The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is seeking a MANAGER-FACILITIES TECHNICAL OPS & INFRASTRUCTURE with minimal supervision, manages at the school level, the physical plant, and other associated spaces for day-to-day general operation. To manage and coordinate with UAB services to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of heating and cooling, lighting, grounds, housekeeping, and plumbing needs of the school and managed clinics. To recommend and participate in capital projects including new construction, and short and long-range repairs and improvements. To develop an annual budget for facility operations and information technology needs. To order, install and maintain computers, printers, and peripheral equipment. To manage the coordination, ordering, and placement of furniture and signage in the building, as appropriate. To assign and facilitate all building access, keys, parking, and card key requests. To manage key checkouts and after-hours entry to the school. To serve as the liaison for information technology needs and oversee and facilitate all move requests across the school. To work with other administrators across the school to provide for building readiness at all times. To serve as an emergency contact for plant concerns and a liaison with support departments across the University. To serve as the building administrator in the school. To take initiative to problem solve and pose solutions for building and plant issues as they arise.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Responsible for preparedness of the SON physical plant and other SON space. Oversight and coordination with university-wide departments, to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of the heating and cooling, lighting, grounds, housekeeping, plumbing, security and communications for daily readiness. Serve as building administrator and problem solver for building concerns.

2. Develops facilities and IT goals and objectives for the SON and implements. Anticipates future resources, labor costs, materials, tools and equipment necessary to accomplish departmental goals and objectives. Provides guidance to SON departments for technology needs and system compliance.

3. Works with IT, employees, and subordinates to ensure all aspects of connectivity, security, IT support, IT infrastructure maintenance, other hardware, peripherals, workstations, laptops, printers, etc., support of employee and student technology, support of classroom audiovisual and lecture recording are maintained to support the needs of the school and clinical operations.

4. Provides technical advice on equipment evaluation, selection, installation, interfaces with vendors and makes recommendations to departmental management.

5. Responsible for strategic analysis, forecasting, and budgeting for SON IT and facilities office. Manages procurement and purchasing activities for the facility and IT needs. Ensures effective management of material and equipment inventories, budgets for equipment replacement, and manages labor and overtime costs within budget. Responsible for managing SON employee and collaborators access to shared drives and resources.

6. Manage all telecommunication activities such as but not limited to: phone line ordering and movement, data jack installation and heat up, inventory control and management. Serve as contact and problem solver for all trouble reporting.

7. Develops, implements and maintains the fire, life safety and occupational health and safety programs. Schedules and conducts emergency evacuation drills in assigned areas including severe weather, precautions, fire prevention, homeland security and medical emergencies. Recommends and participates in capital projects including new construction, and short- and long-range repairs and improvements.

8. Serve as SON liaison with Physical Security and manage all key and access requests for employees, responsible for all special opening/closing requests. Maintain and manage key check out for all of SON and SON user needs.

9. Serve as SON liaison with UAB Police and Public Safety. Attend police advisory council, campus watch committee, and other police meetings/event as SON representative. Schedule officers to come to SON for sensitive meetings and school events. Manages the use, upkeep, and booking of the SON vehicle(s) as needed to ensure proper maintenance and adherence to use of the State vehicle.

10. Manages all storage needs requests. Maintain, facilitate, and oversee all storage space use in SON. Ensure proper signage for all spaces managed by the SON to include offices, hallways, garage, etc. including but not limited to: directories, directional signage, office signage, informational event signage.

11. Ordering and management of furniture stores for the SON. Works with furniture representatives and University Surplus department to meet needs and to manage SON surplus in an efficient manner. Facilitates all moves in SON and serves as the liaison between UAB and external contracted companies for moving and storage needs

12. Directs supervision of staff members and student assistants that work in the SON Facilities office, including scheduling employee work hours and approval of employee use of accrued benefit time. Also hires, coaches, counsels, and evaluates direct reports.

(Annual Salary: $52,555 - $85,400)

Bachelor's degree in a related field and five (5) years of related experience required. Operations and Facilities Management experience preferred. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirements.

Must have strong interpersonal, detail-oriented, organizational and communication skills. Must be able to independently problem-solve and provide solutions. Should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Access software programs. To be successful in this position an individual should possess strong organizational, communication, work ethic and interpersonal skill. All work performed must be in accordance with SON and UAB policies and procedures and UAB Enterprise Code of Conduct.