Facilities Division Manager

Nigel Wright Consultancy Ltd (UK); West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

The Town of Palm Beach seeks a skilled administrative and supervisory professional to oversee multiple bureaus within Public Works, including Streets, Electrical, and Grounds Maintenance. The role emphasizes safe, efficient maintenance of facilities, medians, parks, streets, and street lights.

Responsibilities include supervising skilled staff, planning and directing work, managing the Facilities Maintenance Division budget, and coordinating with contractors to ensure cost-effective projects.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Experience supervising skilled employees.

Responsibilities

• Supervise skilled employees in facilities maintenance.
• Plan, assign, and direct work for maintenance of medians, parks, and streets.
• Develop and manage division budget.
• Monitor infrastructure for repairs and upgrades.
• Coordinate with contractors for Town-owned property.

Skills

Communication

Written communication

Supervision

Budget management

Maintenance operations

Job description

The Town of Palm Beach is an internationally acclaimed destination known worldwide for its extraordinary beauty, small-town charm, and exceptional service standards. Our residents are some of the world's most influential people and they choose Palm Beach to call home because of the amazing quality of life. The Town is seeking a key position to perpetuate its values, of excellence and reliability in this one-of-a-kind setting.

The Town of Palm Beach employees are driven by the vision to deliver the highest quality service by continuously improving and always striving to be the standard by which all others are measured. The employees of the Town commit to and are guided by the following values:

• Respect for everyone;
• Highest ethical standards;
• Cooperation and teamwork;
• Commitment to quality;
• Spirit of innovation;
• Open and timely communication; and
• Personal responsibility and accountability.

This is skilled administrative and supervisory work in the operation and maintenance of the Town's Streets Bureau, Electrical Bureau, Paint Sign Bureau, Grounds Maintenance Bureau, and General Maintenance Bureau.

• The employee in this classification is responsible for the safe and economical maintenance of the Town's facilities, grounds, medians, parks, streets, sidewalks, bike paths, traffic signs, and street lights,
• The employee supervises the work of skilled employees to insure programs and projects are being completed as requested in a productive and cost efficient manner.
• Work is performed under the general supervision of the Assistant Director of Public Works, who reviews work through discussions with the employee and the examination of records and reports; however, the employee is required to exercise independent judgement and initiative in the proper operation of the Facilities Maintenance Division.

Physical and Environmental Demands or Conditions

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, and ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Clarity of vision to view computer monitor, written documents, or objects in the distance, including perception of color.
• Ability to raise or lower objects of up to 20 pounds from one level to another (includes upward pulling).

Job description specifications are intended to present an illustrative description of the range of duties, the scope of responsibility and the required level of knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to describe the primary functions of the job. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed by the employees in each position assigned to the class. Individuals may perform other duties as needed, including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods, or to otherwise balance the workload as required by business necessity.

• Plans, assigns, directs and supervises the work of skilled subordinate employees engaged in caring for Municipal medians, and rights of ways, , Facilities, parks, streets, sidewalks, bike paths, street lights, traffic signs,.
• Develops and manages Facilities Maintenance Division budget.
• Implements Department policies and procedures.
• Performs routine administrative tasks.
• Monitors the Town's infrastructure for repairs and upgrades.
• Develops and implements safety, pest control, and other various programs within the division.
• Negotiates and meets with contractors for work on Town-owned property, as required.