Regional Facilities Manager

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seeks a seasoned facilities leader to oversee operations and maintenance for a multi-site region. You will manage a team of facilities managers, coordinators, and mission home attendants, ensuring high-quality service across a distributed portfolio including meetinghouses and offices.

You’ll collaborate with AMFM leadership to develop and monitor operating and capital budgets, drive safety compliance, and partner with real estate, architecture, and

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership capabilities.
• Ability to train and develop facilities teams and monitor KPIs.
• Ability to formulate and oversee regional budgets and operational plans.
• Familiarity with safety, legal codes, and Church standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead a region of 20+ facilities staff across diverse sites.
• Train managers and monitor KPIs to ensure regional performance.
• Recommend annual CapEx and OpEx budgets and ensure budget adherence.
• Control OpEx/CapEx expenditures and prioritize regional requests.
• Perform operational reviews to maintain service quality across the portfolio.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Trainer/Coaching

Strategic thinking

Education

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

Job description

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).

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

• provide a spiritual setting for members to worship, and


• 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.

Required

QUALIFICATIONS

• 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

Preferred

• MBA degree

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.