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This position plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the Facilities Maintenance Division, serving as the City’s senior facilities authority responsible for the operational readiness, safety, lifecycle stewardship, and risk mitigation of approximately 30 municipal facilities totaling 800,000 square feet, including mission-critical public safety and emergency response infrastructure. The Facilities Superintendent provides enterprise-level leadership over facilities operations, asset management, space solutions, regulatory compliance, and workforce development. The position is responsible for the administration and supervision of operational programs, budget, discipline, direction of staff, development of strategic objectives, activities and other functions relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of City facilities. Supervises division staff, either directly or through subordinates.
Job Responsibility:
Plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates all facilities maintenance and building operations activities to ensure safe, reliable, and continuous operation of City facilities, with particular emphasis on fire and police stations, and high-occupancy public venues
Reviews plans and specifications for new or renovated facilities to ensure maintainability, operational readiness, and lifecycle cost considerations
Oversees inspection of repair and remodeling work for quality, safety, and compliance
coordinates facilities activities with other City departments
receives and investigates major emergency calls
ensures accurate records, reporting, and documentation of work performed
Leads and develops supervisors, project managers, and technical staff through performance management, coaching, succession planning, training, accountability, and timely resolution of performance issues
Develops, administers, and defends division operating budgets and long-range facilities funding strategies aligned with asset condition, operational risk, service levels, and organizational priorities
Assumes responsibility for facilities-related regulatory compliance and life-safety systems, including fire protection systems, alarms, emergency power, ADA compliance, and OSHA exposure
Oversee procurement of materials, services, and professional contracts in accordance with City code
monitors vendor performance
ensures fiscal stewardship and service reliability
Provides oversight for prioritization of emergencies and unscheduled work based on operational risk and service impact
Develops and administer guidelines, procedures, strategic plans, and emergency operating protocols for facilities operations
Provides 24/7 executive oversight of facilities emergencies, coordinating City staff and on-call vendors, and ensuring continuity of operations for public safety facilities
Represents the City and division in internal and external meetings as directed
Requirements:
Formal Education/Knowledge: Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with a two year associate's degree, diploma or equivalent from a college, technical, business, vocational, or correspondence school
Minimum six years of experience in a related field
Valid Driver's License
Reading: Work requires the ability to read manuals, reports, graphical information, and engineering guidelines
Math: Work requires the ability to perform general math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, percentages, formulas, factors, and decimals
Writing: Work requires the ability to write clear, organized technical and analytical memos, letters, reports, operating procedures, and other documents
Managerial: Semi-complex - Work requires managing and monitoring work performance of a division including evaluating program/work objectives and effectiveness, establishing broad organizational goals and realigning work and staffing assignments for the department
Budget Responsibility: Substantial - Has responsibility for final approval of at least one division budget and presents the budget(s) to Senior Management. Is authorized to approve division budgeted expenditures for both staff and resources up to the amount that requires the approval of Senior Management
Policy/Decision Making: Significant - The employee normally performs the job by following established standard operating procedures and/or policies. There is a choice of the appropriate procedure or policy to apply to duties. More complex work as well as decisions with more significant impacts are typically reviewed prior to being finalized
Technical Skills: Broad Application - Work requires advanced skills and knowledge in approaches and systems, which affect the design and implementation of major programs, solutions for highly complex issues, and/or processes organization-wide. Independent judgment and decision-making abilities are necessary to apply technical skills effectively
Interpersonal/Human Relations Skills: High - Interactions at this level usually impact the implementation of policies. Contacts may involve interpretation of how policies are implemented and may require discussion and the support of controversial positions or the negotiation of sensitive issues or important presentations. During interactions on policy implementation, contacts may also involve stressful, negative interactions requiring high levels of tact and the ability to respond to aggressive interpersonal interactions
Nice to have:
The ideal candidate is a strategic facilities executive with demonstrated success leading multi-site municipal or institutional building portfolios
They bring expertise in asset management system implementation, lifecycle planning, and risk-based budget development
Their experience includes supervising supervisors and professional staff while elevating accountability standards across technical teams
They have successfully shifted divisions from reactive maintenance cultures to performance-driven operations
They understand the operational demands of mission-critical facilities such as fire, police, and high-occupancy public venues
They are disciplined in preventive maintenance strategy and data governance
They possess strong fiscal stewardship and vendor oversight experience
Above all, they combine executive-level thinking with operational credibility and cultural steadiness under pressure