Facilities Manager, Portland Campus

The University of New England is seeking a Facilities Manager to lead day-to-day Facilities Management operations for the Portland Campus. This position oversees facilities services across approximately 600,000 square feet and 30 academic, administrative, laboratory, clinical, medical, and support buildings. Reporting to the Director of Facilities Management, the Facilities Manager provides leadership for building maintenance, groundskeeping, utilities, preventive maintenance, fleet and equipment, emergency response, winter operations, and other campus support services.

The position is responsible for translating University and department priorities into effective work plans, staffing assignments, service standards, project schedules, and vendor coordination. This is an operational leadership role that requires strong operational judgment, technical knowledge, and the ability to work collaboratively with campus partners to maintain safe, reliable, and efficient facilities.

Professional Staff

Full Time

12

Portland, ME

UNE is Maine's largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands‑on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state's top provider of health professionals and home to Maine's only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

• Multiple health and dental plan options, plus vision coverage.
• Up to 8% retirement plan match.
• Generous leave time, including vacation, sick, and personal time, and 12+ holidays per year.

• UNE tuition waiver for employees, spouses, and domestic partners.
• UNE tuition waiver for dependents of employees with 1 year of full-time service.
• 50% tuition reduction if less than 1 year of full-time service.

For more information about our outstanding benefits, please visit: UNE Benefits Overview

• Lead day-to-day facilities operations for the Portland Campus, including building maintenance, grounds and landscaping, snow and ice response, fleet and equipment, waste and recycling support, event support, and campus turnover.
• Supervise approximately 10 Facilities Management employees and provide operational oversight of additional staff, temporary employees, and contracted service providers.
• Plan and coordinate preventive, routine, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities, staffing schedules, on-call coverage, seasonal operations, and urgent facilities needs.
• Oversee the operation, maintenance, and repair of building systems and infrastructure, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire and life safety systems, elevators, utilities, building automation, and related equipment.
• Manage assigned operating, personnel, service contract, equipment, and project budgets exceeding 2.1M annually, including forecasting expenses and monitoring costs.
• Coordinate facilities repair, renovation, renewal, and infrastructure projects from planning and scope development through contractor coordination, quality control, and closeout.
• Manage vendor and contractor relationships, including scopes of work, service expectations, work quality, schedules, safety, and invoice review.
• Identify deferred maintenance, equipment replacement, and capital renewal needs and provide information to support facilities planning and investment decisions.
• Promote a…