Georgia Southwestern State University – a four-year institution – cultivates excellence in learning and teaching that encourages intellectual, personal, and social growth for students, faculty, staff, and the community. Georgia Southwestern State University is a comprehensive state university within the University System of Georgia that offers a full range of bachelor degree programs, along with selected master’s and specialist degree programs.

Georgia Southwestern is committed to serving the needs of its developing region with educational programs for high school, for professional and technical graduates; post-graduate professional training; research and business services; and cultural enrichment. Through its national and international affiliations, the University links Southwest Georgia with the global economy and actively fosters a greater understanding of international business and culture.

This position will be the primary operational liaison between the Campus community and Plant Operations. This position also serves as the primary departmental contact in the Director's absence. The employee in this role will be required to independently assess and respond to daily operational issues as required by the Director or other internal/external agencies. The Assistant Director also plans and supervises the work of Physical Plant Staff.

• Plans, manages, and oversees the daily functions, operations and activities related to the maintenance and operations of the University's physical resources, including maintenance and operation of buildings, facilities, grounds and equipment.
• Assist daily with the Director of Facilities Management in the supervision, planning, organization and scheduling the work of various craft workers such as HVAC, repair workers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, groundskeepers', custodians, painters and special environmental health operations.
• Oversees the daily functions, operations, and activities of transportation along with environmental health, occupational safety, and risk management programs
• Provide supervision of staff.
• Oversees the functioning of all building systems including systems including mechanical, electrical, fire/life safety, plumbing, and waste management.
• Oversees maintenance of varied and complex equipment necessary to maintain continuity of services, which includes the development of schedules.
• Provide after-hour on-call duty institutional support as needed during emergencies (including during unscheduled hours and during holidays and weekends). Also, must be willing to work over a typical 40-hour work week.
• Assists with USG required reporting data collection reporting.
• Provide decision support to the Director of Facilities Management on matters related to facilities management, transportation, environmental health, occupational safety, and risk management.
• Monitors energy usage and assists with coordination of programs to reduce energy consumption.
• Maintains and manages warranties, service and contractor agreements as it relates to facilities and equipment management.
• Places Purchasing Card (P-Card) orders; gets approvals, gathers order information; and places orders.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Great communication skills and positive relationships with students, faculty, staff and outside agencies.
• Knowledge of environmental and safety rules, regulations, and policies.
• Ability to conduct job site inspections to ensure compliance.
• Ability to coordinate daily activities including work scheduling, quality assurance, program validation, monitoring of maintenance and facility activities, and supervision of personnel.
• Demonstrated experience working with subcontractors/vendors and demonstrated ability to monitor project activities and ensure compliance with internal/external regulations.
• Must be able to communicate (verbally and via correspondence) with students, faculty, staff and campus administration.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office applications such as, Outlook, Excel, and Word, as well as other technology related to facilities management.
• Working knowledge of at least one building trades, preferably all MEP trades.
• Ability to follow written and verbal directions and communicate those instructions to others.
• Must be able to obtain a State Purchasing Card.

• Ability to complete in-house construction projects on schedule.
• Confers with department heads and others to plan and implement work.
• Good customer relations skills.

For more information or questions about a job posting, please contact the Department of Human Resources by phone at 229-931-2000 or by email at hr@gsw.edu.

For technical support, please call the Shared Services Center at (877) 251-2644 or oneusgsupport@usg.edu.

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including a criminal background check demonstrating eligibility for employment with Georgia Southwestern State University, as determined by Georgia Southwestern State University in its sole discretion, confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in application materials and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check and drug screen.

Georgia Southwestern State University is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the University takes affirmative action to preclude discrimination in recruiting, transferring, training and terminating of employees because of race, color, creed, age, sex, national origin, veterans status, disability or any other reason in accordance with applicable state and federal statutes, executive orders and other regulations which prohibit discriminatory employment practices.

The work is typically performed while standing, walking, bending, crouching or stooping. The employee frequently lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, distinguishes between shades of color, and utilizes the sense of smell.