Facilities Management

University of Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 68,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Utah is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a team of Maintenance Specialists, Mechanics, and Locksmiths. The role ensures efficient resource use to support residential housing services and safety for students and staff.

Responsibilities include developing standards, coordinating preventive maintenance, and supervising staff, with a focus on safety, training, and effective customer service in a university housing context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent + 4 years related work experience.
• Senior Supervisor requires bachelor’s (or equivalency) + 4 years or master’s (or equivalency) + 2 years of related work experience.
• Preference for a degree in facilities management, engineering, architecture, construction management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop work standards and practices for maintenance staff; establish and maintain a priority system for emergency responses based on student and facility needs.
• Oversee recruitment, hiring, evaluation, and training of maintenance staff, and contribute to their personal and professional development.
• Coordinate access of outside service contractors for facility repairs, projects, and renovations.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by analyzing complaints and ensuring quality follow-through.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Facilities maintenance

Safety compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or equivalent (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary

The Maintenance team is organized into two primary functions: Preventative Maintenance and Corrective Maintenance. The Preventative Maintenance group focuses on proactive inspections, scheduled servicing, and asset preservation activities designed to maximize equipment life cycles, improve reliability, and reduce unplanned failures. The Corrective Maintenance group is responsible for responding to service requests, troubleshooting building systems, and performing repairs to address operational issues and restore functionality. Together, these teams ensure that residential facilities remain safe, efficient, and well-maintained for students and staff.

Job Summary

The Maintenance team is organized into two primary functions: Preventative Maintenance and Corrective Maintenance. The Preventative Maintenance group focuses on proactive inspections, scheduled servicing, and asset preservation activities designed to maximize equipment life cycles, improve reliability, and reduce unplanned failures. The Corrective Maintenance group is responsible for responding to service requests, troubleshooting building systems, and performing repairs to address operational issues and restore functionality. Together, these teams ensure that residential facilities remain safe, efficient, and well-maintained for students and staff. The Maintenance Supervisor is a working supervisory position that reports to the Assistant Director of Facilities. Responsibilities include the supervision of the Maintenance Specialists, Mechanics, and Locksmith, as well as seasonal staff members. This position ensures the efficient and effective use of resources to meet the needs of the residential community.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need and budget.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

1- Develop work standards and practices for maintenance staff; establish and maintain a priority system for emergency responses based on student and facility needs. Ensures compliance with all applicable safety regulations, building codes and safety requirements.

• Participates in establishing and scheduling facilities projects and preventative maintenance in residential halls.
• Interprets and follows blueprints, specifications and technical manuals.
• Makes daily visual inspections of areas for cleanliness, work progress, and completed work requests.
• Responsible for overseeing high quality recruitment, hiring, evaluation, and training of all assigned maintenance staff, and for contribution to their personal and professional development. Delegates to and holds staff responsible for satisfactory performance of work assignments.
• Utilizes work order management system to generate, assign and schedule maintenance activities.
• Prepares and implements an effective preventive maintenance program for all buildings and facilities.
• Coordinates access of outside service contractors for facility repairs, projects, and renovations.
• Ensures customer satisfaction by analyzing customer complaints, concerns and suggestions. Provides appropriate follow-through to ensure quality customer service.
• Develop and maintain effective collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, and administration in order to collaborate on initiatives that impact Housing & Residential Education as well as utilize the full potential of campus resources available on the university campus with special emphasis on the following: University Guest House and Conference Services, Plant Operations, Space Planning, Campus Design & Construction, and Environmental Health & Safety, Sustainability Office.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

Minimum Qualifications

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Senior Supervisor, Facilities Management: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 4 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 2 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

• Bachelor's degree in facilities management, engineering, architecture, construction management, or related field
• Progressive experience leading a University Housing Maintenance operation.
• Two-years' experience with building systems control or related experience or equivalency required. Demonstrated knowledge of automated and computer-directed building systems, plumbing and electrical systems and pneumatic and electronic control systems; familiarity with heating and air conditioning systems; a working knowledge and understanding of mechanical equipment, automation and field hardware and demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also needed
• Dependent upon department of assignment, a valid Utah driver's license may be needed.
• Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Special Instructions

Interviews for this role(s) will be completed in-person at the University of Utah. Please apply by the priority review date of July 6, 2026 at 5:00pm to ensure that you receive information for the hiring event.

Requisition Number

PRN45415B

Full Time or Part Time?

Full Time

Work Schedule Summary

Regular working hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The position also participates in a rotating on-call schedule, which includes an extended shift from 12:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and responsibility for responding to after-hours maintenance calls via an on-call phone from 9:30 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Rotations ensure 24-hour maintenance coverage for University Housing facilities

Department

00307 - Housing

Location

Campus

Pay Rate Range

68000.00 - 70000.00

Close Date

09/18/2026

Open Until Filled