[Hiring] Facilities Support Manager @County of San Diego

Role Description

The Facilities Support Manager is a skilled building operations and maintenance service classification responsible for specialty county functions within maintenance and operations (i.e. service contracts, energy management, and fire/life/safety/security). Reporting to the Chief, Departmental Operations, the incumbent will provide support and coordination for the facilities maintenance and repair programs, and projects; and use their building knowledge to focus their team in providing performance metrics for field teams, as well as coordinating with the construction team to ensure new facilities comply with BAS standards.

• Plans, directs, manages, supervises and coordinates a multi-disciplinary staff engaged in life safety, access, control, intrusion alarm systems, operation, repair and major maintenance of structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, ADA requirements and irrigation systems of county-owned and leased facilities during normal and emergency situations.
• Identifies and diagnoses overall building operation dysfunction.
• Develops remedial and proactive strategies such as preventative maintenance quality assurance inspections, building assessments, and predictive maintenance programs at all county facilities.
• Evaluates the impact of alternatives and implements programmatic solutions, as needed.
• Plans overall maintenance and repair of County-owned-leased buildings and grounds.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or certified foreign studies equivalency in engineering, architecture, business management or public administration.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in facilities operations, three (3) years of which must have been managing a large multi-disciplinary workforce involved in the operation and maintenance of a wide variety of complex multi-use facilities.
• Additional years of qualifying experience may be substituted for the education requirement on a year-to-year basis.
• Certificate in facility management, maintenance management, energy management, or construction management may be substituted for two (2) years of operational management experience in applicable specialty.

Requirements

• Background check (including fingerprinting) and a pre-employment medical screening prior to beginning County employment.
• Current County employees may be excluded from this process.

Benefits

• Future Salary Increases: July 2027 - 4.49% increase to base pay (3.00% Across-the-Board + 1.49% Market Increase).

Company Description

The Department of General Services (DGS) is an internal service department within the County of San Diego. DGS ensures that other County departments have the necessary workspaces, services and vehicles to accomplish their own business objectives. These services range from real estate leasing and acquisition support to capital improvement and architectural planning; from facility maintenance and repair services to security management; from vehicle acquisition and maintenance to refueling services, and for delivering County mail. DGS is also a committed leader in energy and sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts in conserving energy resources while promoting expansion of renewable sources of energy in the County.

With over 200 employees, the Facilities Operations team is the largest division of DGS. Facilities Operations work includes preventive maintenance on essential building systems, time critical response to emergency repairs, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance services, compliance and service quality oversight for contract support, mail services, as well as electronic and physical security services at select County facilities.