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**Open Date** 07/11/2025

**Requisition Number** PRN42617B

**Job Title** Coordinator, Facilities

**Working Title** Sr. Engineer

**Job Grade** E

**FLSA Code** Administrative

**Patient Sensitive Job Code?** No

**Standard Hours per Week** 40

**Full Time or Part Time?** Full Time

**Shift** Day

Work Schedule Summary

Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm.

**VP Area** President

**Department** 01744 - Workplace Services

**Location** Campus

**City** Salt Lake City, UT

**Type of Recruitment** External Posting

**Pay Rate Range** $72,000 to $75,000

**Close Date** 10/11/2025

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

Hiring a Facilities leader to manage a facilities engineering team over a portfolio of Real Estate Facilities Management buildings and/or spaces. The Chief Engineer will have the overall responsibility to ensure that services provided at the facilities meet University standards and deliver the greatest value to support the North Team building occupants. This includes University classrooms, research, administrative facilities, and third-party tenants.

Supervises a team of building engineers, plans, coordinates, and directs building systems related activities such as routine preventative maintenance, repair projects and improvements to building operation procedures. Promotes efficient, economical, continuous and safe operation of equipment. Manages their team’s activities to accomplish their duties while staying within budget. Focuses all efforts on meeting the needs of our customers; students, staff, faculty, and tenants who use the facilities.

Responsibilities

1. Performs high-level departmental needs assessments and analysis.

2. Evaluates cost and resource constraints and makes recommendations.

3. Creates long-term, multi-departmental master plans.

4. Develops project proposals by coordinating with department and other related business units.

5. Plans and coordinates multiple services to meet departmental needs.

6. May prepare special studies and reports for regulatory agencies.

7. May negotiate interdepartmental layout and space stipulations.

This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience). Three years directly related experience. Commitment to provide excellent customer service, planning and analytical skills required. Demonstrated human relations and effective communications skills also required. Technical expertise in related area may be required in some areas.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences

1. Recruits, interviews, selects, orients, and supervises staff members

2. Reviews all maintenance tasks and associated costs within the District

3. Performs inspections of district mechanical and other equipment spaces, job sites, project sites and inspects the engineer team’s work practices in the field

4. Acts as resource person and coordinator for explaining and complying with the University Policies and Procedures

5. Manages the workflow using available resources and revises the operating procedures as needed

6. Reviews staff performance through periodic performance and salary reviews and provides appropriate feedback

7. Provides for personal and professional development of staff via formal and informal training, mentoring, and coaching

8. Obtains and maintains accountability of necessary equipment and tools and manages work scheduling using the CMS system

9. Reviews staff performance and the maintenance of the physical facilities including buildings and equipment

10. Negotiates all types of contracts, on behalf of the Associate Director

11. Completes analysis on PM and CMS work orders

12. Prepares recommendations for the Capital Improvement lists with accompanying cost estimates

13. Prepares recommendations for building system equipment renewal and renovation, upgrades and changes to existing sequences of operations to improve reliability and efficiency

14. Coordinates inspections with the state and other auditors

15. Coordinates customer services requests

16. Collaborates with Facility Managers, Project Managers, other Facilities groups, customers, and outside entities on projects

17. Facilitates cooperative and collaborative community and institutional relationships

18. Ensures customer satisfaction by analyzing complaints, concerns and suggestions and providing appropriate follow-through

19. Determines and tracks appropriate metrics to validate level of performance of the engineering team

20. Provide support and back up for other members of the district management team in their absence

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Facilities Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience); four years of progressively more responsible experience, demonstrated interpersonal skills, budgeting experience, and a commitment to provide excellent customer service required. Experience must include facilities management knowledge in preventative maintenance, HVAC systems and operations, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing, and safety coordination.

**Type** Benefited Staff

Special Instructions Summary

Additional Information

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.

To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action ( OEO /AA). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator’s office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number can be located at: https://www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/

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