"Associate Director, Facilities & Operations"

Under general administrative direction of the Executive Director of Facilities and Operations, this position is to provide leadership and direction; to plan, manage, and oversee the activities and operations of the Facilities & Operations department. Assist with operational planning, construction, renovation, repair, and maintenance of buildings, facilities and equipment.

The Associate Director will coordinate with Environmental Services department, and other facilities staff when assigned to large renovation or repair projects. The Associate Director, with oversight from the Executive Director of Facilities and Operations will be responsible for the maintenance and repair of buildings and building systems. Duties will include scheduling of work and scheduling of staff who are assigned to routine preventive maintenance and construction projects. The Associate Director of Facilities Operations will assist with and make recommendations on equipment purchase and care, develop and manage area budgets, and order supplies and equipment.

• Schedules work of employees.
• Monitors and adapts schedules depending on university needs.
• Supervises and evaluates staff.
• Assist with oversight of the work order system. Ensuring that work orders are completed in a timely fashion reducing the number of aging work orders.
• Develops staffing patterns.
• Maintains and repairs buildings and grounds as required.
• Make regular inspections of buildings, grounds and University systems to ensure that they are safe and in good repair.
• Oversees Grounds department to ensure campus grounds are properly maintained. Please see: Inclement Weather Procedures below
• Ensure roadways and walkways are properly maintained during inclement weather. Assist with oversight of snow removal program.
• Oversees or delegates effective summer employment program for student employees to meet summer project schedule deadlines.
• Oversee campus beautification program with assistance from Executive Director and AVP of Facilities.
• Schedules and supervise Operations workers assigned to large campus maintenance and construction, as necessary.
• Orders, supplies and equipment necessary for departmental work. Approves or denied requests for supplies and equipment.
• Maintains inventories of equipment and supplies.
• Prepares reports, work orders and other documents as required.
• Provides professional direction to employees as required.
• Evaluates employees assigned to department.
• Assists in preparation of and monitors departmental budget.
• Manages summer part-time and student staff.
• Assists with the preparation of bid specifications for contracted services.
• Assists with the supervision of outside contractors and construction projects as assigned.
• Responds to emergency calls on campus on a 24-hour basis, as necessary. Bi-weekly on-call rotation.
• Assist with review of construction specifications, plans and contracts. Ensures that all direct reports and their staff review and comment on specifications, renovations and construction projects.
• Will assist with State Building Inspections and ensure all buildings are maintained in accordance with the state/Local regulations. Will ensure that deficiencies are tracked and promptly corrected. Coordinate with State Building inspector on CO's for each building prior to fall classes based on Inspectors availability.
• Assist with the coordination of staff training in all safety areas. Ensure training records are kept and licenses are up to date.
• Coordinate with Director of Health and Safety on all required Air quality testing as needed and works with staff to mitigate problems due to issues with infrastructure failures and/or emergency events.
• Assist with coordination of Fire Alarm and system testing, generator testing and all building related Regulatory testing. Assist with maintaining a list and schedule of all tests needed for operations and tracks dates to ensure all required tests are being budgeted and completed. Assist Director of Environmental Health and Safety with Coordinating Hood inspections.
• Inclement Weather Procedures
• Oversees and manage snow and ice removal duties.
• Oversees and manages staff on appropriate action to be taken to ensure that snow and ice removal procedures provide a safe passage for those using the University Inclement Weather Procedures
• Works closely with the Executive Director of Facilities and Operations to help coordinate snow removal activities
• Works in conjunction with Environmental Services to help coordinate maintainer snow and ice removal duties.