Maintenance Supervisor Jobs

Located in Salt Lake City, the University of Utah is a public, 4-year institution committed to
providing an exceptional academic and co-curricular experience for students and the
University community. The “U” is a PAC-12 institution with over 33,000 students. Heritage
Commons is home to 2,700 students who live in the 2002 Winter Olympic athlete village,
residing in 20 co-ed residence halls and 10 apartment buildings. In addition, HRE has two
apartment buildings located in downtown Salt Lake City that constitute Downtown Commons.
HRE is growing with an additional 309 bed Honors Living Learning complex (161K square
feet) that opened August 2012 and is currently under construction on a 400 bed
Entrepreneurship Living Learning Community. The University Housing Campus Master plan
calls for continued growth and construction to meet the housing demand.
Housing & Residential Education and the University of Utah value interactions among
individuals with varying traditions, cultures, identities, expressions, orientation, religious
beliefs, economic backgrounds, and racial/ethnic origins. We strongly encourage applications
from candidates who will share and explore this value with the team and with the residents.
Housing & Residential Education (HRE) is a comprehensive department. Housing options
include residence hall suites, undergraduate apartments, and historic homes which serve as
Living Learning Communities. In-House facilities staff includes maintenance, custodial, and
warehouse employees.
The Maintenance Supervisor is a working supervisory position that reports to the Assistant
Director of Facilities and administers the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management
System) as directed. Responsibilities include the supervision of the Mechanics, Maintenance
Crew Leaders, Locksmiths as well as seasonal staff members. This position ensures the
efficient and effective use of resources in order to meet the needs of the residential
community.

1. Develop work standards and practices for maintenance staff; establish and maintain a
priority system for emergency responses based on student and facility needs. Ensures
compliance with all applicable safety regulations, building codes and safety requirements;
a. Participates in establishing and scheduling facilities projects and preventative
maintenance in residential halls.
b. Interprets and follows blueprints, specifications and technical manuals.
c. Makes daily visual inspections of areas for cleanliness, work progress, and completed
work requests.
2. Responsible for overseeing high quality recruitment, hiring, evaluation, and training of all
assigned maintenance staff, and for contribution to their personal and professional
development. Delegates to and holds staff responsible for satisfactory performance of job
duties and assignments.
3. Provides effective trainings for maintenance staff for Job safety, Hazards, and PPE.
4. Reviews budget on a weekly basis by analyzing the weekly budget expenditures, provided
Supervisor with justifications as needed and makes any adjustments needed to keep the
budget on track for the fiscal year.
5. Utilizes CMMS to generate, assign and schedule maintenance activities.
6. Administer the CMMS as directed.
7. Prepares and implements an effective preventive maintenance program for all buildings
and facilities.
8. Coordinates access of outside service contractors for facility repairs, projects, and
renovations.
9. Ensures customer satisfaction by analyzing customer complaints, concerns and
suggestions. Provides appropriate follow-through to ensure quality customer service.
10. Develop and maintain effective collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, and
administration in order to collaborate on initiatives that impact Housing & Residential
Education as well as utilize the full potential of campus resources available on the university
campus with special emphasis on the following: University Guest House and Conference
Services, Plant Operations, Space Planning, Campus Design & Construction, and
Environmental Health & Safety, Sustainability Office.
Essential Personnel
This position is considered to be an essential personnel position for the department. As such,
must be accessible and available in the event of emergencies or when needed to meet the
ongoing missions of the University.

Associate Degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalency; five years of
building maintenance experience, which includes four years of supervisory experience;
effective communication and interpersonal skills; and a background that demonstrates the
ability to problem solve and meet deadlines required.
Department Specific Qualifications
1. Associate’s Degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalency; five years
of building maintenance experience, which includes four years of progressive responsibility supervision.
of facilities operations and/or project management experience including direct
supervision of staff; effective communication and interpersonal skills; and a background that
demonstrates the ability to problem solve and meet deadlines required.
2. Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices, fundamentals of recruiting,
interviewing, and selecting employees.
3. A commitment to provide excellent customer service required.
4. Demonstrated project planning skills.
5. Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Windows Applications such as Outlook, Word, and
Excel, and Facility Management Software, including work order systems.
6. Experience must include facilities management knowledge in preventative and corrective
maintenance, HVAC systems and operations, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, carpentry,
and safety coordination.
7. Demonstrated ability to work within a diverse environment, particularly in serving
individuals whose first language may not be English.
8. Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
9. Valid Utah drivers license
Background Check
A successful background check is required before a formal offer of employment can be made
for this position.

1. Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, engineering, architecture, construction
management, or related field.
2. Progressive experience leading a University Housing Maintenance operation.

Benefited Staff

Priority Review Date: 05/19/2023

04/28/2023

PRN34751B

Maint Spv, U Housing Facility

Maintenance Supervisor

E

Administrative

No

40

Full Time

Day

Most work will be done between the hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday.
During busy seasons such as move-in, move-out, and summer conferences, weekend and
overtime hours may be necessary. This position supervises maintenance-on-call rotation and
is responsible to ensure appropriate after-hour response to maintenance related incidents and events as needed.

Academic Affairs

00307 - Housing & Residential Educ

Campus

Salt Lake City, UT

External Posting

$57,500 - $61,500

05/19/2023

No