Facilities Engineering Manager
About The Position
The Facilities Operations Manager is a key site leader responsible for overseeing day-to-day facilities and engineering operations at a large, mission-driven institutional campus in the Hartford, CT area. This role provides hands-on leadership to a team of skilled trades professionals, ensuring the reliable operation, maintenance, and optimization of building systems across a diverse portfolio of academic, administrative, and residential facilities. Reporting into senior facilities leadership, the Facilities Operations Manager partners closely with on-site stakeholders to deliver high-quality, safe, and compliant facility services aligned with a dynamic campus environment. The position emphasizes operational excellence, preventive and predictive maintenance, safety leadership, team development, and continuous improvement, while supporting both routine operations and long-term infrastructure initiatives. This is an ideal opportunity for a facilities or engineering leader with experience in higher education, healthcare, research, or other complex institutional settings who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about maintaining critical infrastructure that supports learning, innovation, and community engagement.
Requirements
- Experience in higher education, healthcare, research, or other complex institutional settings
- Thrives in a collaborative environment
- Passionate about maintaining critical infrastructure
Responsibilities
- Overseeing day-to-day facilities and engineering operations
- Providing hands-on leadership to a team of skilled trades professionals
- Ensuring the reliable operation, maintenance, and optimization of building systems
- Partnering closely with on-site stakeholders to deliver high-quality, safe, and compliant facility services
- Emphasizing operational excellence, preventive and predictive maintenance, safety leadership, team development, and continuous improvement
- Supporting both routine operations and long-term infrastructure initiatives
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Eligible to participate in a Company incentive or bonus program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
