Area Facilities Manager

Job Description

This position helps provide and maintain facilities which give Church members places where they can work, worship, teach, learn, pray together, make and renew covenants, and receive sacred ordinances. Each Church facility that is built and/or maintained should 1) Provide a spiritual setting for members to worship, and 2) Present an image of reverence and dignity in the community.

This People Manager Position, Manages The Successful Implementation Of All Approved Meetinghouse Facilities Processes In The Area (Planning, Real Estate, Standard Plans, Project Development, And Construction, Operations, And Maintenance) And Manages The Following

• Responsible for the preparation, submission, and execution of the area strategy as captured in the area annual plan.
• Defines key personnel stewardships and accountabilities associated with the annual plane performance using key performance indicators.
• Formulates a personnel development plan to raise employee capability and improve performance.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage the Area Master Plan by surveying stakes, districts, and Church departments for facility needs and prioritizing requests within budget guidelines.
• Seeks approval for Master Plan and then manages its implementation in accordance with approved processes, controls, and available resources (FTE and budget).
• Manages the real estate, architecture, engineering, construction, and operations and maintenance functions through their respective managers by meeting regularly with division managers, and giving direction and counsel as needed to ensure annual plan is carried out successfully and personnel performance improves continuously.
• Controls the expenditures of Church funds on building projects and land acquisitions by monitoring expenditures against established budgets and policies.
• Coordinates the administrative functions of the overall physical facilities program by reviewing request for new projects, and by carefully monitoring the progress of the annual plan projects.
• Coordinates physical facilities activities with the DTA, Area Presidency, and all other Church entities including all temporal and ecclesiastical groups and departments through regular communication and coordination of decisions with these entities.
• Manages the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce)
• Responsible, in partnership with HR, to hire or fire employees and recommends advancement, promotion or any other change of status of employees within their reporting line.
  
  

Percentage of each responsibility to be set by management.

Required

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, facilities management or related area.
• Ten (10) years of experience in construction management and physical facilities administration.
• Five (5) years of significant supervisory/management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, solid leadership skills, excellent trainer, with the ability to formulate strategy required.
• Must understand all processes and ensure end-to-end process integration.
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment
• This is a remote position but you must live within the area.
  
  

Preferred

• MBA degree
  
  

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.