The Facilities Manager ensures A&P's physical environment, building systems, and external facility support resources are safe, reliable, organized, and cost-effective. This role provides the structure that allows Facilities work to happen efficiently — the right priorities, the right vendors, the right timing, and clear accountability. The Facilities Manager reduces operational risk, unplanned disruptions, and surprises by bringing discipline to facility condition, infrastructure, contractor management, and planning.
JOB EMPHASIS AND PURPOSE
The Facilities Manager ensures A&P's physical environment, building systems, and external facility support resources are safe, reliable, organized, and cost-effective. This role provides the structure that allows Facilities work to happen efficiently — the right priorities, the right vendors, the right timing, and clear accountability. The Facilities Manager reduces operational risk, unplanned disruptions, and surprises by bringing discipline to facility condition, infrastructure, contractor management, and planning.
GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Facilities Management
- Own the condition, safety, and functionality of A&P facilities
- Lead the Facilities team and set clear expectations for daily, weekly, and project work
- Ensure facilities work supports production, safety, and quality requirements
- Identify and prioritize facility-related risks and improvement opportunities
- Maintain overall awareness of building condition and developing facility needs
Utilities & Infrastructure
- Oversee facility utilities and infrastructure, including electrical service, natural gas, water, sewer, compressed air, heating, ventilation, cooling, and related building systems
- Monitor utility usage, costs, and unusual changes that may indicate system or operating issues
- Coordinate facility infrastructure shutdowns with Production and Maintenance
- Identify infrastructure capacity concerns and support planning for future business needs
- Ensure critical facility systems are maintained in a reliable and serviceable condition
Third-Party Contractor Management
- Select, coordinate, and manage third-party contractors and facility service providers
- Ensure contractors:
- Understand scope, expectations, and safety requirements
- Perform work on time, on budget, and to standard
- Hold contractors accountable for quality, cost, and responsiveness
- Maintain effective relationships with key facility vendors and service providers
- Reduce reliance on outside contractors where internal capability makes sense
Facility Repairs & Improvement Projects
- Prioritize and coordinate building repairs, facility improvements, and infrastructure upgrades
- Develop clear scopes of work for significant facility repairs and improvement projects
- Obtain and compare quotations for facility-related projects and services
- Coordinate contractor access, installation activities, and project execution around operational requirements
- Support facility requirements for equipment installations, including utilities, electrical, mechanical, rigging access, and building modifications
- Track facility project status, spending, risks, and completion
Facilities Team Leadership
- Establish daily and weekly priorities for Facilities personnel
- Assign work and monitor completion against expectations
- Coach employees on safety, quality, workmanship, and accountability
- Develop skills and greater ownership within the Facilities team
- Balance reactive work against preventive, recurring, and improvement work
Safety & Compliance Support
- Support the Safety function with facility-related compliance requirements
- Correct unsafe building or facility-system conditions in a timely manner
- Participate in investigations when facilities, utilities, or building systems are involved
- Coordinate contractors required to complete facility-related corrective actions
- Ensure facility systems and required documentation remain inspection-ready
- Track recurring regulatory inspections, service requirements, and facility-related renewals
- Escalate significant facility and infrastructure risks
Budget & Cost Control
- Develop and manage facility-related budgets
- Track and influence facility, utility, contractor, and service spending
- Review facility-related invoices and investigate discrepancies