Facility Maintenance Manager

Socket.dev; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Camelot is seeking an experienced Facility Maintenance Manager to oversee maintenance operations at a higher-education academic and research facility. This role leads the maintenance team to provide a safe, reliable, accessible, and well-maintained environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, deep knowledge of building systems, and the ability to manage employees, contractors, budgets, and campus priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance teams at large facilities, preferably in education or research environments.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, safety, and compliance requirements.
• Ability to manage budgets, contracts, and vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead, schedule, train, and develop maintenance personnel.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs.
• Monitor HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and life-safety systems.
• Conduct facility inspections and prioritize repairs based on safety and campus needs.
• Manage work orders and equipment records through a CMMS.
• Coordinate vendors, inspections, and specialty repairs.
• Communicate with institutional representatives regarding facility conditions, projects, and outages.
• Manage budgets, purchasing, invoices, and inventory.
• Support procurement and documentation requirements.
• Maintain procedures, manuals, safety records, and compliance docs.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, accessibility, and building requirements.
• Coordinate emergency response for equipment failures and outages.
• Participate in after-hours or on-call coverage as required.

Skills

Leadership

Facility management

Budget management

Vendor management

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

Job description

Description

Camelot is seeking an experienced Facility Maintenance Manager to oversee maintenance operations at a higher-education academic and research facility. This position leads the maintenance team and helps provide a safe, reliable, accessible, and well-maintained environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

The ideal candidate has strong leadership experience, broad knowledge of building systems, and the ability to manage employees, contractors, budgets, and competing campus priorities.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead, schedule, train, and develop maintenance personnel.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs.
• Monitor HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, building automation, and fire and life-safety systems.
• Conduct facility inspections and prioritize repairs based on safety, compliance, and campus needs.
• Manage work orders, equipment records, and maintenance performance through a CMMS.
• Coordinate vendors, contractors, inspections, and specialty repairs.
• Communicate regularly with institutional representatives regarding facility conditions, service requests, projects, and planned outages.
• Manage budgets, purchasing, invoices, contracts, supplies, and equipment inventory.
• Support public-sector procurement and documentation requirements.
• Maintain operating procedures, equipment manuals, safety records, and compliance documentation.
• Ensure work complies with applicable safety, environmental, accessibility, fire, and building requirements.
• Coordinate emergency response for equipment failures, utility interruptions, severe weather, and other facility incidents.
• Participate in after-hours or on-call coverage as required.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

• Strong leadership, coaching, and team-development skills.
• Working knowledge of commercial or institutional building systems.
• Experience managing preventive maintenance, vendors, contractors, and budgets.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.