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Renovation Services

The Renovation Services Manager plans, directs, coordinates, and oversees renovation services and operations. Manager responsibilities include reviewing and evaluating bids and estimates; determining equipment, material, and labor requirements; aligning work and trades schedules; collaborating with internal and external partners; providing technical consultation and expertise; conducting site visits; ensuring a safe work environment; overseeing job specification, regulatory, and bargaining unit compliance; forecasting, developing, and administering budgets; developing guidelines, rules, polices, procedures and operational changes; hiring, training, evaluating, and developing personnel.

• Oversee renovation services and operations; ensure project completion is timely and on-budget; initiate corrective action as needed
• Review and evaluate bids and estimates; determine equipment, material, and labor requirements
• Align and approve work and trades schedules; communicate priorities
• Confer, collaborate, and provide technical consultation to engineers, designers, architects, estimators, planners, facility coordinators, etc.
• Conduct site visits; ensure project specifications and regulatory requirements are met; oversee compliance inspections and occupancy approval reviews; address, resolve, refer, and report issues
• Advise senior management on matters related to area of operation
• Forecast, develop, and administer budgets; identify and implement cost containment measures; develop new and maximize existing revenue sources; monitor efficiency and productivity; research and requisition equipment and supplies
• Keep abreast of industry trends and regulatory requirements; develop operational changes, policies, and procedures; establish and communicate standards; manage regulatory and policy compliance including licensing, certifications, and training
• Ensure a safe work environment; participate in emergency planning and response; oversee accident investigations; seek and implement improvement opportunities
• Develop, implement, communicate, and enforce guidelines, rules, policies, and procedures
• Review, manage, and promote sustainability efforts
• Hire, train, coach, supervise, schedule, and evaluate employees; plan and coordinate professional development opportunities
• Adhere to Collective Bargaining Agreement provisions; participate in grievance/arbitration proceedings

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates 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
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00