Facilities Operations Specialist - Facilities Services

ummc; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson seeks a Facilities Operations Specialist to manage building automation, energy management, and essential systems across the Main Campus. You will oversee fire alarm, elevator, and telecom systems while coordinating maintenance and maintaining logs.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED with 1 year in facilities operations, a Mississippi driver's license, and strong communication and organizational skills.\u00A0

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with 1 year in facilities operations or related area.
• Strong knowledge of energy management, HVAC, electrical systems, and building controls.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and monitors the building automation and energy management systems, reporting equipment failures and malfunctions.
• Monitors the fire alarm computer system to ensure proper notification of fire response personnel.
• Coordinates and assigns maintenance requests and dispatches facilities technicians for emergent situations.
• Prepares and maintains accurate logs, reports, and records.
• Performs parameter entry for designated areas of the building automation system as directed.
• Manages third‑party (contracted) campus response for fire alarms, medical gas panel alarms, water flow alarms, elevator entrapments, and other critical infrastructure systems.
• Serves as after‑hours parking coordinator, answering the emergency gate phone and processing parking fine payments.
• Coordinates on‑site contractors with appropriate facilities personnel.
• Oversees the UMMC travel vehicle check‑in and check‑out process and ensures proper documentation.

Skills

Energy management

HVAC

Electrical systems

Pump drives

Elevators

Steam systems

Fire systems

Interpersonal skills

Verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Job Title

Facilities Operations Specialist - Facilities Services

Organization

Fac Services-Operations Center

Location

Main Campus Jackson

Job Category

Professional and Technical

Job Summary

The Facilities Operations Specialist will manage the operation and monitoring of building automation systems, fire alarm systems, elevator monitoring, and telephone and radio systems for UMMC.

Education & Experience

High school diploma/GED and one (1) year of experience in facilities operations, building monitoring, or technical support.

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration

Valid Mississippi driver's license.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledgeable in energy management, HVAC, electrical systems, pump drives, elevators, steam systems and fire systems. Proficient computer skills and software applications, Interpersonal skills; Verbal and written communication skills; Ability to monitor, control and teach applicable systems; Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented; Customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and monitors the building automation and energy management systems, reporting equipment failures and malfunctions.
• Monitors the fire alarm computer system to ensure proper notification of fire response personnel.
• Coordinates and assigns maintenance requests and dispatches facilities technicians for emergent situations.
• Prepares and maintains accurate logs, reports, and records.
• Performs parameter entry for designated areas of the building automation system as directed.
• Manages third‑party (contracted) campus response for fire alarms, medical gas panel alarms, water flow alarms, elevator entrapments, and other critical infrastructure systems.
• Serves as after‑hours parking coordinator, answering the emergency gate phone and processing parking fine payments.
• Coordinates on‑site contractors with appropriate facilities personnel.
• Oversees the UMMC travel vehicle check‑in and check‑out process and ensures proper documentation.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to off‑site locations, frequent activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, frequent climbing, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, occasional sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional‑up to 20%, frequent‑from 21% to 50%, constant‑51% or more).

Time Type

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt

No

Pay Class

Hourly

FTE %

100