Facilities and Transit Amenities Manager

CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) seeks a Facilities and Transit Amenities Manager to oversee the maintenance and accessibility of agency facilities, bus stops, shelters, and other customer-facing assets in Baton Rouge. You will manage staff and contractors, set preventive-maintenance priorities, and ensure safe, clean, and professional operations.

The role requires coordinating repairs, supervising teams across facilities, and ensuring compliance with ADA and safety standards while supporting

Qualifications

• 3+ years in facilities management or related field.
• 2+ years in supervisory or management roles.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance and inspections.
• Experience coordinating repairs with contractors and vendors.
• Strong planning, prioritization, documentation, and communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and urgent conditions.

Responsibilities

• Direct maintenance, upkeep, and safety of agency facilities, grounds, and transit amenities.
• Establish preventive-maintenance schedules and prioritize repairs.
• Oversee bus stops, shelters, signage, and other amenities for accessibility and cleanliness.
• Coordinate repairs with staff, contractors, and vendors.
• Supervise facilities, custodial, and transit-amenity teams and monitor performance.
• Maintain records, warranties, budgets, and project documentation.
• Support renovations, capital projects, and procurement activities.
• Ensure compliance with ADA, safety, and environmental requirements.

Skills

Facilities management

Supervisory experience

Communication

Planning & prioritization

Preventive maintenance

Safety practices

Tools

CMMS familiarity

Job description

Position Summary

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a Facilities and Transit Amenities Manager to manage the maintenance, condition, cleanliness, accessibility, and functionality of agency facilities, buildings and grounds, bus stops, shelters, and other customer-facing transit amenities.

The Manager oversees employees and contractors, establishes inspection and preventive-maintenance priorities, coordinates repairs and projects, and ensures facilities and transit amenities are maintained in a safe, clean, accessible, and professional condition.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the maintenance, repair, inspection, and upkeep of agency buildings, grounds, utilities, and assigned facility systems.
• Establish preventive-maintenance schedules and prioritize corrective and emergency repairs.
• Oversee the condition, inspection, repair, cleaning, and accessibility of bus stops, shelters, benches, signage, trash receptacles, and other transit amenities.
• Coordinate resolution of vegetation, trash, graffiti, lighting, signage, accessibility, and other facility or amenity concerns.
• Prioritize work based on safety, accessibility, customer impact, and asset condition.
• Supervise, schedule, coach, and evaluate assigned Facilities, Custodial, Buildings and Grounds, and Transit Amenities personnel.
• Manage custodial, landscaping, repair, construction, and other assigned contractors and vendors.
• Monitor work quality, productivity, response times, safety, and contractor performance.
• Maintain accurate work orders, inspection records, asset information, repair histories, warranties, and project documentation.
• Support facility and transit-amenity renovations, installations, capital projects, and procurement activities.
• Monitor assigned budgets, materials, vendor invoices, work orders, and project status.
• Ensure compliance with applicable ADA accessibility, safety, environmental, building, and agency requirements.
• Coordinate facility and amenity work with Maintenance, Transportation, Risk and Safety, Procurement, and other departments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in facilities management, building maintenance, grounds maintenance, construction, property management, transit amenities, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory, lead, or management experience involving employees, contractors, vendors, or facilities-related operations.
• Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, work-order management, facility inspections, safety practices, and basic building/facility systems.
• Experience coordinating repairs, maintenance activities, contractors, vendors, or facility-related projects.
• Strong planning, prioritization, documentation, communication, customer-service, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond appropriately to urgent facility or customer-impacting conditions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing facilities, grounds, custodial operations, transit amenities, or similar public-facing assets.
• Experience with contractor/vendor management and facility or construction projects.
• Knowledge of ADA accessibility requirements applicable to facilities and public spaces.
• Experience with computerized maintenance/work-order or asset-management systems.
• Relevant facilities, trade, construction, or project-management certification.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work variable hours, weekends, holidays, and respond to urgent facility or transit-amenity issues as operational needs require.
• Ability to work in facilities, field locations, and outdoor environments in varying weather conditions.

Capital Area Transit System is an Equal Opportunity Employer.