Assistant Director, Buildings & Systems

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Classification

Title:

Assistant Director, Buildings and Systems
Salary: $79,294.00 Annually

Department:
Facilities Management

Pay Grade: ADM6

Reports To:

Director, Facilities Maintenance

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Unit:
Administrative
Opening Date: 2/20/2024

Closing Date:
Open until filled

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Performs administrative work providing leadership and direction for all utility, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and painting operations on various shifts to assure efficient operation of the College's buildings and infrastructure.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

Inspects all buildings and systems to ensure proper maintenance and implements a preventive maintenance program.

Requisition s materials and equipment for buildings maintenance and housekeeping.

Prioritizes work and assigns personnel to specific jobs.

Ensures that all equipment is in a safe and proper operating condition and provides for repair when necessary.

Establishes and enforces productivity and quality standards.

Supervises bargaining unit members and provides for their training, motivation, and performance appraisal.

Directs all mechanics and provides for their training, motivation, and performance appraisal.

Recommends staffing changes to the Director.

Advises the Director on capital equipment and projects as well as supply needs for the proper operation of the department.

Ensures that all buildings and systems are in compliance with applicable building codes and regulations.

Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate Degree and/or valid NJ Contractor's License in HVAC, Electrical, or Plumbing;
• Five years' supervisory/managerial experience in the technical area of building maintenance and building system operations at a large commercial/institutional site;
• HVAC, electrical, and/or plumbing experience;
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to establish policies for using, acquiring, or maintaining heavy machinery;
• Ability to create plans for and guide implementation of capital improvement plans or programs and major construction projects; and
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• None.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The work is medium work which requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally,

and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing:
  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Feeling:
  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering:
  Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling:
  Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing 1:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Hearing 2:
  Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity:
  Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Speaking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the…