Facilities Manager, Portland Campus

Job title: Facilities Manager, Portland Campus

University of New England

The Facilities Manager will oversee and supervise the maintenance and custodial operations for all University buildings and grounds on the Portland campus. This role ensures adherence to all internal and external regulations, standards, and requirements, maintaining a safe, functional, and clean environment for the University community.

About The University of New England 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.

Benefits Overview

• 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.
• Educational benefits:
• 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

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, administer, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the specific building, grounds and vehicle/equipment maintenance and custodial functions and services of the Facilities Management Department, including operating policies, procedures and systems.
• Develop and modify services and operating systems in accordance with institutional needs and objectives, changing technology and external regulations and standards.
• Exercise full supervisory authority directly over staff and seasonal employees:
• plan and conduct/oversee training programs and staff meetings
• confer regularly with supervisors and staff to plan and coordinate activities, assign and review work, assist with difficult or unusual tasks and resolve problems
• evaluate job performance
• recommend pay increases
• handle disciplinary actions
• plan staffing needs
• master work schedule
• overtime budget
• Administer operating budgets, as well as various capital project budgets, recommending major capital purchases.
• Perform a variety of key planning and evaluation tasks, typically involving short- and long-term assessment.
• Establish work priorities and project schedules.
• Plan and coordinate University campus safety programs with Environmental Health and Safety, and ensure that all applicable work safety and security procedures are followed.
• Assist with the preparation specifications for outside contract bids.
• Coordinate operations with major renovation/construction projects.
• Plan, supervise and coordinate preventive maintenance programs.
• Ensure compliance with various external requirements and guidelines pertaining to operation of equipment and occupancy of buildings.
• Deal regularly with a wide range of outside vendors, suppliers and service contractors, including negotiating of contract terms and prices.
• Confer regularly with senior administrators, department heads, and other University personnel to plan, coordinate and evaluate activities/projects/systems, exchange information, investigate and resolve problems, and so forth.
• Plan and administer/oversee appropriate records systems related to all department operations and capital improvement projects, including the development of automated inventory and work control systems.
• Prepare a variety of administrative and/or management reports.
• Provide understanding, focus and direction in the continuous drive to achieve the Facilities vision and purpose.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or Construction Management, or other appropriate discipline, plus six to eight years of relevant technical and supervisory experience in facilities or construction management, or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired.

• Previous higher education or similar institutional experience desirable.

• Broad base of technical knowledge and skills relevant to facilities management of a building and grounds complex, including experience in/with:

• project planning

• estimating

• oversight

• materials and equipment purchasing

• blueprint reading, etc.

• Working knowledge of the skilled trades.

• Technical training in engineering desirable.

• Excellent planning, organizational, administrative, budget and personnel management skills.

• Ability to deal effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups within and outside the University system.

• EEO Statement Summary

• Consistent with federal and state law and University policy, the University of New England is committed to the fundamental concept of equal opportunity for all of the members of the University community. The University prohibits, and will not tolerate, discrimination in employment, the provision of academic services or in any other area of University life based on race, color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, ethnicity, genetic information, HIV status, or status as a veteran. Prohibited bias factors should not motivate decisions regarding students, employees, applicants for admission, applicants for employment, contractors, volunteers or participants in and/or users of institutional programs, services, and activities.

• Vaccination Statement (PLEASE NOTE)

• Employees in clinical settings must meet the State of Maine’s immunization requirements for clinical activity.

• Additional Note

• This position is not eligible for H-1B visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extension.

• Anticipated Pay Range

• $72,000 - $77,000