Area MEP & Facilities Maintenance Supervisor

Harvarduniversity; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard University’s Facilities Maintenance Operations seeks an Area Maintenance Supervisor to lead a multi-trade team of in-house tradespersons and outside contractors across a designated Harvard campus area, ensuring high performance and compliance with standards.

You will supervise diagnosis and repair of complex building systems, maintain CMMS work orders, and prepare proposals while aligning services with customer expectations.

Qualifications

• Leads, selects, develops, and supervises a multi-trade team of in-house tradespersons and outside contractors to repair, maintain, and operate a variety of complex building systems.
• Provides tradespersons with instruction on duties to be performed, establishes standards for quality of work performed, and inspects work to ensure compliance.
• Manages each employee's attendance and work performance to meet the objectives of the unit and the department.
• Supervises the diagnosis and troubleshooting of equipment and systems to optimize building performance and energy efficiency.
• Maintains CMMS work order database, creates work orders, and ensures accuracy of descriptions for work required, work performed, and customer information.
• Prepares detailed price proposals in response to customer requests for projects and preventive maintenance programs.

Responsibilities

• Communicates with facilities managers/superintendents or other representatives to determine requirements and develop response and maintenance operations strategies.
• Oversees regulatory compliance with applicable environmental regulations and safety codes for all work performed in the unit.
• Develops and oversees specialized technical training curriculum and skill-building programs for hourly maintenance staff, including BAC Operator Training.
• Provides project management oversight as needed.
• Monitors expenditures for labor, supplies and other costs to ensure best value to the customer and balances income and expenses to meet the break-even financial goals of FMO.

Skills

Team leadership

MEP systems

HVAC maintenance

Electrical systems

Preventive maintenance

Customer communication

Tools

CMMS

BAC Operator Training

Job description

Harvard University’s Facilities Maintenance Operations seeks an Area Maintenance Supervisor to lead a multi-trade team of in-house tradespersons and outside contractors across a designated Harvard campus area, ensuring high performance and compliance with standards.

You will supervise diagnosis and repair of complex building systems, maintain CMMS work orders, and prepare proposals while aligning services with customer expectations.