Provides management oversight and direction for facilities assessments, service contracts and in-house moving services. Executes building support initiatives. Directs, plans, and schedules building support services. Supervises and trains staff. Oversees facility maintenance, food services and fleet operations.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

This is a job classification within the Management job family. This classification is distinguished by the management duties and responsibilities. This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

Supervises staff, evaluates staff job performance and coordinates schedules and assignments. Prepares a variety of fiscal and administrative reports.
Provides coaching and counseling, conducts disciplinary actions, and ensures compliance with policies, procedures, laws, regulations, goals and objectives.
Establishes project priorities and plans for timely completion of facility projects.
Coordinates and manages utilization of vendors and contractors. Manages inventory, purchases materials and services for maintenance, construction and custodial services.
Plans for replacement of building components based on life cycle analysis.
Administers budget for building support services and assists in minor construction and planning estimating.
Manages work order systems, analyzes trends and provides feedback. Responds to facilities related emergencies.
Conducts research, plans programs, policies, procedures, goals and objectives.
Ensures that policies and procedures regarding safety, sanitation and security of residents and staff are being followed.
Performs administrative division tasks, as required.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Business Administration or a field directly related to facilities maintenance and management AND five (5) years increasingly responsible facilities maintenance experience, including two (2) mid- to senior level supervisory or management experience;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Current Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification.
Valid Texas Driver's License.

Preferred:
Correctional administration experience.
3 years of Correctional Administration Experience
HVAC Maintenance and Repairs
Large Chiller and Boiler Maintenance
Plumbing Maintenance and Repairs
Facilities Project Management and Service Contracts
Spanish Speaking

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

Management and supervisory principles, practices and techniques.
Policies, practices, procedures and terminology of assigned function.
Standard practices in area of assignment.
Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and applicable professional health care standards and procedures.
Budget preparation and office management.
Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.
Business letter writing, grammar and punctuation, and report preparation.

Skill in:

Supervising others, including team building.
Using and caring for equipment utilized in area of assignment.
Explaining complicated technical problems in simple non-technical language.
Problem-solving and decision-making.
Both verbal and written communication.

Ability to:

Train and supervise office personnel.
Develop, analyze and interpret policies and procedures, financial statements, public information statements, and operational plans or activities.
Plan, assign, motivate and coordinate work of support staff to achieve specific service objectives.
Manage time well, perform multiple tasks and organize diverse activities.
Independently prepare correspondence, memorandums, and other materials.
Research, compile, analyze, interpret and prepare a variety of fiscal, statistical and administrative reports.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, representatives of outside agencies, and the general public.

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 50-100 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to contact with noise, vibration, fumes, foul odor, dirt, dust, mist, gases, and poor ventilation, and moving large set of construction parts, tools or machinery. May be exposed to hostile behavior from clients.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday -Friday. May work some holidays, some nights, some weekends

Location: 2515 S. Congress Ave., Austin

Department: Juvenile Probation

Criminal background check, Driving, Education, and Employment verification required.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.

You must ensure your application accurately reflects your skills and abilities as they relate to the position. Only periods of employment and experience detailed in the "Work Experience" section of the application will be considered in determining which applicants move forward in the selection process, as well as determining pay level for candidate(s) recommended for hire.

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