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Job Description
- Ensure the temple reflects the beauty, cleanliness, and sacred nature of the temple experience
- Maintain standards established by the First Presidency
- Provide functional leadership to all department employees (Assistant Facilities Managers, Custodial, Grounds, Security) for 1 temple and/or up to 4 smaller temples
- Project management responsibilities for capital expenditure R&I projects for facilities, systems, and grounds by providing inspections, reporting, reviewing compliance with drawings and specifications, liaison with local government, permitting, monitoring project schedule and coordinating furniture/materials delivery and installation.
- Regularly manage the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce)
- Most Senior functional expert in the facility
Responsibilities
- Regularly manage the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce)
- Responsible, in partnership with HR, to hire or fire employees and recommends advancement, promotion or any other change of status of employees within their reporting line
- Typically manages 10-20 employees, with two or more people supervisors reporting to them
- Responsible for the maintenance of the temple and ancillary buildings associated with the temple complex aproximatley 70k square feet (e.g., patron housing, visitor's center, temple president's residence, MTC, area offices etc.)
- Responsible to maintain established standards at all times during peak usage and when the temple is closed
- Responsible for managing the expectations of approximately 3-4 key stakeholders
- Regularly manage the work of other employees (may include mixed workforce)
- Excellent job knowledge, skill levels and performance of Temple Facilities Services team by providing on-site and remote training, coaching, and mentoring
- Responsible for implementing temple maintenance guides and materials and testing improved maintenance methods, systems, and equipment
- Responsible for creation and execution of complex annual plan, by overseeing and/or managing project and operational costs, maintenance, preventative maintenance, and repair of electrical, mechanical, audio-visual, and computer systems
- Responsible for department labor costs (contract and employee) and third-party relationships
Participates in all final close out procedures for project(s) including as-built drawing, archiving, close out process, letter of substantial completion, warranty process, and letter of recommendation
- Ensure project(s) are completed in conformance to design documents and standards requirements
- Communicates with Temple President and other Priesthood leaders, supervisors and department specialists, local governments, architects, general contractors, and local leaders as needed
- Provides regular status reports on project progress, quality, issues, and procurement of materials and equipment
- Monitor project(s) schedule to ensure completion is within approved timelines
Qualifications
Required:
- Four-year degree in facilities management, building industry, project management or a related field
- Six years of experience in the facilities management industry Or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Total of ten years combined education and experience
- Broad understanding of facilities systems and processes such as (boiler/chiller servicing & operations, electrical motor controls, audiovisual, electrical distribution, and plumbing systems)
- Excellent verbal and written communication and computer literacy
- Ability to speak and write in English
- Professional appearance and demeanor
- To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Preferred:
- Experience working in a temple
About Us
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
