Building Operations Manager

Building Operations Manager
• School of Engineering, Stanford, California, United States
• Facilities
• Feb 10, 2026 Post Date
• 108201 Requisition #

Note - Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. All candidates must be eligible to work and live in the U.S. This position has been deemed critical by the School of Engineering Dean’s Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.

Stanford Engineering has been at the forefront of innovation for nearly a century, creating pivotal technologies that have transformed the worlds of information technology, communications, health care, energy, business and beyond. Our faculty and students are creative risk-takers who pursuit excellence across a breadth of disciplines. Our alumni include some of the world's most successful leaders in technology and business. Our staff are critical to enabling Stanford Engineering to accomplish its mission: seeking solutions to some of the world's most urgent challenges and educating leaders who will make the world a better place through the power of engineering principles, techniques and systems.

Stanford's School of Engineering seeks a Building and Operations Manager with experience managing a large, interdisciplinary facility with complex instrumentation and labs. The Building and Operations Manager provides excellent customer service to building residents, oversees a Building Manager, and works as part of a collaborative team of building managers, safety specialists, and project managers. Although each Building Manager has assigned facilities in which they reside and focus, they work within a select team, participate in regular cross training, and provide back-up coverage for each other.

The Building and Operations Manager is expected to work independently to ensure that assigned facilities are appropriately maintained, sustainable, efficient, safe, secure, code‑compliant, and accessible. The Building and Operations Manager also facilitates moderately complex construction and renovation projects, participates in complex renovation projects, interprets facilities policies and guidelines, and makes enhancements to facilities procedures. The Building and Operations Manager reports to the School of Engineering’s Associate Director of Facilities Operations.

We seek candidates that have taken actions toward continuous improvement in their previous positions.

• Coordinate daily activities of assigned shop(s), including: scheduling and assigning work to staff and directing and leading workers in completing assigned work; monitoring work and project activity progress, making necessary changes; completing performance evaluations of assigned staff; performing quality assurance checks, and coordinating health and safety programs and training.
• Track budget for area of responsibility and provide time and workforce needs and estimates to higher level management based on cost analyses, ensuring work is completed according to stipulated price and agreement.
• Implement, interpret, and manage policies and procedures pertaining to operations and facilities management.
• Manage service contracts as applicable.
• Coordinate activities, construction, and renovation with Stanford staff, subcontractors, and/or vendors. Support assigned project activities; ensure compliance with larger unit goals.

A combination of education, training and experience performing responsibilities similar to those listed above.

• Ability to coordinate daily activities including work scheduling, quality assurance, program validation, monitoring of maintenance activities, and supervision of personnel.
• Demonstrated experience working with subcontractors/vendors and demonstrated ability to monitor project activities and ensure compliance with internal/external regulations.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting policies.
• Knowledge of environmental and safety rules, regulations, and policies. Ability to conduct job site inspections to ensure compliance.
• Ability to follow written and verbal directions and communicate those instructions to others.