Facilities Manager I

Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, is seeking a Facilities/Building Operations professional to coordinate and oversee building maintenance, moves, deliveries, and access control within an assigned facility.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent, 3–5 years of related experience, and a valid Georgia driver's license. Safety, lifting, and lab environment familiarity are valued. This is a full-time on-site position at Science Square.

Qualifications

• High school diploma, GED Certificate or Vocational School Diploma.
• Valid Georgia Driver's License; safety precautions apply. Lifting up to 25 pounds and prolonged standing.
• Three to five years of related experience.
• Landlord/property management experience in lab environments is preferred.
• Experience with wet labs and research equipment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage building maintenance functions (routine and emergency) to ensure timely completion.
• Arrange for office moves within the facility and ensure they occur as scheduled.
• Coordinate delivery and installation of building equipment.
• Maintain building access control system including card entry and office key management.
• Facilitate arrangements of special events scheduled for facility.
• Order building repair services as needed.
• Coordinate outside vendor/contractor services.
• Coordinate annual equipment inventory and maintain related records.
• Manage and update emergency preparedness plan for facility and related documents.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organization

Communication

Scheduling

Office software

Staging operations

Education

High school diploma

GED / Vocational certificate

Job description

Job ID: 304379
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Facilitate and coordinate building operations within an assigned facility. Includes coordination of building maintenance and repairs, office moves, delivery and installation of furniture and equipment., building access control and deliveries. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: building occupants and visitors, department heads, contractors and vendors. This position typically will advise and counsel: contractors, vendors and visitors. This position will supervise: NA.

Responsibilities

• Manage building maintenance functions (both routine and emergency); ensure activities are carried out in a complete and timely manner.
• Arrange for office moves within facility; ensure they are carried out as scheduled
• Coordinate delivery and installation of building equipment
• Maintain building access control system including card entry and office key management
• Facilitate arrangements of special events scheduled for facility
• Order building repair services as needed
• Coordinate outside vendor/contractor services
• Coordinate annual equipment inventory and maintain related records
• Manage and update emergency preparedness plan for facility(facilities) and all related documents and procedures
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Educational Requirements - High school diploma, GED Certificate or Vocational School Diploma
• Other Required Qualifications - Valid Georgia Driver's License Work involves adherence to applicable safety precautions. Typically requires lifting objects up to 25 pounds and standing for extended periods of time.
• Required Experience - Three to five years job related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional Preferred Qualifications - Landlord/property management experience who is also comfortable working within lab environments
• Preferred Experience - Experience with wet labs and research equipment.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS This job requires skills in organization, communications, staging operations, general building maintenance processes and scheduling. Use of office related computer applications is required.

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

Other Information

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position might be required to drive.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position does not require security clearance.
Job Grade: C8
Salary Range: $50,947.00 -$69,290.00
Location: Atlanta, GA (Science Square)

Background Check

Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest/