Supervisor Facilities Maintenance, Fire Safety

Job Posting

Title:

Supervisor Facilities Maintenance, Fire Safety

Hiring Department: Facilities Services

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

40

FLSA Status: Exempt

Earliest

Start Date:

Immediately

Position Duration: Expected to Continue

Location: AUSTIN, TX

Join the Facilities Operations and Maintenance team, a highly responsive and knowledgeable crew providing outstanding service for Facilities Services and to the university community. Our teams provide a comprehensive array of qualified services, backed by licensed and certified technicians. We offer opportunities for continuing education and various stipends for additional trade licenses. Our goal is to identify operations and maintenance issues long before our clients realize a repair is needed and to use resources thoughtfully.

With this approach we use data analysis and technology to meet operational goals.

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs:
  Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through Linked In Learning plus professional conference opportunities.
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff
• Free rides on all UT shuttle and Austin Cap Metro buses with staff

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis without sponsorship. Security sensitive; criminal background check conducted on selected applicant. Hiring decision contingent on clearance. Some overtime, evening, weekends, holidays and occasional on‑call work possible.

Prevents and resolves customer and maintenance related issues by leading a diverse team of skilled technicians in the application of cost effective maintenance practices that improve the reliability of supported fire safety systems.

• Maintain high productivity, efficiency, cost effectiveness, and quality in shop performance. Monitor and control key performance indicators and ensure adherence to budget.
• Provide timely and courteous customer service, keep shop employees up-to-date on current policies, procedures, and official information. Enforce all safety requirements.
• Prepare statement of work, solicit bids, select best‑value contractor, obtain required funding, fill requisition paperwork, and coordinate contractor work for maintenance repairs and replacements.
• Compose, review, and process shop paperwork—including letters, reports, timesheets, labor reports, emails, and material/equipment requisitions—to maintain communication channels and work activities. Coordinate with other shops when necessary.
• Use plans, construction documents, and specifications for estimating labor and material costs and for identifying related equipment relationships to ensure cost containment and proper preventive maintenance scheduling.
• Participate in project reviews, staff meetings, and external shop training to ensure current policies and procedures are known and distributed.
• Perform other job‑related functions as assigned.

Diploma (High School) or GED. Five years of experience in a construction/facility maintenance trade or a four‑year technical degree. Three years of experience directly or indirectly supervising commercial/industrial construction/facility maintenance shop personnel. Experience supervising fire sprinkler installation/repair/inspections. Experience using a personal computer or microcomputer. NICET Level II or pass all NICET Level II testing within 12 months. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Associate degree or above in a technical field. Six years or more of experience supervising fire sprinkler installation/repair/inspections. Completion of a vocational trade or apprentice…