Uplift Education · 1 day ago
Facilities Manager: Uplift Heights Secondary Preparatory
Uplift Education is dedicated to creating public schools of excellence. The Facilities Manager is responsible for the overall management and maintenance of the campus, ensuring safety and compliance while overseeing maintenance activities and custodial staff.
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Responsibilities
Perform and related documentation of daily campus walkthroughs and preventative inspections
Perform preventative maintenance
Ensure compliance with the Uplift risk mitigation program
Ensure campus buildings and grounds are safe and take appropriate action to reduce risk exposure
Ensure that all campus equipment is in proper working order and self-perform light to medium duty repairs as necessary
Establish preventative maintenance schedules and replacement of all mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, safety and monitoring systems and other facilities equipment, such as security gates and doors
Oversee after-hours and weekend on-call maintenance service as requested
Be familiar with and enforce vendor service contracts and rectify any issues with vendors or contractors related to facilities
Coordinate with established vendors/contractors and/or the CMO Facilities department to complete heavy facilities repairs that require an extensive time commitment or highly skilled labor
Manage custodial staff as required by the Operations Director
Reorder supplies to maintain appropriate on-hand inventory and request new or replacement equipment/tools
Create and maintain custodial schedules and task goals
Ensure all buildings and property meet city, state, TEA and federal regulations, ordinances and/or mandates
Coordinate work required, if any, to comply with the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation mandates
Establish and maintain a schedule for inspection of all building systems, including elevator and fire systems, as needed and monitor to ensure continued compliance
Maintain: equipment, tool inventory and accountability, gate and door schedules, keys and access card control
Maintain campus records, receipts and service orders using the Microsoft Office Suite and a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
Additional duties as assigned As required by the Operations Director
Assist with facilitating decision making for key operational, facilities related issues by collaborating with key campus stakeholders
Serve as a liaison for maintenance, repairs, and construction projects
Assist and/or coordinate emergency drills
Perform and coordinate summer cleaning, furniture re-allocation, painting, and other summer maintenance
Research and help implement best practices for all non-instructional activities
Monitor hallways, assist with cafeteria operations and assist with car-line (parent drop-off/pick-up) As required by the Uplift Facilities Director
Attend in-person and self-paced training as required
Implement standardized operating procedures and/or best practices
Provide reporting forms, checklists, and other documentation to ensure compliance
Qualification
Required
High School Diploma or GED equivalent is required
A minimum of two years' experience in a building maintenance, facilities, janitorial or related role (commercial plumbing, electrical or HVAC, building automation, commercial construction) required
Ability to receive and understand verbal and written instructions in English, receive or convey technical and complicated concepts
Read, and understand technical manuals when instructions may be written from a foreign non-English speaking country is required
Possess and maintain a valid Class C driver's license and have a clean driving record
Intermediate or advanced ability to learn and use computer software, learn how to operate a CMMS; learn how to operate a burglar alarm, surveillance, access control, HVAC and work order software; use a smart phone to send and receive photos, text messages
Intermediate use of Microsoft Office applications with an emphasis on Excel and Outlook
Sit and stand for extended periods of time
Articulate wrists, hands, and fingers
Extensive walking
Regularly required to reach, balance, stoop, kneel, twist, bend, climb and crawl
Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Frequently required to lift or move furniture or supplies such as, but not limited to café tables, office supplies and janitorial supplies
Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and exposed electrical terminals
Extended periods of being outside during extreme hot or cold weather
Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold and extreme heat
Vision: distance, color, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Occasional exposure to loud equipment
Preferred
Certifications related to building maintenance or construction industry (i.e. journeyman/master electrician or plumber, HVAC certifications) preferred
Bilingual Skills: Spanish preferred
Company
Uplift Education
Uplift Education It runs schools as a nonprofit organisation.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.36M2014-02-02Grant· $0.36M
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