Ops Lead

ABM industries; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

ABM Industries in Mountain View, CA seeks a Senior Facilities Manager to lead multi-site operations and ensure optimal building performance. You will manage budgets, contracts, and a broad team to deliver reliable facility services across mechanical, electrical, and custodial domains.

The role requires a strong customer-service orientation, strategic planning, and hands-on leadership. Competitive compensation of $200k–$225k plus benefits and opportunities in a large, diversified facilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent experience.
• Certified Facility Manager or Real Property Administrator certification.
• Experience managing a multi-site facilities department with budget responsibility.
• Strong customer service orientation and communication skills.
• Experience with budgeting and cost control.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and building maintenance disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain constant customer communications ensuring high-quality service.
• Serve as primary liaison with customer departments to ensure responsiveness.
• Provide monthly status reports and present performance to management.
• Assist with annual facility budget and report variances.
• Ensure compliance with regulations (DER, OSHA, FLSA, ADA, EEO, etc.).
• Decide in-house vs subcontracted work; coordinate with resources.
• Balance reactive and preventive maintenance; monitor backlogs.
• Utilize CMMS or client work order system.
• Develop and approve facility quality standards.
• Negotiate major contracts and oversee smaller ones.
• Oversee minor construction projects and purchasing.
• Design administrative systems; train staff; manage personnel.

Skills

Customer service

Budget management

Facilities management

Contract negotiation

Verbal/written communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in mechanical engineering

Real Property Administrator certification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Job Description

Compensation: $200-225K

The pay listed is the salary range for this position. Any specific offer will vary based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.

You may be eligible to participate in a Company incentive or bonus program.

Benefits:

ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Staff & Management .

Responsibilities

• Ensures optimal customer relations by maintaining constant communications with customer. Provides high quality operations and maintenance service to assure proper performance of engineered equipment and building systems, has integrated facility service experience to include managing, maintenance, and custodial services.
• Acts as primary liaison with all customer departments, actively ensuring that service is prompt, responsive, effective and that inter- departmental concerns are addressed and resolved.
• Provides regular monthly written status reports to customer and ABM management. Presents status and/or performance reports as necessary to keep customer management conversant with atypical occurrences, unusual staffing challenges, potential building related interruptions, etc.
• Assists and prepares, recommends, and administers with assistance from Facility Managers, the annual facility budget. Reports exceptions to customer and ABM management and adjusts budget as necessary.
• Complies with customer and ABM corporate policies (personnel, accounting, technical service, safety and health, ethical conduct, etc.) communicates to subordinates and ensures subordinate compliance.
• Ensures that federal, state and local regulatory requirements are met including DER, OSHA, FLSA, EEO, ADA, etc. Schedules and coordinates over-all work priorities.
• Recommends what work should be performed in-house and what work should be subcontracted; consults with ABM corporate and/or external technical resources when making decisions on major changes.
• Ensures that reactive and preventive maintenance activities are appropriately balanced; monitors current and deferred maintenance backlogs; adjusts priorities and/or resources as needed and ensures that deferred maintenance is adequately documented.
• Utilizes maximum capabilities of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) or customer provided work order control system.
• Develops and/or approves facility quality standards. Reviews completed work regularly and ensures that quality standards are met or exceeded to the satisfaction of the customer.
• Negotiates major service contracts (e.g. snow removal, window washing, janitorial, landscaping, etc.); reviews and approves smaller service contracts delegated to subordinates; consults with corporate technical and other staff as appropriate.
• Develops and negotiates minor construction projects as assigned.
• Manages purchasing program; approves major purchases; audits purchasing delegated to subordinates.
• Designs and implements administrative systems where ABM or customer standard systems do not exist or must be extensively modified.
• Ensures through subordinate managers that staff receives adequate technical, administrative, and other training; participates in training of direct subordinates and supervisors.
• Manages staff in accordance with ABM employee relations philosophy and policies; hires, terminates, recommends salary changes, conducts performance appraisals, counsels, and disciplines as necessary; communicates and administers ABM personnel policies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering or comparable experience required.
• Certified Facility Manager or Real Property
• Administrator certifications desirable for specific assignments.
• Demonstrated customer service orientation and skills.
• Previously managed a department with multiple building and sites.
• Has had full budget financial responsibility for a large department.
• Has directly managed an integrated facilities model that includes maintenance and custodial.
• Working knowledge of two or more of the mechanical, electrical, general building maintenance or building construction. Where there is not a working knowledge, a demonstrated aptitude is required.
• Demonstrated expertise in verbal and written communications.
• Demonstrated willingness to work non-standard days and hours as required.
• Demonstrated customer service orientation and skills.
• The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

About Us

ABM (NYSE: ABM) is one of the world’s largest providers of integrated facility, engineering, and infrastructure solutions. Every day, our over 100,000 team members deliver essential services that make spaces cleaner, safer, and efficient, enhancing the overall occupant experience.

ABM serves a wide range of market sectors including commercial real estate, aviation, education, mission critical, and manufacturing and distribution. With over $8 billion in annual revenue and a blue-chip client base, ABM delivers innovative technologies and sustainable solutions that enhance facilities and empower clients to achieve their goals. Committed to creating smarter, more connected spaces, ABM is investing in the future to meet evolving challenges and build a healthier, thriving world. ABM: Driving possibility, together.

ABM is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer that does not discriminate on the basis of any trait or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, including disability and protected veteran status. ABM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance in completing the employment application, please call 888-328-8606. We will provide you with assistance and make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case‑by‑case basis.

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ABM is a military-friendly company proudly employing thousands of men and women who have served in the U.S. military. With ABM, you’ll have access to a world‑class training program and ample opportunities to use the skills you developed while serving our country. Whether you’re looking for a frontline or professional position, you can find post‑military career opportunities across ABM.

For more information, visit www.abm.com