Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist (Facility Manager)

Full Job Description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

Basic Requirements: Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- engineering, industrial arts, property management, or business administration.

OR Specialized Experience: Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Managing a maintenance program for office or apartment building complexes, hospitals, recreation facilities, military, or other specialpurpose installations, including planning maintenance activities, and developing preventive maintenance programs.

Conducting surveillance activities over construction and maintenance operations performed by a variety of private contractors, including reviewing project plans and specifications for workability, informing contractors of construction and reporting requirements, and supervising operations for conformance with project plans.

Performing maintenance or construction work, including estimating material and labor costs for a variety of construction or maintenance projects (such as construction or maintenance of brick, frame, structural steel, reinforced concrete, and other type structures ranging from one- or two-story buildings to larger structures), directing actual work operations, and maintaining appropriate contacts with the organization funding the project.

AND In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, applicants must have the following: Education: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience for this position.

Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience determining plans, and developing the service demands for electric power, heating power and other utilities requiring considerable knowledge of the capacities and characteristics of the various power producing units and distribution systems.

Experience developing and assuring the execution of a continuing program of preventive maintenance to keep the institution plant and facilities in sound condition.

Experience meeting with representatives or architectural/engineering firms as required in the development of plans for new construction and major renovations.

Experience which demonstrates the ability to supervise staff, to include planning, organizing, reviewing work, administering personnel matters, dealing with employees and union representatives.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.** Major Duties:

Serves as Facility Manager of the institution and is responsible for the planning, direction and management of all maintenance repairs, alterations and construction projects.

Manages a workforce comprising civilian and inmate workers.

Initiates proposals for improvements, major repair and replacement of institution facilities; evaluates them in terms of operation costs, manpower requirements, structural changes and other engineering principles involved.

Makes cost estimates and directs preparation of preliminary drawing and lists of material needs. Makes recommendations as to feasibility of projects and ways and means of carrying them out.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution.

The staff's correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.