Supervisor Facilities Maintenance

The University of Texas at Austin; Utah; On-site; USD 67,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive health benefits

T retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Flexible spending accounts

Professional training access

Staff library access

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Supervisor Facilities Maintenance to lead operations within the Facilities Services department on UT's main campus. The role oversees shop productivity, safety, budgeting, and service quality, with responsibility for coordinating contractor work where appropriate.

Applicants should have a diploma or GED, and several years of maintenance and supervisory experience, plus proficiency with computers.

Qualifications

• Diploma (High School) or GED.
• Five years of experience in a construction/facility maintenance trade.
• Three years of experience supervising shop personnel.
• Experience using a personal computer or microcomputer.
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a high degree of productivity, efficiency, cost effectiveness, and quality in shop performance.
• Monitors and controls key performance indicators and ensures adherence to budget.
• Provides timely and courteous customer service and communicates policies clearly.
• Coordinates and administers contractor work when it is more economical than inhouse work.
• Prepares statements of work, solicits bids, and secures funding for projects.
• Coordinates work with other shops and participates in reviews and training.

Skills

PC literacy

Customer service

Safety compliance

Education

Diploma or GED

Associate degree in technical field (preferred)

Tools

Personal computer

Job description

Job Basic Info

• Job Posting Title: Supervisor Facilities Maintenance
• Hiring Department: Facilities Services
• Position Open To: All Applicants
• Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
• FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA
• Earliest Start Date: Immediately
• Position Duration: Expected to Continue
• Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS

Introduction

Join the Facilities Operations and Maintenance team, a highly responsive and knowledgeable crew providing outstanding service for Facilities Services and to the university community. Maintenance Operations, a branch of the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Division, provides comprehensive maintenance services in support of the University’s operations. Our teams provide a comprehensive array of qualified services, backed by our licensed and certified technicians, to this end, we offer opportunities for continuing education, as well as various stipends for additional trade licenses. Our team of trained trade experts are well-matched for the university’s operational and maintenance needs, whether the facility is a brand new laboratory or our iconic Tower. Our goal is to self-identify operations and maintenance issues long before our clients realize a repair is needed and take a thoughtful approach to using their resources, structuring processes, and providing the best client service and use of university resources. This goal comes from our sense of ownership and pride in our work. With this approach in mind, the team is organized into a zone-based structure and employs flexible work hours, data analysis, and technology to meet operational goals. Your skills will make a difference. You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will contribute to operational excellence and enhance the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin.

Benefits

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin’s libraries and museums with staff ID card
• Free rides on all UT shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards.

More Information

For more information on the Maintenance Operations group, please visit: Visit the Facilities Operations and Maintenance Website.

Eligibility

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employee without sponsorship. Security sensitive; Criminal background check conducted on selected applicant. Hiring decision is contingent on applicant clearing check.

Responsibilities

Maintains a high degree of productivity, efficiency, cost effectiveness, and quality in shop performance. Closely monitors and controls key performance indicators and ensures adherence to budget. Provides timely and courteous customer service, keeps shop employees up-to-date on current policies, procedures, and related official information to ensure clear, concise, and necessary communication channels are maintained. Enforces all safety requirements. Prepares statement of work, solicits bids, selects best value contractor, obtains required funding, fills out requisition paperwork, coordinates and administers contractor work for maintenance repairs and replacements when deemed more economically prudent to use contractors versus inhouse personnel. Composes, reviews, and processes shop paperwork including letters, reports, timesheets, labor reports, emails, and materials and equipment requisitions to ensure all communication channels and work activities function properly. Coordinates work with other shops when necessary. Uses plans, construction documents, and specifications for estimating labor and material costs and for identifying related equipment relationships to ensure good cost containment and proper preventive maintenance equipment scheduling. Participates in project reviews, staff meetings, and various external shop training and assistance to ensure current and proper information, policies and procedures are known and distributed appropriately. Perform other job related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Diploma (High School) or GED.
• Five years of experience in a construction/facility maintenance trade or a four (4) year technical degree.
• Three years of experience directly or indirectly supervising commercial/industrial construction/facility maintenance shop personnel.
• Experience using a personal computer or microcomputer.
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree or above in a technical field.
• Completion of vocational trade or apprentice program in one or more journeyman trades.
• Successful completion of Facilities Services Introduction to Leadership Program.
• More than seven years of maintenance and repair experience with building mechanical and electrical systems.
• University of Texas related experience or other comparable University experience, including two or more years of supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service through problem solving, conflict resolution and direct customer contact.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to an array of customers to include team members, peers, building contacts, and management.
• Demonstrated strong team building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a cross-functional multi-craft workforce in preventive maintenance and repair of mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to Facilities Services core values.
• Experience with computerized service request system.

Salary Range

Salary Range $74,025 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Environmental Demands:
  • Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished)
  • May work in all weather conditions
  • May work in extreme temperatures
  • May work around chemical fumes
  • May work around standard office conditions
  • May work around biohazards
  • May work around chemicals
  • May work around electrical and mechanical hazards
• Physical Tasks:
  • Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
  • Use of manual dexterity
  • Climbing of stairs
  • Climbing of ladders
  • Lifting and moving
• Additional Working Conditions:
  • This position and associated job duties have been designated as essential during extraordinary and emergency situations when the university is closed.
  • Essential personnel must maintain contact with their supervisor and report to work as regularly scheduled unless directed otherwise.
  • Required to operate an electronic device such as an iPhone, iPad, or laptop/desktop computer to perform and fulfill time reporting and work management requirements.
  • Work management requirements include receiving work assignments, updating work orders, and other functions as required.
  • May be required to work in confined spaces, manholes, tunnels, elevated work, extended shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.
  • Considerable walking, standing, squatting, stooping, and moving of heavy materials and equipment in all weather conditions.
  • May be required to use of personal protective equipment (PPE) while performing duties.
  • May be required to pass a physical examination.
  • May be exposed to loud noise, high dust and allergen levels.
  • May be required to lift up to 50lbs.
  • Often required to twist, grasp, push, pull and bend.
  • May be required to operate forklifts, personnel lifts and cranes.
  • Operate job related equipment.
  • May be required to perform elevated work.
  • Occasional work from ladders and/or scaffolds.
  • May require tuberculosis screening and occasional use of a respirator.
  • May drive University vehicles. If driving University vehicles, must maintain acceptable driver rating as established in Policy: UTS157 Section 2.5.4.

Required Materials

Required Materials Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes. Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left-hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF] Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF] Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

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Contact

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