Facilities Trades Operations Supervisor

The Position

Under direction, the Facilities Trades Operations Supervisor, supervises , assigns, reviews, and participates in the work of staff responsible for the building trades; which includes the Carpenter series, the Electrician series, the Painter series, and the Plumber series; ensures work quality and adherence to established policies and procedures; and performs the more technical and complex tasks relative to the assigned area of responsibility.

Knowledge Of:

• Principles and practices of supervision, discipline, leadership, mentoring, and training
• Team dynamics and team building
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations applying to the various building trades
• Safety orders and safety practices applying to the various building trades
• Operational characteristics, services, and activities of assigned programs and functions
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and other specialized applications related to area of assignment
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation
• Construction and maintenance practices
• Building support systems including methods and materials used in building construction, maintenance and repair work
• A broad understanding of all trades related technical knowledge and techniques with advanced knowledge, capabilities and techniques in at least one of the four trades.

Ability To:

• Select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff within the various building trades units
• Plan, coordinate, assign, and review the work of subordinate staff
• Investigate and resolve disciplinary issues
• Work independently, prioritize work, coordinate activities and meet critical deadlines
• Monitor and interpret budgets and other financial documents
• Develop and maintain cooperative, effective working relationships with others
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing
• Interpret and apply applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations
• Apply customer service skills, including the identification of customer needs and follow up to ensure customer commitments have been met
• Collect and compile a variety of data and information
• Read and interpret blueprints and work from plans and specifications
• Estimate material and labor requirements

Three years of full time paid experience supervising staff engaged in maintenance, repair, or construction of commercial, water treatment, water resources, airports or water quality facilities.

OR

Six years of full time paid experience as a journeyman electrician, plumber, carpenter or painter. Three years of this experience must have included supervisory responsibilities over maintenance, repair or construction industry staff.

Note:

A General Building Contractor license will not be accepted as a substitute for the minimum qualifications stated above.

Note:

If the word "experience" is referenced in the minimum qualifications, it means full-time paid experience unless the minimum qualification states that volunteer experience is acceptable. Part-time paid experience may be accumulated and pro-rated to meet the total experience requirements.

The County may access criminal history information on candidates who have accepted a conditional offer of appointment for this class consistent with the provisions of Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 82-602, Personnel Policies, and applicable federal and state laws. The County shall not consider for employment any candidate who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that relates to or impacts the candidate’s ability to perform the job duties of this class unless it is determined that mitigating circumstances exist.

For purposes of accessing criminal history information, the candidate will be fingerprinted. A subsequent arrest notification may be obtained.

The County may also conduct a background check on the candidate prior to appointment to a position within this class. The background check may include personal and professional reference checks, credit history checks where…