Engineering Facilities & Safety Manager

Organizational Unit:

The College of Engineering serves over 6000 students and offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in 12 programs. The College of Engineering seeks to profoundly shape and impact lives through the steadfast pursuit of world-class engineering research education and innovation. We aspire to be at the forefront of engineering research and education cultivating knowledgeable passionate engineers who are dedicated to need-based solutions-oriented engineering. We share a culture of excellence characterized by an emphasis on students research innovation partnership inclusivity agility and the future.

The College of Engineering Facilities and Safety department is dedicated to providing quality facilities that are safe and to positively impact these spaces in which we learn teach and work. Besides maintaining safe facilities we are a department that is dedicated to customer service while achieving the best utilization and response to current and emerging needs.

Position Summary:

Responsible for managing and maintaining the Colleges physical space ensuring safety compliance and operational efficiency. Oversees facility improvements renovations and new laboratory construction while coordinating the installation and security of specialized research equipment. Serves as a liaison with USFs Physical Plant and collaborates with faculty staff and students to address facilities-related concerns. Manages emergency preparedness safety protocols hazardous waste disposal and laboratory compliance. Leads space assignments inventory tracking and building occupancy management. Provides strategic oversight of the College Machine Shop vehicle fleet and equipment logistics. Assists with budget planning contract negotiations and facility-related reporting to federal agencies. Supports College events research initiatives and administrative functions to enhance academic and operational goals.

• Responsible for the various matters associated with the management auditing maintenance and safety of the Colleges physical space. Leads coordinates and/or oversees facility improvements renovation and new construction for laboratory space. Coordinates and oversees the installation storage and security of specialized engineering research equipment. Serves on College and campus space and/or safety committees. Responds to complaints or questions regarding the facility operations as they apply to lab safety and takes appropriate action to resolve problems. As the main liaison to USFs Physical Plant manager reports daily faculty/staff/student facilities maintenance requests to Physical Plant and follows through the request to ensure completion. Collaborates with all Colleges constituents to identify and resolve facilities and safety compliance related issues and conflicts with discretion diplomacy and confidentiality.
• Provides oversight assistance and consultation for needs assessment project scope Request for Proposal (RFP) Space Request Plans permits and engages in job meetings with architects engineers contractors consultants and vendors engaged in renovations improvements and /or new construction with regards to the Colleges physical space. Negotiates the best terms and prices for the services rendered and provides consultation during contract and budget development.
• Inventories audits organizes analyzes and manages the data of the Colleges space assignments and usage. Creates and maintains building floor plans and occupancy databases concerning space. Collaborates closely with students faculty and staff as requested to help facilitate their academic research and university activities or commitments. Coordinates space and equipment and furniture moves. Responsible for the management and maintenance of the Colleges vehicles boats and golf carts.
• Serves as the Colleges primary emergency management liaison/designee. Responds to and resolves all citations and facility compliance issues. Oversees the safety and security of facilities in coordination with USF Facilities Planning USF Physical Plant USF Health and Safety University Police and the campus-wide Emergency Operations Emergency Team. Helps coordinate and maintain the College Emergency Preparedness Plans and emergency equipment. Responds to security matters impacting the College. Oversees and helps coordinate hazardous and biological waste pickups and laboratory inspections.
• Designated as College Receiver for the Hazardous Inventory Tracking System (HITS). Coordinates with campus Police and Physical Plant for evacuation drills building inspections and State Fire Marshall inspections. Helps to ensure laboratory protocols and operations comply with all relevant laws rules and policies. Approves keys and card access for the College. Responds to requests for information and reports from various university departments including USF Property USF Space USF Facilities Planning USF Health and Safety and USF Physical Plant. Prepares administrative reports budgets estimates studies and planning documents for facilities projects and building operations as required by federal funding agencies. Assures these reports are compiled and submitted in a timely fashion.
• Manages the College Machine Shop. Develops and implements strategies tactics and plans to enhance expand or redirect the activities in the machine shop in agreement with the Colleges needs and evolution of its academic and research enterprises. Prepares budgets and reports on the usage of this shop. Manages and approves the materials and supplies needed to run this College resource. Manages act as a facilitator and evaluates staff and students who work in the machine shop.
• May participate in the development of operating goals and objectives for the College which includes recommending implementing and administering methods and procedures to enhance operations. Help facilitate College-related events and ceremonies. May research and pursue new funding sources and opportunities related to facility improvements or additions (may involve grant proposal writing.) Assists Principal Investigators with the facilitation of projects and initiatives within the College as requested. Assists and supports the College Administration in the development direction coordination and staffing of all functions associated with the academic/research mission of the College.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

The position requires masters degree in in an appropriate area of specialization; or a bachelors degree in an appropriate area of specialization and two years of appropriate experience.. Directly related career experience may be substituted for the degree requirements on a year for year basis.