Building Services Foreman - Facilities Services - UTK

The Building Services Foreman serves as an on-duty supervisor within the Building Services unit and is responsible for supervising up to 30 employees. This role is responsible for ensuring that adequate supplies are in inventory, that equipment is in working order, for overseeing building cleanliness according to APPA standards, scheduling employee coverage, and scheduling project work. In addition, the foreman must submit daily reports of time spent by each employee in each area, communicate with customers, and initiate tiny trash and total cleaning sustainability goals. FML reports, injury reports, vehicle accident reports, as well as annual training fall under the foreman’s responsibility.

• Lead work teams
• Conducts daily building inspections to assess cleanliness
• Make job assignments and assigns work projects to employees
• Evaluates employee performance
• Train new employees as well as re-train existing employees as needed
• Be willing and have the ability to teach formal training classes
• Report and correct any unsafe working conditions according to OSHA and University standards
• Serve as the point of contact for customers on frequencies, set-ups, charges, recycling, tiny trash, and total cleaning sustainability.
• Performs general office work including daily work reports, time entry, and record keeping
• Responsible for filling out FML reports, injury reports, and vehicle accident reports
• Create schedules to ensure personnel coverage requirements are met as well as schedule shift meeting
• Performs daily public relations with UT employees, students, and visitors

Required Qualifications

• Education:
  • High school diploma or GED
• Experience:
  • Five years of custodial experience with one year of supervisory experience
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
  • Ability to use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
  • Ability to climb ladders.
  • Ability to lift 60 lbs. assisted, 40 lbs. unassisted.
  • Ability to read and follow verbal and written instructions
  • Ability to operate power equipment: scrubbers, buffers, extractors, etc.
  • Ability to accurately evaluate building cleanliness, efficient personnel use, and employee performance.
  • Ability to direct and lead employees.
• Other Conditions
• Valid Driver’s License
• Successful completion of the Cleaning Certification Program within 1 year of hire date.
• Applicant must be willing to participate in the FS Facilitating Successful Leaders program; a 6-month probationary period that provides the employee with clearly defined expectations and supervisory feedback that is designed to develop and support successful leaders within Facilities Services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education:
  • Up to a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
  • Other relevant licenses/certifications
• Experience:
  • Five years of supervisory experience in a custodial role

Work Location

• University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN Campus

Compensation and Benefits

• UT market range: MR07
• Find more information on the UT Market Range structure here
• Find more information on UT Benefits here

About the Department

UT Facilities Services is responsible for the care and keeping of more than 300 facilities and utilities systems in and around Knoxville. As the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s largest non-academic department, team members are responsible for facilities maintenance and repair, custodial needs, landscaping and lawncare, utility work, in-house and capital construction projects, facilities planning and design, environmental initiatives, pest control, campus event services, and facilities administration functions for both the flagship campus and the agricultural institute. The Facilities Services staff provides around-the-clock coverage to ensure students, staff, faculty, and fans have a consistent and positive experience every time they step foot on Rocky Top.

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has shaped leaders, changemakers, and innovative thinkers since its founding in 1794. The university is home to more than 38,000 students and 10,000 statewide employees—the Volunteers—who uphold the university’s tradition of lighting the way for others through leadership and service.

UT Knoxville offers over 900 programs of study across 14 degree-granting colleges and schools. As Tennessee’s flagship land-grant university, its footprint spans the entire state. The university holds the highest Carnegie classification for research activity and has deep partnerships with industry leaders and the US Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The Knoxville campus serves and recruits for UT Knoxville, including the Institute of Agriculture and the Space Institute, as well as the UT Institute of Public Service.

UT Knoxville considers its employees its number one asset. With values that focus on work-life balance, compensation, and innovation leadership, all Vols are supported to advance professionally. Employees have access to career development and coaching, continued education, and an extensive list of development and training possibilities. The Volunteer employee experience implements structures and practices that attract and retain a diverse community and that support a culture where everyone matters and belongs.

The university holds a strong commitment to its land-grant mission of learning and engagement, with a tradition of service and leadership that carries that Volunteer spirit throughout the state and around the world. It has been ranked nationally as “Best Employer for New Graduates,” “One of America’s Best Large Employers,” and “Best Workplace for Women,” and has been designated as “Best Place for Working Parents” by Forbes Magazine.

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