
Operations Supervisor-Building Maintenance
Lemont, ILFull-time$117–182K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
Argonne National Laboratory seeks an Operations Supervisor for Facility Maintenance to direct daily operations, maintenance, and repair of site buildings and systems. The role oversees five foremen and 40 union mechanics, manages maintenance priorities and budgets, and supports safe, reliable service across more than five million square feet of buildings. An associate’s degree or equivalent is preferred.
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Full job description
Lemont, IL USA
Full time
423615
Argonne is in search of a Operations Supervisor-Facility Maintenance that will direct the daily operation, maintenance and repair of site buildings and systems, including HVAC, structural, electrical, and internal building utilities. Argonne Building Maintenance is responsible for maintaining over 5 million square feet of buildings across the Argonne site.
Responsibilities
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Supervisors five foremen directly and 40 union building maintenance mechanics indirectly.
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Responsible for the review and update of CMMS system.
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Fiscally responsible for controlling expenditures within established operational budget for Building Maintenance.
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Provide technical direction and service prioritization to direct reports, and technical expertise to programmatic customers to assure services are performed safely and within cost and schedule.
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Assure that preventive, recurring and corrective maintenance is performed on schedule with the goal of no unplanned outages and increased reliability.
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Investigate and resolve employee and service issues in compliance with Laboratory policies and collective bargaining agreements.
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Ability to model Argonne’s core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
Position Requirements
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10+ years of technical knowledge of building utility, electrical and mechanical systems.
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Extensive knowledge of engineering principles as applied to design and operation of building operation services.
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Knowledge of policies and procedures related to finance, personnel, procurement, ES&H, collective bargaining agreements and labor relations.
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Ability to develop innovative and cost-effective techniques for service delivery.
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Oral and written communication skills in interpreting and implementing management directives.
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Demonstrated Skill in collecting and analyzing data and presenting information to senior management.
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Strong experience managing conflict, interpersonal relations, training and team effectiveness.
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An Associate's degree or equivalent is preferred
Job Family
Professional Technical (PT)
Job Profile
Facilities Engineering Leader 1
Worker Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
The expected hiring range for this position is $116,938.00 - $182,424.06.
Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as, but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, business considerations, internal equity, and external market pay for comparable jobs. Additionally, comprehensive benefits are part of the total rewards package.
Click here (https://www.anl.gov/hr/healthcare-insurance) to view Argonne employee benefits!
As an equal employment opportunity employer, and in accordance with our core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork, Argonne National Laboratory is committed to a safe and welcoming workplace that fosters collaborative scientific discovery and innovation. Argonne encourages everyone to apply for employment. Argonne is committed to nondiscrimination and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
Argonne employees, and certain guest researchers and contractors, are subject to particular restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Sponsored or Affiliated Activities, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation in the application phase for review by Argonne's Legal Department.
All Argonne offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes an assessment of criminal conviction history conducted on an individualized and case-by-case basis. Please be advised that Argonne positions require upon hire (or may require in the future) for the individual be to obtain a government access authorization that involves additional background check requirements. Failure to obtain or maintain such government access authorization could result in the withdrawal of a job offer or future termination of employment.
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At Argonne, we view the world from a different perspective. Our scientists and engineers conduct world-class research in clean energy, the environment, technology, national security and more. We’re finding creative ways to prepare the world for a better future.
To learn more about Argonne's benefits programs, amenities, and other employee programs, visit our main Careers (http://www.anl.gov/careers) site.
To learn more about the exciting science going on at Argonne, visit our Science and Technology (http://www.anl.gov/argonnes-science-and-technology) page.
To request a reasonable accommodation or for other application support, contact us anytime at [email protected] or 630-252-2336.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,226 open Facilities Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$117–182K/yr
- US median$70–88K/yr184 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $150K, is 83% above the US median midpoint ($82K) — in the top quarter of Facilities Maintenance salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 33 open Facilities Maintenance jobs in Illinois and 1,226 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- WFF Facility Services6 open
- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese2 open
- CBRE2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Facilities Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 784 postings).
- Education
- 28 of the 1,226 open Facilities Maintenance jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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