maintain effective working relationships.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment