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Facilities Engineering

The Facilities Engineering Manager is responsible for overseeing the design, planning, construction, and maintenance of equipment, machinery, buildings, and other facilities; plan, budget, and schedule facility modifications, including estimates on equipment, labor, materials, and other related costs; oversee the coordination of building space allocation and layout, communication services, and facilities expansion; establish and oversee health and safety standards.

• Oversee assigned areas; supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management
• Coordinate consulting services for engineering, maintenance, and operations of the University’s utility production and distribution/conveyance systems and building mechanical and electrical systems
• Manage projects of various size and scope; make contributions to determining feasibility of goals and objectives
• Manage program budgets; forecast for future needs and participate in strategic planning
• Responsible for assuring quality, cost effectiveness, and timeliness of engineering/utility projects
• Negotiate and process rights-of-way and agreements with utility companies, corporations, governmental agencies, and individuals
• Manage and oversee the development of utility masterplans for all campus locations
• Prepare/oversee various environmental impact statements, reports, and permit applications
• Manage assigned programs to include education, data collection, procurement, and conservation initiatives
• Maintain external relationships to identify and develop new opportunities for services and ways to assist client needs
• Evaluate existing standards and modify/improve as needed

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

• Comp Grade – 16
• Minimum – $123,200.00
• MidPoint – $157,100.00
• Maximum – $191,000.00