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Facilities Automation Systems 

The Facilities Automation Systems Manager oversees the systems, programs, and functional duties and responsibilities associated with facilities automation in facilities construction, renovation, and maintenance, where specialized expertise is required. Functions include customer service and day to day management activities, often related to commissioning, maintenance, or energy savings programs, and recommending methods of repair or upgrades of the Building Automation Systems (BAS) in facilities or infrastructures; provides customer liaison or contact point for BAS and control issues; designs, develops, and administers various programs and systems; oversees data analysis, budgets and costs, recommended equipment selections, feasibility studies, and provides BAS commissioning and mechanical systems technical expertise in the assigned program areas; participates in strategic planning or efficiency initiatives, assuring quality, setting policy or procedures, and record keeping, all while performing within University or departmental policies; supervises assigned employees, which includes planning, prioritizing, and scheduling work tasks or action plans, leading teams, resolving problems, providing training, and assuring all aspects of a safe work environment for assigned employees and customers.

• Responsible for all departmental hiring, training, organization goals, employee evaluations and discipline; train and mentor employees and students; creates unit or cross-functional teams, and assigns employees to participate
• Lead initiatives to develop feasibility studies, analyses, projects, or processes; evaluate options and implement solutions
• Guide the development of projects and processes in support of the overall strategic plans; develop and implement action plans and establish priorities
• Lead and develop project work; provide project assistance, direction, and training to employees, staff, technical personnel, contractors, and consultants
• Lead energy saving efforts through the use of BAS; reduce energy use by troubleshooting equipment; provide guidance to contractors and consultants on best practices for installation and operation of building automation systems
• Monitor and approve budgets for multiple areas
• Establish technology standards and policies to ensure operational consistency to evaluate and enhance practices
• Ensure that continuous quality improvement initiatives (including but not limited to Reliability Centered Maintenance) are appropriately implemented and carried out within the Facility Automation Services department
• Recommend, establish, and develop standards, operational procedures and policy for building automation

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 – 15
• Minimum – $109,300.00
• MidPoint – $136,600.00
• Maximum – $164,000.00