Supervisor Facilities Maintenance, Fire Safety

Supervisor Facilities Maintenance, Fire Safety

Hiring Department: Facilities Services

Location: Austin, TX

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 licensed and certified technicians. We offer opportunities for continuing education and various stipends for additional trade licenses.

Prevents and resolves customer and maintenance related issues by leading a diverse team of skilled technicians in the application of cost effective maintenance practices that improve the reliability of supported fire safety systems.

• 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.

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 directly or indirectly supervising fire sprinkler installation/repair/inspections. Experience using a personal computer or microcomputer. NICET Level II or pass all testing for NICET Level II within 12 months.

Associate degree or above in a technical field. Six years or more of experience directly or indirectly supervising fire sprinkler installation/repair/inspections. Completion of vocational trade or apprentice program in one or more journeyman trades. Successful completion of Facilities Services Leader Development 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 varied 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.