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Physical Plant Director (Inst)

Job Group: Facilities and Capital Planning
Job Subgroup: Operations and General Maintenance
Salary Range (Annual): 30: $145,736-271,069
Employee Category: Limited
Job Code: FP069
  • Job Summary:
    Directs all aspects of the campus physical plant operations to provide members of the university community with a reliable and functional physical learning environment which efficiently utilizes university resources.
  • Job Responsibilities:
    • Directs, manages, and provides leadership for all operational aspects of the major areas of the physical plant, including innovative and strategic leadership for programs and functions designed to support the academic, research and outreach mission of the institution
    • Assists, advises, and informs university leadership on short term and long range planning of facility-related programs
    • Oversees the collection and analysis of data necessary to identify institutional needs, evaluates and directs programs and priorities accordingly, and meets regulatory reporting requirements. Establishes criteria for measuring the effectiveness of programs and adopts mechanisms for periodic self-assessment of programs and work units
    • Assists in the formulation of standards, policies, and programs related to the administration and daily operations of the physical plant, its employees, and contractors
    • Establishes, reviews, and controls the annual operating budget for the Physical Plant
    • Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
  • Education:
    Bachelor's Degree Preferred Minimum
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    Yes
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    Yes
  • Employee Category:
    Limited
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    30: $145,736-271,069
  • Job Code:
    FP069: Physical Plant Director (Inst)

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