Temple facilities manager

The supervisor level, people manager Temple Facility Manager 1 role helps to ensure the temple reflects the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience. They work to maintain standards established by the First Presidency. They provide functional leadership to all department employees (facilities staff, custodial, grounds, security). They perform project management responsibilities for capital expenditure replacement and improvement projects for facilities, systems, and grounds by providing inspections, reporting, reviewing compliance with drawings and specifications, acting as the liaison with local government, permitting, monitoring project schedules, and coordinating furniture/materials delivery and installation. They regularly manage the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce). They act as the most senior functional expert in the facility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Budgeting and Financial Management
  • Responsible for department labor costs (contract and employee) and third-party relationships.
  • Responsible for creation and execution of annual plan, by overseeing and/or managing project and operational costs, maintenance, preventative maintenance, and repair of electrical, mechanical, audio-visual, and computer systems.
• Construction and Maintenance
  • Responsible for the maintenance of the temple and ancillary buildings associated with the temple complex, up to approximately 40,000 square feet (e.g., patron housing, visitor's center, temple president's residence, missionary training center, area offices, etc.).
  • Responsible to maintain established standards at all times during peak usage and when the temple is closed.
  • Provide regular status reports on project progress, quality, issues, and procurement of materials and equipment.
  • Ensure project(s) are completed in conformance to design documents and standards requirements.
  • Monitor project(s) schedule to ensure completion is within approved timelines.
  • Responsible for implementing temple maintenance guides and materials and testing improved maintenance methods, systems, and equipment.
• Leadership and Team Management
  • Regularly manage the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce).
  • Responsible, in partnership with human resources, to hire employees and recommend advancement, promotion or any other change of status of employees within their reporting line, and performance management of employees.
  • Typically manages 2 to 10 employees, with one or more people supervisor(s) reporting to them.
  • Communicates with temple president and other priesthood leaders, supervisors and department specialists, local governments, architects, general contractors, and local leaders as needed.
  • Promote effective job knowledge, skill levels, and performance of temple facilities services team by providing on-site and remote training, coaching, and mentoring.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• 5 years of any combination of related experience or progress towards or completion of a relevant university (post-secondary) degree or an industry-recognized certification.
• Former work-related leadership experience.
• Basic understanding of facilities systems and processes, such as boiler/chiller servicing & operations, electrical motor controls, audiovisual, electrical distribution, and plumbing systems.
• Effective verbal and written communication and computer literacy.
• Ability to understand local language for general communication, video training, building security, and safety.
• Must be capable of understanding instructions both verbally and in writing and able to ask clarifying questions as needed.
• Proficiency in English in addition to local language may be required in some locations.
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met, such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment.

Preferred:

• University (post-secondary) degree in facilities management, engineering, building industry, project management, or a related field.
• 4 years of experience in the facilities management industry.
• Project management experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft products.