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Senior Facilities Manager

ABM Industries

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Compensation
$150K/yr
Location
Mountain View, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Facilities Manager oversees day-to-day operations and multi-site performance for assigned facilities, including mission-critical locations. The role manages facility teams, client relationships, budgets, projects, maintenance programs, and contract requirements. It also drives operational improvements, supports staff development, and ensures safe, high-quality service delivery while coordinating responses to facility issues and emergencies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Facility ManagementPlant OperationsEngineeringMaintenance SupervisionVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationCost SavingsContinuous ImprovementCMMSBuilding Automation SystemsStaff ManagementBudget ManagementPersonnel ManagementMS OfficeOutlookPurchasingSubcontract ManagementVendor Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Relevant Field or 5+ Years Mission-Critical Operations Experience5+ Years Facility Management or Related Experience5 Years Management Experience5+ Direct ReportsTechnical School or Relevant Military ExperienceCPMM CertificationCFM CertificationRelevant Certifications

Full job description

Overview

Pay: $150K/YR Plus DOE

The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.

Benefit Information:

ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit Annual Benefits-Staff and Management

The Sr. Facilities Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of assigned locations for all aspects of services and/or operations. This includes human resources management, accounting, marketing support, budget support, and client relations. Responsible for the overall operations of assigned locations within a region.

Responsible for multi-site performance of services to the customer(s); and ultimately retention of those customer(s) as a client(s). The manager will be responsible for Facility Managers being identified within specific region. The Sr. Facilities Manager will drive continual improvements to the operation by creating an expectation of learning and development of their staff.

Responsibilities

The Sr. Facilities Manager is responsible for the overall operation of our facility management services to multiple spokes and depots, including ensuring the safety and well-being of its employees, safeguarding company funds and property, and representing the company with respect to the client. This Sr. Facilities Manager ensures that established company goals are realized while maintaining client relations that will enhance future business and have total responsibility for managing all aspects of the contract.

  • Oversee all aspects of the client’s sites which include critical physical infrastructure.

  • Ensure that all work performed within mission critical space is done to high quality and without impact to internal/external customers.

  • Management of the team that includes the Facility Manager, Assistant Facilities Manager, Facilities Coordinator, Workplace Experience Coordinators, Building Engineers, and Technicians.

  • Oversee the development and accuracy of site-level operating procedures and other documentation.

  • Supervise and escalate as needed ABM’s response to after-hours emergencies at assigned facilities

  • Provides training and support and aims to expand the capabilities of operations staff.

  • Gives hands-on instructions in basic maintenance, safety, and troubleshooting procedures.

  • Demonstrates the proper use and care of tools.

  • Instills a high level of professionalism and directs the performance of contracted maintenance

  • Financial Management: Plans and forecasts budget for operation and maintenance, recommends and estimates facility repairs and improvements

  • Hazardous Materials: Complies with policy and audit standards for safe storage, usage and disposal.

  • Resolve all electrical, mechanical, BAS, BMS, and Fire Protection System issues while minimizing risk and business impact and communicating issues to management and customers in a timely manner.

  • Manage the customer relationship and act as the single point-of-contact for all facility-related issues, including, but not limited to schedules, new business, projects, budgets and expansion and staffing.

  • Manage oversight from preventive maintenance inspections and provide guidance on how to address issues.

  • Develops, plans, and implements annual shutdown programs for preventive maintenance activities.

  • Technical knowledge of critical electrical and mechanical systems with the ability to prioritize, assign, track, and trend equipment history.

  • Audit all CMMS databases for accuracy and completeness, produce reports as required at customer request, control system access and user credentials.

  • Ensures projects are completed to the satisfaction of the client, successfully managing budgets/financials, schedules, key performance indicators, and contractual requirements

  • Ensure that ABM training expectations are met and audit the process monthly.

  • Identify, vet, and approve all sub-contractors who will perform work on-site.

  • Ensure compliance of Customer SLA parameters and Change Control activities, review and approve all system changes (set-points, thresholds, alarm-points, etc.) which could impact customer operations

  • Set, review, and approve employee work/PTO schedules, audit and process employee time and payroll.

  • Develop PM contract scopes-of-work, ensure contract terms are fulfilled.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. or B.S.) from an accredited college or university in a major relevant field of study or equivalent 5-7+ years’ experience in mission critical operations environments, preferred.

  • Minimum 5 years of facility management, plant operations, engineering or maintenance supervision experience preferred

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to “C” level and below, including customers and vendors.

  • 5 years of experience in a management position with 5 or more direct reports

  • Experience generating cost savings through multiple continuous improvement activities

  • Knowledge of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) experience 360 Facility, Maximo, etc., and Building Automation System (BAS Siemens’ Apogee, Johnson Metasys or Trane Tracer, preferred).

  • Technical school with an emphasis on mission-critical operations, high-performance manufacturing, or relevant military operational experience preferred.

  • Staff management experience, including disciplinary action, hiring, terminating, and performance appraisals

  • CPMM Certified Plant Maintenance Manager, CFM Preferred

  • Certified Facility Manager or other relevant certifications, preferred.

  • Proven budget and personnel responsibilities

  • Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, including report writing ability

  • Computer proficiency with MS Office and Outlook email

  • Working knowledge of purchasing and/or utilizing and managing subcontracts and vendors

REQNUMBER: 169159

ABM is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer qualified applicants without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law. ABM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance in completing the employment application, please call 888-328-8606. We will provide you with assistance and make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,150 open Facilities Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150K/yr
  • California median$115–154K/yr90 salary ranges
  • US median$125–201K/yr1,354 salary ranges

This rate, $150K, is 11% above the California median midpoint ($135K) — in the middle half of Facilities Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 133 open Facilities Management jobs in California and 2,150 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Facilities Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,534 postings).
Education
267 of the 2,150 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 27, 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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