Building Services Manager

USC Auxiliary Services; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Work-life balance support

Job summary

USC is seeking a Building Services Manager in Los Angeles, CA. You will oversee customer service for students, faculty and external clients; recruit, hire, and train staff; and supervise daily operations of the building and projects to completion.

You will conduct inspections, resolve operations issues, and ensure adherence to campus policies and safety standards while coordinating with Housing Maintenance and Public Safety as needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Associate's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum Experience: 1 year in facilities or building operations.
• Minimum Field of Expertise: Facilities management experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides customer service to students, faculty, staff and external customers and resolves issues.
• Recruits, screens, hires, trains and supervises subordinate staff.
• Schedules and manages projects to completion and prioritizes workloads.
• Manages onsite facility and conducts daily building inspections.
• Coordinates security and safety procedures with campus safety departments.
• Identifies training needs and delivers staff training.

Skills

Customer service

Supervision

Training

Facilities management

Education

Associate's degree

Tools

DMV Pull Notice System

Job description

Auxiliary Services Backed by deep expertise and a commitment to create the best USC experience, our people, service, and partnerships help to shape daily life, foster connection, and build community across campus.

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Building Services Manager

Los Angeles, CA

The Opportunity:

The Building Services Manager provides customer service to students, faculty, staff and external customers. Recruits, screens, hires, trains and directly supervises all assigned subordinate staff. Schedules, assigns, prioritizes workloads for and manages assigned projects to completion. Manages onsite facility. Conducts daily building inspections. Resolves difficult customer problems. Identifies training needs and provides staff training. If you enjoy interacting with and helping guests, join us today!

The Accountabilities:

• Provides customer service to students, faculty, staff and external customers. Meets customer needs, offers options, resolves problems and follows up with customers. Ensures full customer satisfaction without unnecessarily referring customer to other staff members. Maintains friendly, helpful demeanor.
• Recruits, screens, hires, trains and directly supervises all assigned subordinate staff. Evaluates employee performance and provides guidance and feedback. Counsels, disciplines and/or terminates employees as required.
• Schedules, assigns, prioritizes workloads for and manages assigned projects to completion. Obtains estimates and makes recommendations. Monitors project progress on a day-to-day basis. Ensures timely completion of department's work.
• Manages onsite facility. Regularly opens and/or closes department. Ensures that department is neat, orderly and sufficiently stocked.
• Conducts daily building inspections. Identifies and resolves immediate operations issues in the building. Coordinates building maintenance and repairs with Housing Maintenance that affect normal building operation.
• Resolves difficult customer problems. Informs Director of customer issues, suggestions or requests. Researches, develops and implements policies and procedures to improve the operations of the department.
• Identifies training needs and provides staff training for cleaning, proper chemical use and safety.
• Maintains a thorough understanding of all departmental and University policies and procedures as well as applicable government and industry standards and ensures adherence to them.
• Serves as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) and mandatory reporter under the Clery Act based on University responsibilities. Has responsibility and is required to receive reports of crimes or criminal incidents from victims of crimes and/or third parties; notifies Department of Public Safety immediately of any reported serious crime or criminal incidents that indicates the presence of an ongoing threat to the university community; and notifies the Clery Compliance Coordinator in the Department of Public Safety.
• Develops and implements security related procedures such as office opening and closing routines, recognition of duress signals and key controls. Coordinates security activities with university Public Safety Department. Promotes and maintains standards for security conscious awareness and behavior. Maintains knowledge of university's crime prevention and suppression programs and services. Ensures dissemination of security related information to staff.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. The University reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

The Qualifiers:

• Minimum Education: Associate's degree. Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education.
• Minimum Experience: 1 year.
• Minimum Field of Expertise: Experience in facilities management.
• Valid CA driver's license required. Position will participate in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Pull Notice System. A copy of DMV record will be required as a final condition of employment. For more information please visit thepolicy website (opens in new window).

What We Prefer

• Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree.

The Trojan Family Rewards:

We pride ourselves in creating the BEST USC EXPERIENCE, and that begins with our employees! We offer a wide variety of benefits and programs that support our staff and their families. For more information please visit http://benefits.usc.edu (opens in new window).

This support advocates work-life balance and employee well-being. As members of the Trojan family, employees are connected by the traditions and history that make us proud to be Trojans!

USC has great minds that transform the world with their talents and research. Will you be one? Join us!

FIGHT ON!

The annual base salary range for this position is $75,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

Minimum Education: Associate's degree. Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education. Minimum Experience: 1 year. Minimum Field of Expertise: Experience in facilities management. Valid driver's license may be required. In addition, the successful candidate must also demonstrate, through ideas, words and actions, a strong commitment to USC’s Unifying Values of integrity, excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion, well-being, open communication and accountability.