Description
Role Mission : The Facilities Manager (FM) is responsible for operating a clean, safe, sustainable, high-quality facility by leading the custodial team to enhance the learning environment.
Facilities Managers exemplify IDEA’s commitment to excellence through successful hiring, development, and retention of custodial staff.
What We Offer
Compensation :
- Compensation for this role is set at an hourly rate ranging between $26.80 for 0 years of experienceand $33.50
- This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on team performance and goal attainment.
Other Benefits :
We offer a comprehensive benefits plan, covering the majority of the employee premium for the base medical plan and subsidizing the majority of costs for a spouse / domestic partner and children.
Some of the special benefits we offer at IDEA include :
- Paid Family Leave : Eligible staff may receive up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, based on their tenure with the organization and caregiver designation.
- Tuition Reimbursement : Staff members may apply for up to 50% of tuition paid toward a qualifying degree program, up to $5,250 maximum per year subject to manager discretion and budget availability.
- Employer-Paid Mental / Behavioral Health : 5 face-to-face counseling sessions within a year, unlimited 24 / 7 telephonic counseling, and other work-life services available at no cost.
Other benefits include dental and vision plans, disability, life insurance, parenting benefits, generous vacation time, referral bonuses and professional development.
IDEA may offer a relocation allowance to defray the cost of moving for this role, if applicable.
What You Bring Competencies :
- Mission Focus focuses on IDEA’s core purpose of getting all students into college
- Record of Results holds high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals
- Problem Solving able to synthesize, analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies for achieving quantifiable goals
- Communication effectively conveys information using a variety of channels and techniques
- Continuous Improvement proactively identifies opportunities to improve and consistently reflects on past actions to guide future decisions
Qualifications : Required
Required
- Education : HS diploma or GED is required
- Experience : Minimumof 2years of experience in facilities, maintenance, or constructionis required
- Experience : Minimum of 1 year of experience directly managing or leading a team is required
- Experience : Ability and experience in the use of Microsoft Office Suite is required
Preferred
- License or Certification : Certifications / Licenses in any of the following areas : HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing is preferred
- Language : Written and Oral Bilingual English / Spanish ispreferred
What You’ll Do Accountabilities :
Campus safe and operational one week before First Day of School (FDOS)
- Achieve an A rating in the Facilities Comprehensive Audit from Beginning of Year (BOY) through the last day of school
- Complete the Facilities QuickStart checklist to ensure school readiness at the start of the school year
- 100% of required Safe Schools and Roadmap trainingsare completedprior to the deadline
- All chemicals on-hand locked
- Campus received a proficient score of higher (3+) on the Campus Safety Scorecard
Maintain an efficient operation to achieve the campus cost per square foot allocation with kWh usage per square foot
- Serve as the financial steward for campus facilities and maintenance operations by generating a 10% surplus over budgeted allocation
- Improve continuously and execute operations efficiently by generating a 5% annual saving in utilities expense
- Manage overtime according to the established targets to ensure payroll costs fall within budget
- Business partner with campus leaders for capital expenditure (CapEx) projects
- Work with APO and Principals to identify facilities needs and develop a plan accordingly
- Provide timely CapEx quotations to improve facilities for each school
85% retention of Custodial Staff
- Increase development and training of staff through weekly check-ins and daily huddles
- Ensure that at least one custodian has been groomed to take on the Facilities Manager role within 18 months
80% of facilities requisitions are entered within 3 days of service
- Work with approved vendors to ensure timely issuance of services
- Maintain budget accuracy by entering requisitions within goal timeframe
- 100% adherence to the IDEA Procurement Policy with zero violations
95% customer satisfaction of maintenance work orders on Zendesk
- Operate a clean and healthy campus that guarantees an enhanced learning environment
- Deploy team to efficiently resolve issues submitted
Demonstrate reliability and responsibility through attendance, punctuality, and flexibility
- Zero unexcused absences
- Consistent punctuality
- Ability to work long hours as needed to meet the mission goal
We look for Team and Family who embody the followingvaluesand characteristics :
- Believes and is committed to our missionand being an agent of change : that all studentsare capable of gettingto and through college
- Has demonstrated effectiveoutcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
- Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improvequickly
- Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
- Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
- Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
- Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationshipsin order toachieve outcomes
- We believe in education asa professionand hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students
Supervisory Responsibilities :
- Campus Custodians