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Campus Facilities Manager – Senior Manager (PSU0631)

Additional Levels

Additional levels that exist for this job profile can be seen below.

Job Summary

The Campus Facilities Manager position oversees the operation and performance of facilities at Commonwealth Campus locations; provides strategic planning for the assigned unit, and performs, administers or delegates such activities as major program plans (i.e., collective bargaining, safety, customer service, emergency preparedness, etc.), providing continuous analysis, interpretation, resolution, and implementation on facilities-related matters; identifies, develops, and administers process and quality improvement initiatives or other special assignments within the respective unit as well as other departments and business units across the University; provides/delegates oversight of policy, procedure, and regulatory compliance, as well as oversight and input to design, construction, and maintenance professionals; develops and administers budgets; implements and administers human resources policies and procedures; manages assigned employees, providing guidance on planning, prioritizing and developing schedules for tasks, initiatives or action plans, leading teams, managing training, and assuring all aspects of a safe work environment for assigned employees and customers.

Representative Duties

  • Manage facilities operations for assigned areas
  • Hire, supervise, and train assigned staff
  • Establish staffing levels and qualifications for assigned areas
  • Manage approved operating budgets for assigned areas
  • Develop programs in assigned areas
  • Establish area policies and procedures
  • Participate in the development of strategic planning initiatives
  • Coordinate with regulatory agencies on the interpretation of code compliance issues; lead implementation of regulatory requirements
  • Review continuous quality improvement practices plans and guide approaches to achieve enhancements for assigned areas
  • Oversee and ensure appropriate implementation, operation, evaluation, and adjustment to processes within the organization to ensure that quality standards are achieved; champion continuous quality improvement initiatives utilizing appropriate philosophies and theories to solve problems and improve processes

Level Matrix

Level:
Senior Manager
Base Description:
– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.
Level Summary:
– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area
Fiscal Responsibilities:
– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area
Problem Solving:
– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems
Independence of Action:
– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others
Communication and Collaboration:
– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope
Salary Structure
  • Comp Grade – 12
  • Minimum – $76,700.00
  • MidPoint – $95,900.00
  • Maximum – $115,100.00
FLSA Exemption Status
Exempt
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree
Minimum Experience
10+ years of relevant experience, includes 3+ years of supervisory experience
Equivalency
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Additional Job Requirements