Temple Facilities Manager 2 (Full time) - Orem UT Temple

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints•Orem, UT

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Temple Facilities Manager 2 ensures the temple reflects the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience and maintains standards established by the First Presidency. The role provides functional leadership to department employees, including Assistant Facilities Managers, Custodial, Grounds, and Security, for one temple and/or up to four smaller temples. It is the facility’s most senior functional expert and regularly manages the work of other employees, including a mixed workforce. The position typically manages 10–20 employees, with two or more supervisors reporting to it, and is responsible, in partnership with HR, for hiring or firing employees and recommending advancement, promotion, or other employment-status changes within its reporting line. The manager oversees maintenance of the temple and associated buildings in the temple complex, approximately 70,000 square feet, which may include patron housing, a visitor center, the temple president’s residence, an MTC, and area offices. The role maintains established standards during peak usage and while the temple is closed; manages expectations of approximately three to four key stakeholders; and develops the Temple Facilities Services team through on-site and remote training, coaching, and mentoring. It implements temple maintenance guides and materials and tests improved maintenance methods, systems, and equipment. The role creates and executes a complex annual plan, overseeing or managing project and operational costs, maintenance, preventive maintenance, and repairs of electrical, mechanical, audiovisual, and computer systems. It is responsible for department labor costs, including contract and employee labor, and third-party relationships. Project management duties include capital expenditure R&I projects for facilities, systems, and grounds. The manager conducts inspections, reporting, compliance reviews against drawings and specifications, liaison with local government, permitting, schedule monitoring, and coordination of furniture and materials delivery and installation. The manager ensures projects conform to design documents and standards, provides regular status reports on progress, quality, issues, and procurement, and participates in final closeout procedures, including as-built drawings, archiving, closeout processes, substantial-completion letters, warranties, and recommendation letters. The role communicates as needed with the Temple President and other priesthood leaders, supervisors, department specialists, local governments, architects, general contractors, and local leaders.

Requirements

Four-year degree in facilities management, the building industry, project management, or a related field.
Six years of experience in the facilities management industry, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience totaling ten years of combined education and experience.
Broad understanding of facilities systems and processes, including boiler/chiller servicing and operations, electrical motor controls, audiovisual systems, electrical distribution, and plumbing systems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and computer literacy.
Ability to speak and write in English.
Professional appearance and demeanor.
Ability to meet physical requirements that may include sitting for long periods and using computer monitors and equipment.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a temple.

Responsibilities

Ensure the temple reflects the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience and maintain standards established by the First Presidency.
Provide functional leadership to department employees, including Assistant Facilities Managers, Custodial, Grounds, and Security, for one temple and/or up to four smaller temples.
Regularly manage the work of other employees, potentially including a mixed workforce; typically manage 10–20 employees, with two or more supervisors reporting to the role.
Partner with HR on hiring and firing employees and recommend advancement, promotion, or other employment-status changes within the reporting line.
Maintain the temple and ancillary buildings associated with the temple complex, approximately 70,000 square feet.
Maintain established standards during peak usage and while the temple is closed.
Manage the expectations of approximately three to four key stakeholders.
Provide on-site and remote training, coaching, and mentoring to develop the Temple Facilities Services team’s job knowledge, skills, and performance.
Implement temple maintenance guides and materials and test improved maintenance methods, systems, and equipment.
Create and execute a complex annual plan, overseeing or managing project and operational costs, maintenance, preventive maintenance, and repairs of electrical, mechanical, audiovisual, and computer systems.
Manage department labor costs, including contract and employee labor, and third-party relationships.
Manage capital expenditure R&I projects for facilities, systems, and grounds, including inspections, reporting, compliance review, government liaison, permitting, schedule monitoring, and coordination of furniture and materials delivery and installation.
Ensure projects are completed in conformance with design documents and standards and within approved timelines.
Provide regular project status reports on progress, quality, issues, and procurement of materials and equipment.
Participate in final project closeout procedures, including as-built drawings, archiving, closeout processes, substantial-completion letters, warranty processes, and recommendation letters.
Communicate as needed with the Temple President and other priesthood leaders, supervisors, department specialists, local governments, architects, general contractors, and local leaders.