
Assistant Facilities Director
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The Assistant Facilities Director is a working management position combining administrative leadership with hands-on facility operations. The incumbent troubleshoots, repairs, inspects, and maintains facilities as needed, and supports building operations, project execution, and emergency response. The role is 100% FTE, or 40 hours per week, and includes responding to facility emergencies outside normal business hours.
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JOB REQUIREMENTS: Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category:Academic Staff Employment Type:Regular Job Profile:Facilities Manager Job Summary: This is a working management position that requires both administrative leadership and active participation in facility operations. The incumbent is expected to perform hands-on troubleshooting, repairs, inspections, and maintenance activities as needed. Duties may include the use of hand tools, power tools, testing equipment, ladders, and other maintenance-related equipment while supporting building operations, project execution, and emergency response activities. This position will be 100% FTE (40 hours per week). Key Job Responsibilities: Works with procurement services and planning, design and construction as appropriate in developing bid specifications and contract documents for contract work to be performed, obtaining, reviewing, and analyzing estimates from reputable vendors, and preparing the bid tabulation sheets and associated paperwork to support the request (15%) Serve as an approachable, visible facilities leader who builds strong relationships with faculty, staff, researchers, clinicians, and campus partners. (10%) Ensures all protection systems such as fire panels, smoke/heat detectors, sprinkler systems, and pumps are maintained in accordance with the regulatory requirements and industry standards and ensures all emergency generators/power systems, rigging systems, and elevators are properly maintained in accordance with industry standards and are operational at all times (15%) Provide coaching, mentoring, and professional development to facilities staff while promoting a culture of teamwork, accountability, and customer service (5%) Be available to respond to facility emergencies and urgent operational issues outside of normal business hours (5%) Ensures that the work performance of employees in the area of responsibility and maintenance zones or sections as a whole meet university standards and expectations (10%) Minimizes institutional liability regarding the... For full info follow application link. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/ ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/01483681F7AC4A99
How this job compares
Set against the 2,186 open Facilities Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$123–200K/yr1,373 salary ranges
- US median$25–35/hr204 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 40 open Facilities Management jobs in Wisconsin and 2,186 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Facilities Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (1,567 postings).
- Education
- 267 of the 2,186 open Facilities Management jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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