0000005633.Facility Manager.Facilities
About The Position
The Facility Manager supervises building mechanics, electricians, and other maintenance personnel in maintaining Dallas County facilities, buildings, and complexes in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local standards and codes. The role plans, organizes, schedules, and controls comprehensive maintenance and repair services for assigned facilities and building equipment to ensure efficient operation, while promoting the quality improvement program and its execution. The position supervises 10 to 25 skilled technicians. It also oversees building equipment operations, preventive maintenance, construction projects, and the availability of supplies and equipment. The manager helps implement departmental policies and procedures, communicates goals, prepares quality reports, and keeps current with relevant maintenance technology, products, methods, and resources.
Requirements
- Education and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Management, Engineering, Architecture, Industrial Arts, Construction, or a job-related field of study.
- Three years of work-related experience, including one year of supervisory or lead experience.
- Valid Texas Driver’s License with a good driving record.
- Pass a security clearance check.
- Ability to climb ladders and lift weights in excess of 50 pounds with assistance.
- Ability to operate equipment efficiently and safely.
- Ability to withstand prolonged sitting, standing, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, stretching, and lifting.
- Ability to work in varying conditions, surroundings, and weather conditions.
- Availability for a rotating on-call schedule; emergencies may require work after normal scheduled hours and on weekends or holidays, and mandatory overtime may be required.
Responsibilities
- Plan, organize, and control comprehensive maintenance and repair services for assigned facilities and building equipment.
- Supervise personnel, including training, workload scheduling, evaluations, and disciplinary actions as necessary; promote the quality improvement program.
- Supervise building equipment operations to maintain acceptable and dependable environmental conditions within facilities.
- Supervise preventive maintenance of facilities, machinery, systems, and equipment, and determine cost-effective ways to improve performance, flexibility, and usefulness.
- Ensure adequate supplies of parts, materials, tools, and equipment are available to complete required tasks.
- Collaborate with architects and contractors on construction projects and assist with oversight from conception through occupation, including managing warranty issues.
- Assist with implementing departmental policies and procedures and establishing and communicating short- and long-range goals; ensure compliance with departmental and county policies and procedures.
- Assist in preparing bi-weekly quality reports and updates for management, related work groups, and agencies such as the Texas Commission on Jail Standards or the Department of Justice.
- Keep abreast of current technology, products, service materials, methods, opportunities, trends, and problems; maintain a maintenance library including equipment literature, blueprints, films, and reference materials.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
