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Team Lead

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Chicago, ILJob$50–58K/yrPosted todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$50–58K/yr
Location
Chicago, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Team Lead assists the District Lead with day-to-day facilities activities for a client portfolio in an assigned region. The role processes work orders, works to resolve maintenance issues promptly, and develops relationships with internal clients and customers. It also supports vendor coordination, reporting, forecasting, asset management, maintenance programs, and operating and capital budgets.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Facility ManagementVendor ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementInterpersonal CommunicationsOrganizational SkillsFacilities ManagementWork Order ManagementCapital Project ManagementClient Relationship ManagementCommunication

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Equivalent Facilities Management Experience3+ Years Facilities Management Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Lessen is the tech-enabled, end-to-end property service provider that is transforming how commercial and residential real estate services are delivered and managed at scale. Lessen’s technology platform provides data-driven insights that unlock key growth opportunities for the entire real estate ecosystem—including investors, owners, managers, and service providers. The company leverages a network of over 30,000 vetted, qualified vendors (Lessen Affiliates) serving clients with over 1 million properties and completing more than 3.5 million work orders annually across an expanding range of services. Lessen, LLC is a venture-backed, privately held company with offices in Scottsdale and Chicago.

The Team Lead will assist District Lead in managing all day-to-day facilities activities for their client’s portfolio within their assigned region. The Team Lead will collaborate with the District Lead for all maintenance requests submitted by the client and will utilize best efforts in resolving the client’s maintenance issues rapidly. Additionally, this position is responsible for creating and developing relationships with internal clients and customers. The Team Lead processes work order requests and ensures timely resolution.

What You'll Do:

  • Assist in the coordination and execution of the complete work order life cycle from creation to resolution

  • Manage vendors to ensure services are completed within agreed upon SLA’s

  • Collaborate with District Lead to work cross-functionally with other teams to manage vendors in region(s)

  • Develop client relationships; collaborate with key stakeholders in markets to devise solutions to client issues

  • Assist in monthly reporting, forecasting and asset management on all sites

  • Help develop and implement preventative, ongoing and anticipated maintenance/repair programs

  • Assist with development of operating and capital budgets for the assigned

  • Support the creation of work order forecasts by drawing on historical, current, and metric-based data

  • Attend regular client status meetings, if applicable

  • Ensure confidentiality of internal and external data

  • Perform ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned

What You'll Need:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent facilities management experience

  • 3+ years of facilities management experience

  • Experience with managing multiple vendors for day-to-day work order management and small to large capital projects

  • Client relationship management skills

  • Communication and organizational skills

Why Lessen:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability options
  • 401K retirement savings plan
  • Paid vacation, federal and floating holidays
  • Maternity/Paternity Pay
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • All the tools you'll need to be successful

Lessen is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. We’re looking for teammates that are enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and will help us amplify the positive & inclusive culture we’ve been building. Lessen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

50000 - 58000 USD a year

How this job compares

Set against the 2,186 open Facilities Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$50–58K/yr
  • Illinois median$91–126K/yr53 salary ranges
  • US median$123–200K/yr1,373 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $54K, is 51% below the Illinois median midpoint ($110K) — in the middle half of Facilities Management salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 67 open Facilities Management jobs in Illinois and 2,186 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Facilities Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (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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