Multi-Craft Foreperson
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Job summary
Georgia Tech is seeking a supervisory maintenance professional in Atlanta to plan and supervise service and maintenance activities across multiple crafts, including electrical, mechanical, and structural work.
You will set goals, review performance, and coordinate with operations, contractors, and customers, while ensuring timely completion of projects and adherence to safety and quality standards. This on-site role requires a 24/7 on-call readiness and a strong leadership background.
Qualifications
- High school diploma, GED or vocational diploma.
- Experience in supervision/management in a multi-craft maintenance setting.
- Experience with office and specialized computer applications.
Responsibilities
- Receive, review, assign and track PM and service work orders.
- Monitor ongoing work/projects and provide guidance as needed.
- Review completed jobs and obtain customer feedback.
- Coordinate services with other departments.
- Maintain and approve time records; resolve personnel issues.
- Order materials and manage inventory.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills
Education
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Job description
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.
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.
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.
- Students are our top priority.
- We strive for excellence.
- We thrive on diversity.
- We celebrate collaboration.
- We champion innovation.
- We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
- We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
- We act ethically.
- 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.
Plan and supervise activities of personnel in performing service and maintenance work within an assigned area. Work supervised involves application of multiple craft disciplines which can include electrical, mechanical and structural as well as general maintenance and upkeep activity. Position is responsible for setting employee goals, assessing employee performance and providing feedback, and making pay recommendations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: Operations and maintenance management, supervisors and staff, contractors, vendors and customers. This position typically will advise and counsel: Operations and maintenance management, contractors and customers. This position will supervise: assigned craft and general maintenance personnel.
Receive, review, assign and track Projects/Services and Preventive Maintenance work orders; make appropriate entries in work order system
Monitor work/projects in progress; provide guidance and direction as required
Review completed jobs to ensure requirements were met; follow up as required; solicit customer feedback
Coordinate Services With Other Departments As Required
Maintain and approve time records; address and resolve personnel issues
Order materials and supplies; maintain adequate inventory
Perform other duties as assigned
High school diploma, GED Certificate or Vocational School Diploma
This position is on call 24/7.
Six to seven years of job related experience
Technical Diploma, Associate's Degree or two years college course work
Lead work in a multi-craft shop or organization, three years in a supervisory role
Can utilize Workday to manage approximately 80% of purchasing activities, including requisitions, approvals, and order processing
Valid Georgia Driver's License
This job requires skills in supervision/management within a facilities maintenance environment. Included are skills in application of multi-craft maintenance processes and practices, effective communications, troubleshooting, and conflict resolution. Use of office and specialized computer applications is required.
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 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 .
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.
This is a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position will be required to drive.
This role is not 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.
Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest/
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