Regional Facilities Manager

The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter--day-Saint; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 114,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seeks a people manager to lead facilities operations and maintenance for a region, overseeing a team across meetinghouses, mission homes, offices, and camps. The role oversees ~5 million square feet and reports to the AMFM.

You will train staff, manage OpEx/CapEx, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and collaborate with real estate, architecture, engineering, construction and planning teams to improve facilities performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in facilities management, architecture, engineering, construction management, or related area.
• 10+ years of experience in construction management and physical facilities administration.
• 5+ years of significant supervisory/management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership capabilities; ability to formulate strategy.
• Understand end-to-end processes and integration across functions.
• May include physical requirements such as sitting for long periods and using computer equipment.

Responsibilities

• Manages a region of 20+ employees across facilities managers, coordinators, and mission home attendants for ~5 million sq ft.
• Trains facilities managers and monitors KPIs for region performance.
• Recommend annual CapEx and OpEx budgets to Area leadership and HQ, ensuring plan performance and budget utilization.
• Control OpEx and CapEx expenditures and prioritize regional requests.
• Conduct operational reviews and inspections for consistent service quality.
• Ensure compliance with safety, legal, and Church standards; promote a safety culture.
• Collaborate with third-party providers and other departments (real estate, architecture & engineering, construction, planning).
• Support area initiatives and recommend improvements; assist divisions with emergencies.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Trainer/mentoring

Strategic thinking

Process integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in facilities management, architecture, engineering, construction management, or related area

Job description

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Job Description

This people manager position leads facilities operations and maintenance for a region and manages a team of facilities managers, facilities coordinators, and mission home attendants. It ensures consistent, quality service across a distributed portfolio of Church facilities and manages regional operating and capital budgets in support of the area annual plan. This position reports to the Area Meetinghouse Facilities Manager (AMFM).

Each Church facility that is built and/or maintained should:

1) provide a spiritual setting for members to worship, and

2) present an image of reverence and dignity in the community.

This position helps provide and maintain facilities that give Church members places where they can worship, teach, learn, pray together, make and renew covenants, and receive sacred ordinances.

Must live within the area in color in the picture below or be willing to move to this area.

Responsibilities

Manages a region of 20+ employees comprised of facilities managers, coordinators, and mission home attendants who maintain approximately 5 million square feet across a distributed portfolio including meetinghouses, camps, mission homes and offices, institutes, storehouses, and distribution.

Trains facilities managers and monitors KPIs to ensure performance across the region.

Works with facilities managers to recommend annual CapEx and OpEx budgets to Area leadership and headquarters, and then works with them to ensure plan performance and appropriate budget utilization.

Controls expenditures for the OpEx and CapEx budgets specific to the facilities management groups in the region, and reviews and prioritizes requests with stakes within the region.

Performs operational reviews and inspections to confirm consistency and quality of service across the portfolio.

Ensures facilities in the region comply with safety, legal, and Church standards, including applicable federal, state, and local codes, and promotes a culture of safety among employees and providers.

Works closely with a third-party provider's operations and technician personnel who support Church facilities.

Works with other departments and area divisions, including real estate, architecture and engineering, construction, and strategic planning.

Supports area initiatives and makes recommendations for improvements.

Assists other divisions with natural disasters and emergencies.

Manages the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce).

Responsible, in partnership with HR, to hire or fire employees and recommends advancement, promotion or any other change of status of employees within their reporting line.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in facilities management, architecture, engineering, construction management, or related area.
• Ten (10) years of experience in construction management and physical facilities administration.
• Five (5) years of significant supervisory/management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, solid leadership skills, excellent trainer, with the ability to formulate strategy required.
• Must understand all processes and ensure end-to-end process integration.
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.

• Job Identification 378506
• Posting Date 10/13/2026, 09:30 PM
• Locations Philadelphia Pennsylvania Byu-Pathway Virtual, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, US Detroit Michigan Byu-Pathway Virtual, Detroit, MI, 48224, US (Remote)
• Apply Before 10/27/2026, 06:00 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Regular or Temporary Regular
• Worker Type Employee
• Number of Openings 1
• Minimum Salary 114000
• Maximum Salary 155000
• Worthiness Qualification Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
• Posting Notice/More Info Please note that this job posting may close at any time without prior notice. Find out more about the many benefits of Church Employment at https://careers.churchofjesuschrist.org.