Assistant Director of Facilities - Custodial and Grounds Operations Manager - SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Description of Duties:

• The Assistant Director of Facilities - Custodial and Grounds Operations Manager is responsible for the management of the grounds and custodial maintenance operations for SUNY Polytechnic Institute's Utica campus.
• The Custodial and Grounds Operations Manager will provide overall supervision of custodial and grounds operations and personnel. The position requires the review and prioritizing of daily work orders, and the review of completed work to ensure quality. This position will also require the oversite of SUNY property control, requisition, and disposal policies and will participate on campus committees, including Corporate and Campus Events (Logistics group).
• This position will provide positive leadership and oversight to direct reports to assure goals, programs, activities, and personnel practices are consistent with and contribute to the department and Institution's goals and strategies. The position will establish recordkeeping to estimate annual budgets and report on annual expenditures.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationships:

• This position will supervise multiple grounds and custodial employees

Benefits https://www.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/benefits/benefit-summaries/UUP-FT-Benefits-at-a-Glance.pdf

Salary Range: $68,000 - $78,000

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from a college or University accredited by the US Department of Education or internationally recognized accrediting organization with experience managing people and resources for custodial and grounds maintenance operations.

• This position requires experience in large building maintenance activities, landscaping knowledge, and athletic field maintenance, or related experience.

• Candidate must possess excellent communications skills and have the ability to clearly explain the requirements of the custodial and grounds maintenance program to campus administrators, facilities personnel, students, staff, and contractors.

• Must possess and utilize negotiation skills as well as understand conflict resolution methods and techniques.

• Applicants must possess a valid New York State driver's license and have the ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in unionized workplace is preferred.
• Knowledge of accounting, MS Word and Excel is preferred.

This is an essential personnel position for the maintenance and operation of the campus during an emergency situation.

SUNY Polytechnic Institute offers exceptional benefits such as healthcare, dental, vision, pension plans, competitive pay, generous paid time off, tuition assistance, life insurance and long-term disability insurance.

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, SUNY Polytechnic Institute will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, creed, religion, color, citizenship, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, gender identification or expression, genetic information, familial status, marital status, pregnancy, status as a domestic violence victim, criminal conviction, disability, military status, disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, Armed Forces Service Medal veteran, active duty or wartime campaign badge veteran, or other characteristic as protected by law.. Please feel free to review your equal employment opportunities protections and laws pertaining to these protections at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the College's crime statistics for the past three years; and disclosures regarding the College's current campus security policies. The SUNY Polytechnic Institute Annual Security Report is available in portable document format [PDF] by clicking this link:

https://sunypoly.edu/sites/default/files/Clery Report 2023 - Utica[83].pdf

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