Housing Building Manager

Abundance Network; United States; On-site; USD 103,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Abundance Network seeks a Housing Building Manager to oversee staff, facilities operations, maintenance, and safety for university housing. The role is on-site, essential, and requires coordinating with campus partners to ensure smooth operations and urgent response when needed.

The position emphasizes leadership of custodial and temporary staff, budget oversight, and coordination with project teams to support student housing facilities management.

Qualifications

• Ability to utilize technology in facilities management (work orders, spreadsheets, trend analysis).
• Ability to work autonomously on projects with tight timelines and limited resources.
• Potential after-hours and weekend outreach as needed by leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee staff engaged in facilities management and maintenance.
• Coordinate daily activities of assigned shop(s) and monitor progress.
• Track budget and provide time/workforce estimates to management.
• Coordinate with vendors/subcontractors and ensure compliance with policies.
• Lead safety programs and training; ensure inspections and quality assurance.

Skills

Facilities tech

Autonomous work

Evenings/weekends flexible

After-hours response

Driver's license (CA)

Higher education ops experience

Tools

Work order systems

Spreadsheets

Trend analysis

Job description

The Housing Building Manager (HBM), reporting to the Assistant Director, Housing Operations, oversees daily upkeep, maintenance, custodial operations, safety, and building support for assigned Student Housing facilities, serving as a local liaison across R&D, Residential Education, and Graduate Life staff.

Supervision & Staffing: Supervise, train, evaluate, and mentor bargaining-unit custodial and temporary staff, including scheduling, performance accountability, and safety/ergonomic training.

Facility Management & Oversight: Manage cleanliness, inspections, work orders, security, and emergency response; coordinate accessibility modifications, student turnovers, and summer conference housing; partner with fire/life-safety and project teams; and help manage facility budgets, supplies, and inventory.

Fully On-Site:

This role is designated as essential and requires incumbents to report to work onsite. Telecommuting is not available for this role.

Job Purpose

Oversee and manage assigned staff engaged in facilities management or building/equipment maintenance.

Additional Core Duties of Housing Building Manager:

• Serve on assigned committees and task forces.
• Serve on a rotational after-hours, week-long duty supervisor rotation, 2-3 times per year.
• Participate in professional development to stay current with the field and implement best practices.
• Work with, at times lead, R&D Student Housing programs and initiatives.
• Cover and support campus colleagues as needed for back-up facility coverage.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Demonstrated ability to utilize technology in support of facilities management (work order systems, spreadsheets, trend analysis, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously on projects and initiatives, producing accurate results within tight timelines and with limited resources.
• May work evenings and weekends, typically during operationally peak periods and/or in response to urgent or emergency related scenarios.
• As an exempt employee, respond to “after hours” and “weekend” outreach by R&D senior leadership.
• Preferred: Possess a valid CA driver’s license.
• Preferred: Experience in working in a higher education residential academic environment.

The budgeted pay range for this position is $103,104 - $109,000 per annum.

Manage employees, temps, contract workers, and/or volunteers who perform work supporting the operations, maintenance, repair, upkeep, and refurbishing activities related to the physical environment and infrastructure of the university.

Core Duties:

• Coordinate daily activities of assigned shop(s), including: scheduling and assigning work to staff and directing and leading workers in completing assigned work; monitoring work and project activity progress, making necessary changes; completing performance evaluations of assigned staff; performing quality assurance checks, and coordinating health and safety programs and training.
• Track budget for area of responsibility, and provide time and workforce needs and estimates to higher level management based on cost analyses, ensuring work is completed according to stipulated price and agreement.
• Implement, interpret, and manage policies and procedures pertaining to operations and facilities management.
• Manage service contracts as applicable.
• Coordinate activities, construction, and renovation with Stanford staff, subcontractors, and/or vendors. Support assigned project activities; ensure compliance with larger unit goals.

Minimum Education and Experience

A combination of education, training and experience performing responsibilities similar to those listed above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to coordinate daily activities including work scheduling, quality assurance, program validation, monitoring of maintenance activities, and supervision of personnel.
• Demonstrated experience working with subcontractors/vendors and demonstrated ability to monitor project activities and ensure compliance with internal/external regulations.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting policies.
• Knowledge of environmental and safety rules, regulations, and policies. Ability to conduct job site inspections to ensure compliance.
• Ability to follow written and verbal directions and communicate those instructions to others.