Facilities Engineer jobs in Elkhart, IN

The following vacancy exists in Goshen Community Schools for the 2021-22 school year:

Goshen Community Schools

Director of Facilities

POSITION PURPOSE:  Under the direction of the Superintendent or designee, the Director of Facilities will plan, organize, assist, and direct facility maintenance, security, repair, and the physical operation of Goshen Community Schools.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Plans, schedules, and assigns employees to various cleaning, maintenance, repair, ice and snow removal, renovation and building safety tasks.
• Prepares the annual operating budget and monitors revenues and expenditures.
• Interviews, recommends for hire, evaluates, and disciplines departmental employees.
• Plans, coordinates, and conducts periodic inspections of all facilities required by local, state, or federal law such as fire inspections, asbestos inspections, insurance safety inspections and annual visual inspections of all school facilities as required to ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards.
• Makes determinations about scope of maintenance and/or repair activities and decides which can be accomplished by in-house maintenance staff and which are to be contracted out.
• Monitors all phases of capital construction projects; acts as liaison between the school district and contractors, or construction managers engaged in providing services to school district properties.
• Responds to inquiries from district employees, department heads and the public regarding school district buildings and grounds activities.
• Inspects work performed by custodial or maintenance employees or private contractors to ensure proper cleaning, maintenance, repair and groundskeeping procedures are being followed, checks for safety and health hazards, and makes recommendations for correction and improvements.
• Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Prior experience preferred in general maintenance and repair, construction, and plumbing

QUALIFICATIONS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily.  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required

• Thorough knowledge of modern school district building maintenance and operations practices
• Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with students, staff, and the community.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal formats
• Knowledge of grounds maintenance
• Knowledge of applicable codes, laws, rules, and regulations governing school district facilities and construction
• Ability to read building prints.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram formats.
• Considerable responsibility about general assignments in planning time, method, manner and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the work operations of a group of employees, all performing basically the same type of work.
• Regular use of complex machines and equipment

WORK CALENDAR:  52 weeks per year, 40 hours per week

SALARY:  Based on Education and Experience

APPLICATION PROCESS:  In order to be considered for an interview, all applicants must have completed their on-line application at:  https://goshenschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx.

CURRENT GCS EMPLOYEES CLICK HERE

Please attach the following to your application:

• Letter of interest
• Up-to-date resume
• Reference Letter(s)

For questions regarding this position please contact:

Barry Younghans

Administration Building

613 East Purl Street

Goshen, IN  46526

byounghans@goshenschools.org 

The Goshen Community School's Board of School Trustees is an equal opportunity employer.  Selection of the applicant will be made without reference to race, color, creed, sex, age, handicap, or national origin.

THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS IS:  Until Filled