Assistant Director, Buildings & Systems

Assistant Director, Buildings and Systems

Performs administrative work providing leadership and direction for all utility, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and painting operations on various shifts to assure efficient operation of the College's buildings and infrastructure.

Essential Functions:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate Degree and/or valid NJ Contractor's License in HVAC, Electrical, or Plumbing;
• Five years' supervisory/managerial experience in the technical area of building maintenance and building system operations at a large commercial/institutional site;
• HVAC, electrical, and/or plumbing experience;
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to establish policies for using, acquiring, or maintaining heavy machinery;
• Ability to create plans for and guide implementation of capital improvement plans or programs and major construction projects; and
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Physical Requirements:

The work is medium work which requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing:
  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Feeling:
  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering:
  Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling:
  Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing 1:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Hearing 2:
  Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity:
  Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Speaking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing:
  Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Talking 1:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Talking 2:
  Shouting in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• Visual Acuity 1:
  Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2:
  Including color, depth perception, and field vision.
• Visual Acuity 3:
  Visual Acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Visual Acuity 4:
  Have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.
• Visual Acuity 5:
  Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such…