Supervisor, Structural Trades

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Memorial, TN
5-7 Years Experience
Edtech
The Role
The Supervisor of Structural Trades oversees daily activities in structural trades, including carpentry and roofing. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with safety codes, inventory management, supervising staff, and implementing process improvements while providing high-quality customer service.
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Job Description:

Position Purpose

Facilities Management is an exceptionally talented team built from a diverse group of individuals who are passionate about providing the highest levels of quality craftsmanship, customer service, and teamwork through sustainable practices and who take pride in supporting the mission of the University and Facilities Management “We Care” principle values.

The purpose of the Supervisor of Structural Trades is to supervise all day-to-day activities, staff, inventory, contractors, and minor projects associated with the structural trades (Division 1); including carpentry, locksmithing, painting, masonry, tiling, plastering, roofing, glazing, and building maintenance. The Supervisor of Structural Trades ensures strict compliance with building, ADA, life, and fire safety codes, department instructions, work schedules, quality standards, and Facilities Management’s We Care values. The Supervisor is responsible for safety, standardization, quality control and assurance, preventive maintenance performance, inventory management, and contributes expertise to departmental initiatives. Using change management techniques the Supervisor will continuously analyze existing systems and implement process improvements within Division 1 to maintain world-class maintenance and an unparalleled standard of excellence.

Job Qualifications and Competencies

  • Associate’s degree required (Bachelor’s degree preferred); or equivalent combination of education and experience

  • 5 years of experience within Facilities Management

  • At least 3 years’ experience supervising staff

  • Experience supervising in a union environment strongly preferred.

  • Experience as a general contractor or a project manager preferred.

  • Considerable knowledge of the methods, practices, tools, equipment, and materials of the trades; high level of skill in the structural trades preferred;

  • Ability to assign, outline and supervise the work of skilled and semi-skilled maintenance workers;

  • Ability to make accurate labor and material cost estimates and to document records accurately;

  • Ability to read, comprehend, and understand blueprints, plans, and specifications;

  • Ability to analyze maintenance, repair, and construction data and make recommendations pertaining to safety, quality, and efficiency;

  • Strong emotional intelligence and awareness required;

  • Demonstrated ability supervising, training, and evaluating the work of employees and contractors;

  • Ability to read, interpret, apply, and explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures;

  • Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local codes;

  • Knowledge of supervisory principles, practices and techniques;

  • Demonstrated commitment to customer service

  • Demonstrated ability monitoring shop safety and correcting safety violations, infringements, or concerns;

  • Strong computer skills, specifically in Google Suite (Gmail, Sheets, Forms), Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), and work order systems (CMMS/IWMS);

  • Ability to successfully foster and grow a collaborative team and to promote a culture of selflessness;

  • Must be able to work effectively with a diverse population;

  • Excellent communication, time management, organizational, and customer service skills required;

  • Strong familiarity with LEAN principles, cost reduction, just-in-time supply chain systems, cost avoidance, and inventory management processes;

  • Very strong project management skills, including the ability to analyze and allocate the minimum resources required to successfully, promptly, and appropriately complete any assignment;

  • Knowledge of FEMA Incident Command structure and response protocol preferred

Additional physical demands and working conditions:

  • Construction supervisor license a plus;

  • Building inspector license a plus;

  • Licensed building official a plus;

  • Experience managing capital projects of varying sizes and crafts a plus.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of background check and education requirements.

Benefits of Working at Brown:

Information on the Benefits of Working at Brown can be found here.

Recruiting Start Date:

2024-10-16

Job Posting Title:

Supervisor, Structural Trades

Department:

Facilities Management and Campus Operations

Grade:

Grade 10

Worker Type:

Employee

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

37.5

Position Work Location:

Onsite

Submission Guidelines:

Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any staff position at Brown University you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. Applications are not kept on file for future positions. Please include a cover letter and resume with each position application.

Still Have Questions?

If you have any questions you may contact [email protected].

EEO Statement:

Brown University is an E-Verify Employer.

As an EEO/AA employer, Brown University provides equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination, harassment and retaliation based upon a person’s race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law, and caste, which is protected by our University policies.

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Providence, Rhode Island
10,019 Employees
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Year Founded: 1764

What We Do

Located in historic Providence, Rhode Island and founded in 1764, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. Brown is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution comprising undergraduate and graduate programs, plus the Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, School of Engineering, and the School of Professional Studies.

With its talented and motivated student body and accomplished faculty, Brown is a leading research university that maintains a particular commitment to exceptional undergraduate instruction. Brown’s vibrant, diverse community consists of about 6,200 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, 490 medical school students, more than 5,000 summer, visiting, and online students, and over 700 faculty members.

Brown students come from all 50 states and more than 115 countries. Undergraduates pursue bachelor’s degrees in more than 70 concentrations, ranging from Egyptology to cognitive neuroscience. Anything’s possible at Brown—the university’s commitment to undergraduate freedom means students must take responsibility as architects of their courses of study.

Brown University has 51 doctoral programs and 28 master’s programs. The broad scope of options vary from interdisciplinary opportunities in molecular pharmacology and physiology to a master’s program in acting and directing through the Brown/Trinity Repertory Consortium.

Around the world, nearly 90,000 Brown alumni are - in the words of Brown’s charter - leading lives of “usefulness and reputation” in every imaginable field of endeavor. Through events around the globe, reunions on campus, career resources, a host of online connections, and other services, the Brown Alumni Association fosters and supports a vibrant alumni community, wherever its members may be

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