Facilities Manager
About The Position
Soapy Joe’s is seeking a hands-on, solutions-oriented Facilities Manager to maintain the condition, appearance, functionality, and safety of its locations. This field-focused role spends approximately 50% of its time at company locations and involves working with internal teams, vendors, and contractors. The manager takes ownership of building systems, facility repairs, vendor performance, and improvement projects, balancing quality, speed, cost, and operational impact. The role oversees commercial facility standards, inspections, building-system maintenance and repairs, vendor and contractor relationships, facility projects, and budget and cost management. It requires regular travel between Soapy Joe’s locations throughout the San Diego area, independent field work, and follow-through from identifying issues through verified completion. The position supports safe, functional, reliable, and well-maintained locations while helping strengthen facility standards as the company grows.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of facilities management, commercial construction, property management, general contracting, or similar experience preferred.
- Demonstrated experience managing vendors, contractors, bids, scopes of work, and negotiations.
- Working knowledge of commercial building systems and general facility repairs, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, roofing, lighting, signage, landscaping, and building finishes.
- Experience managing facility repairs, improvement projects, budgets, schedules, and contractors.
- Strong project management, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel regularly between Soapy Joe’s locations.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, budgets, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong judgment when assessing urgency, repair versus replacement, cost, and operational impact.
- Highly organized and comfortable maintaining inspection, work-order, project, and cost documentation.
- Comfortable working independently in the field and taking ownership from problem identification through completion.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with vendors, contractors, operators, and internal partners.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting multiple commercial or retail locations strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, facilities management, engineering, business, or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience is also accepted.
Responsibilities
- Help establish and maintain company-wide facility condition and appearance standards.
- Conduct routine site inspections covering building systems, property condition, appearance, functionality, and safety.
- Identify, prioritize, document, and track facility issues through verified completion.
- Spend approximately 50% of working time in the field overseeing facility conditions, repairs, vendors, and projects.
- Oversee maintenance, repair, and replacement of facility assets, including HVAC, restrooms, building plumbing, roofing, lighting, and other property systems.
- Coordinate with Maintenance, Operations, and other internal teams when responsibilities or projects overlap.
- Build and maintain a dependable network of qualified vendors and contractors.
- Solicit and evaluate bids, negotiate pricing and scopes of work, and manage service agreements.
- Hold vendors accountable for quality, response times, pricing, and completion commitments.
- Identify opportunities to improve service levels, consolidate vendors, and reduce costs.
- Manage repairs, refreshes, improvements, and facility projects from initial scope through completion.
- Coordinate contractors, trades, schedules, permits, and internal stakeholders.
- Evaluate repair-versus-replace decisions based on cost, condition, useful life, and operational impact.
- Inspect completed work, manage punch-list items, and ensure projects meet approved scope and quality standards.
- Manage repair and project spending within approved budgets.
- Review proposals and invoices for scope, accuracy, and value.
- Track committed, actual, and forecasted costs and proactively address potential budget or schedule issues.
- Identify recurring facility problems and develop longer-term solutions to improve reliability and control costs.
- Travel regularly between Soapy Joe’s locations throughout the San Diego area.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
