Facilities Manager
The Barnes Foundation
Position Reports To: Senior Director of Operations and Grounds
Exempt/Non: Exempt
Primary Function: This is a management level position on the Operations team reporting to the Senior Director of Operations.
The responsibilities of this position include the maintenance, improvement, daily care and operation of the foundation’s buildings, structure, architecture, mechanical and electrical systems and grounds along with management of the building loading dock services, cleaning, trash and recycling programs, building furnishings, event set ups and administrative duties.
Education/Training/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field with 3+ years of relevant work experience.
- Proficient in building management and lighting system software.
- Knowledge and experience in the RFP and bid processes.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey ideas clearly.
- Excellent interpersonal, customer service, and problem-solving skills for interaction with guests, clients, and external organizations.
- Solid understanding of building and facilities management, along with general office and administrative services.
- Working knowledge of architectural, mechanical, electrical, and fire protection systems.
- Familiarity with modern safety and security procedures relevant to public-access buildings.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Word.
- Flexibility to work evenings, nights, and during weather events or special events.
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Physical Requirements:
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Prolonged periods of sitting and standing.
- Capability to move furniture as needed.
- Use of ladders and stairs is required.
Visual Requirements:
- Extensive use of computers and other visual displays.
Hearing Requirements:
- Effective communication through phone use.
Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in office environments as well as mechanical, electrical, and building service areas, including access to building roofs and grounds.
Job Responsibilities:
- Maintains a visible role in the daily operation of the foundation ensuring the facility and grounds are pristine.
- Oversees the facility services work order and preventative maintenance systems ensuring timely completed of requests using in-house and outsourced services and coordinating repair schedule with foundation activities.
- Manages the grounds contractor making sure the site is clean, the landscape is cared for and is always looking its best.
- Maintains the building set up schedules coordinating with public visitation, events and private events and classes.
- Assists the Senior Director of Operations developing bid documents for service contracts and renovation and exhibition projects.
- Maintains the department financial records updating the department budget and processing invoices.
- Maintains the facilities department inventory for supplies and attic stock.
- Manage the building package and mail delivery process along with loading dock and related services management.
- Maintains up to date department vendor/contractor list, insurance log, and service contract bidding schedules, ensuring that service contracts and insurance do not expire.
- Maintains a fixed asset inventory of furniture and fixtures.
- Publishes the monthly facility report detailing maintenance repairs, projects and budget status.
- Actively seeks out and maintains up-to-date knowledge regarding OSHA requirements, ADA requirements, building code and engineering requirements and assures compliance with these requirements.
Supervisory Requirements:
Manages the work of janitorial services staff, grounds maintenance contract employees and other specialized service providers, ensuring best in class work quality. Management of the second shift, providing oversight, direction and guidance to the facilities associates during events, building cleaning, and set up and breakdown for events and classes.
Organization-Wide Competencies:
- Effective Resource Use: Develops strategies and makes decisions that use time and resources wisely, manages resources effectively.
- Customer Focus: Demonstrates desire to help or serve others; identifies, anticipates and addresses internal and external needs; does what is necessary to ensure satisfaction.
- Problem-solving: Identifies problems and/or challenges. Weighs pros and cons of all possible solutions. Involves other in developing creative solutions to problems. Makes innovative use of computers and other information technology to contribute to problem solving. Produces practical solutions after carefully considering risks and alternatives. Willingly incorporates new and different information as it becomes available.
- Relationship building: Effectively builds and maintains harmonious, professional, respectful and productive relationships within The Barnes Foundation, professional field and community. Effectively works in a team setting. Communicates honestly and directly; shows diplomacy and tact. Uses appropriate channels of communication.
- Professional Presentation: Complies with organization policy and procedure. Demonstrates self-awareness and understanding of others; listens well; perceives emotions, concerns and interests accurately, and uses these skills to advance The Barnes Foundation mission; creates a healthy work environment; shows composure; and respects people of different cultures, ages and genders.
- Active Learning: Demonstrates curiosity and initiative to seek information; seeks to understand The Barnes Foundation business and outside factors that impact it; learns from best practices and generates fresh approaches; learns from experience and others; acquires skills; seeks feedback and advice resulting in improvement.
- Initiative: Takes calculated risks and does things that are new, different, or out of the box when necessary to reach goals, speaks up, asserts oneself, makes tough decisions in a timely manner; takes responsibility for outcomes.
- Ethics: Demonstrates ethical business practices; demonstrates and conducts oneself in a manner consistent with the organization’s mission statement and core values.
- Promotes the continuous growth of the Barnes Foundation.
- Interacts and communicates with fellow employees in a manner that promotes a harmonious and cooperative working environment in accordance with our Core Values.