ABOUT STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND RESIDENTIAL & DINING ENTERPRISES:
Stanford University, located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is one of the world's leading teaching and research universities. Since its opening in 1891, Stanford has been dedicated to finding solutions to big challenges and to preparing students for leadership in a complex world.
Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE), the largest auxiliary organization at Stanford University, supports the academic mission of the University by providing high-quality services to students and other members of the university community. The department has an annual operating budget of over $350M, operates 24/7/365, and oversees a $3B asset portfolio comprising a 7 million sq. ft. physical plant across the campus. In autumn quarter of the 2021-22 academic year, R&DE will return to providing housing for over 13,000 students and dependents, serving meals at 17 dining halls, 12 retail locations, and operating athletic concessions and conference operations. Additionally, R&DE comprises 900 FTE staff in the following divisions: Student Housing Operations, Stanford Dining, Stanford Hospitality & Auxiliaries, Stanford Conferences, Maintenance Operations and Capital Projects, and a team of R&DE strategic business partners: Finance & Administration, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Strategic Communications.
“Students (Customers) First” is the mantra of R&DE and our strategic goals reflect our commitment to delivering quality and excellence to our constituents every day. In R&DE, “Excellence is defined by aligning our strategic goals and performance with our vision.”
This role is designated as essential and requires incumbents to report to work onsite. Telecommuting is not available for this role.
JOB PURPOSE:
Perform specialized, diverse work activities and oversee larger complex buildings for a school or central unit. Coordinate solutions, working independently, solely supporting the operations, maintenance, repair, upkeep, inventory tracking, and refurbishing activities related to the physical environment and building systems of a complex facility. These facilities are defined as a building posing greater regulatory and/or safety risk impact to the Stanford community or non-laboratory, multiple buildings with broader scopes of responsibility. This is an individual contributor role.
CORE DUTIES:
- Serve as property operations / maintenance point of contact for facilities’ issues in complex facilities; initiate work requests, monitor completion; manage maintenance and renovations budget; coordinate and monitor routine maintenance services completion.
- Perform condition assessments on appearance, equipment, or troubleshooting; analyze results and decide status; identify and establish preventive maintenance plan.
- Handle property administration by troubleshooting, completing tagging, data entry & inventory; completing purchase orders, receiving; completing record keeping.
- Implement facility security programs by developing procedures/practices, distributing keys, providing building access, monitoring access records.
- Complete project coordination by performing the assigned tasks within department projects; acting as a project coordinator/liaison; and overseeing and executing projects.
- Serve as safety management coordinator by correcting identified safety issues, performing root cause analysis, identifying and tracking corrective actions.
- Coordinate communications services; provide updates, alerts, notifications to building occupants.
- Coordinate space management and planning activities including analyzing moves for minimal disruption.
- May oversee and supervise assigned staff engaged in supporting the physical environment and building systems.
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree and five years related, demonstrated technical facilities management experience, or a combination of education and relevant experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Competence in the technology related to electronic access systems – programming, troubleshooting.
- Analytical skills to analyze and track complex space, equipment and financial data.
- Interpersonal skills, mature judgment required to interact effectively with a broad range of people.
- Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
- Working knowledge of applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project.
Certifications and Licenses:
Valid California Non-commercial Class Driver’s license.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Frequently stand/walk, seated, performs desk-based computer tasks. Occasionally climb, twist/bend/stoop/squat, reach/work above shoulders.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Requires 24-hour response availability seven days per week for emergency situations.
WORK STANDARDS:
Must comply with the California Vehicle Code and Stanford University requirements when operating university-owned vehicles.
Why Stanford is for You:
Imagine a world without search engines or social platforms. Consider lives saved through first-ever organ transplants and research to cure illnesses. Stanford University has revolutionized the way we live and enriches the world.
