The Department of Facilities Management supports the mission of the University of Denver's physical resources, to provide a healthy and safe educational environment for campus community through services of the departments of Capital Projects and Planning, Facilities Management, Parking & Mobility Services, Auxiliaries & Real Estate, and Business & Operations.

Position Summary

The Preventive Maintenance Manager is responsible for the preventative maintenance trades technicians. This role is responsible for the planning and tasks required to ensure effective and efficient equipment operation, capacity preservation, reliability, and life cycle asset management of university mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment to sustain university operations. This position supervises employees or outside contractors who perform preventative maintenance on campus utility systems, buildings, and equipment via one or more of the following trades: electrical, plumbing, and HVAC. Sets priorities, orders materials, scheduling and allocates the resources needed to complete all preventive maintenance tasks. Manager will assume responsibility for the timely repair of any failed systems to restore operation as soon as possible.

Essential Functions

In addition to following the University of Denver’s policies and procedures, principal responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ensures compliance with all applicable safety regulations, building codes, and safety requirements.
• Train and enforce safety procedures and all applicable regulations.
• Planning and Project support of ensuring utility restoration in the event of primary utility outages/interruptions.
• Extent the life of current assets with vigorous preventative maintenance.
• Using predictive techniques to adjust preventative maintenance to account for needs as they arise or before.
• Approve time off requests and technicians time cards
• Supervise the preventative maintenance staff and schedule, track and document all maintenance, upgrades, and repairs using CMMS software.
• Establishes and conducts a preventive maintenance program of scheduled inspection and maintenance of electrical, mechanical equipment, plumbing and general systems, equipment and facilities to assure proper operation and to correct malfunctions before major breakdowns develop.
• Creates work orders to report equipment having non preventative maintenance problems.
• Provide feedback on drawing and specification reviews of new work to ensure it conforms to site general practices and maintainability of the equipment.
• Assist in managing Integrated Facility Plan and sightlines data which identifies capital renewal needs and re-investment priorities.
• Anticipate and eliminate potential delays by planning and coordinating maintenance resources, supply chain, and equipment access.
• Provide guidance and supervision during emergency response to system or utility outages

Supporting Responsibilities

• Coordinate all planned maintenance and minor construction activities
• Identify and develop standard work routines and task lists.
• Manage procurement process for parts and vendors
• Analyze work order feedback and execute follow-up actions.
• Plan shutdown-related work.
• Prepare budgeting, tracking, and analysis.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support departmental goals and operations.

Required Qualifications

• A high school diploma or G.E.D.
• Three years’ experience in the role of manager of a trades shop
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in either plumbing, HVAC or electrical trades.
• Experience in construction management or quality control/assurance,
• Must possess a valid Colorado Driver’s License and be insurable under university guidelines.
• Pass a pre-employment physical exam and lift 100 lbs. occasionally.
• Familiar working with Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or a related field such as Facility Management or equivalent experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration as a Mechanical or Electrical Engineer or equivalent experience
• Master license in HVAC, Electrical, or Plumbing

Working Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts, in outside weather conditions where they are exposed to wet, humid, and hot and cold conditions, around electricity, with chemicals and around fumes or airborne particles.
• Occasionally while performing the duties of this job, the employee works in high places from extension ladders and scaffolding and in confined spaces.
• The noise level in the work environment ranges from low to high but is usually moderate.
• Unexpected interruptions often occur, and stress level is moderate to high.

Physical Activities

• Moderate to strenuous physical effort is required. This position requires extended periods of standing, walking, using hands to handle, hold and control tools and objects, reaching with arms, stooping, kneeling or crawling. This job also requires pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying of objects of up to 100 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Needs to identify and distinguish color.
• Should be able to wear approved OSHA respirators.
• Position will spend extended hours at a computer.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Application Deadline

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Special Instructions

Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number

The salary grade for the position is 13.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $90,000-$95,000.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Benefits

The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Worker's Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver's Non‑Discrimination‑Statement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.