Skilled Trades Supervisor

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Buildings and Maintenance Services, a department within the Office of Physical Plant at Penn State University, is seeking a talented and motivated individual to join our team as a Skilled Trades Supervisor in a unionized environment. This fully onsite position is responsible for a crew of approximately 20 skilled trades technicians comprised of Electricians, HVAC technicians, Plumbers, and Maintenance Technicians that maintain a portion of University Park during the first shift. This position is responsible for managing work, ensuring excellent service to customers,and balancing multiple budgets.

Job Summary:Buildings and Maintenance Services, a department within the Office of Physical Plant at Penn State University, is seeking a talented and motivated individual to join our team as a Skilled Trades Supervisor. This fully onsite position is responsible for overseeing a crew of approximately 20 skilled trades technicians, including Electricians, HVAC technicians, Plumbers, and Maintenance Technicians, during the first shift. The role involves managing work, ensuring excellent service to customers, and balancing multiple budgets.

Primary Duties:

• Lead, motivate, and maximize the productive efficiency of the crew.

• Assign work, verify time spent on tasks, review time cards, and adjust crew size by hiring and using temporary resources.

• Utilize the Physical Plant's Facility Asset Management System.

• Collaborate with the Office of Physical Plant's Planning and Scheduling department.

• Provide appropriate training and assist technical service employees with acquiring required tools and equipment.

• Ensure quality and customer satisfaction by reviewing planned work, conducting site visits, and discussing work with customers.

• Provide leadership by monitoring the work environment and making appropriate adjustments.

• Identify and capture opportunities to improve or expand services.

• Advocate for safety by completing safety inspections, conducting accident investigations, and resolving gaps in the crew safety plan.

• Accomplish administrative tasks, including responding to messages and requests, documenting activities, and addressing discipline issues.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Hire, train, evaluate, develop, and supervise skilled trades personnel.

• Prioritize, schedule, and assign work crews and equipment; arrange for equipment repair and maintenance.

• Establish work sequence, including trades coordination and utility shutdowns; monitor deadlines.

• Conduct site visits; ensure regulation and job specification compliance; discuss, resolve, refer, and report issues.

• Coordinate with customers, outside vendors, contractors, and subcontracted workforce; provide informal estimates for services.

• Provide technical expertise and consultation; collaborate with engineers, designers, architects, planners, and estimators.

• Coordinate and participate in government agency inspections.

• Administer budgets and monitor inventory; identify cost containment measures; research, recommend, and order equipment/materials.

• Communicate, enforce, and make recommendations for work rules, policies, and procedures.

• Ensure a safe work environment; participate in emergency planning and response; investigate accidents and prepare reports.

• Follow Collective Bargaining Agreement; participate in grievance procedures, hearings, and arbitrations.

Qualifications:

• Requires an associate's degree or higher plus four years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Knowledge of the tools, skills, and techniques required for facility maintenance.

• Previous experience managing a unionized workforce is preferred but not required.

The scheduled hours for this position are Monday to Thursday 6:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.There are times when hours may need to be extended or adjusted to meet the needs of the business.

Background Checks:

This position requires that you operate a motor vehicle as a part of your job duties. A valid driver's license and successful completion of a motor vehicle records check will be required in addition to standard background checks.

Benefits for full-time employees at Penn State include (visithttps://hr.psu.edu/benefitsfor more detailed information):

• Medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans

• Tuition discounts (including for a spouse and dependent children up to the age of 26)

• Generous vacation time and sick time

• 14 paid holidays/campus closure days

The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing equity, respect, and belonging in all its forms.We embrace individual uniqueness, as well as a culture of belongingthat supports both broad and specific equity initiatives, leverages theeducational and institutional benefits of inclusion in society, and provides opportunities for engagement intended to help all members of thecommunity thrive.We value belonging as a core strength and anessential element of the university's teaching, research, and servicemission.

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