ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FACILITY SERVICES

Under broad review and direction of the Director, Facility Services, incumbent is responsible for the policy, direction, planning, and administrative coordinating of housekeeping, landscaping, fleet management and preventive maintenance services. This includes providing administrative and managerial direction to subordinate supervisors; interpreting, implementing and ensuring compliance with HR policies; and assisting with budget formulation, implementation, and review for the assigned units.  Additional Position Information:  

Resolves facility concerns from the campus community by listening; investigating; developing and implementing solutions. Monitors all service request work orders submitted to ensure each is properly configured. Performs all changes to the database – assets ,problem codes, account numbers, levels of access by personnel. Trains new users.                                                Composes and submits mass e-mails for building system outages due to renovations, modifications and repairs.
Composes and updates specifications for all service maintenance contract bids.
Creates and updates policies and standard operating procedures for Facility Services; Coordinates with HRM for final approval as needed.
Manages the elevator service and repair contract and the Lift-Net software for monitoring and controlling elevator operations in all buildings.
Manages two Administrative Coordinators assigned to the Housekeeping and Maintenance Storerooms and monitors storeroom inventories for accuracy.                                                Provides administrative and management direction to the Preventative Maintenance manager.  Analyzes and improves procedures to progress towards predictive maintenance for continuous improvement. Assumes the duties and responsibilities of the Director of Facility Services in his absence. Required to respond to emergencies on campus and reside on campus during evacuations by the City of New Orleans for hurricanes and other emergencies.

LSU Health New Orleans is committed to leveraging diversity as an educational resource and an institutional core value. We seek candidates who will contribute to a climate where students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds have equitable access and success opportunities. As an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, we welcome all to apply without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.