Thinkery · 5 days ago
Building Operations & Facilities Manager
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expThinkery is a children's museum and educational leader that provides hands-on learning experiences. The Building Operations and Facilities Manager is responsible for ensuring the museum and office spaces are clean, safe, and functional, while leading facility operations and managing a facilities technician.
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Responsibilities
Ensure the museum facility is in safe, clean and optimal operating conditions. Support daily facility inspections to assess safety, functionality, and sanitation. Address concerns in a timely, efficient, and customer-focused manner
Lead ongoing preventative maintenance and repairs of the facility and facility systems by maintaining and refining check lists, processes and procedures
Ensure facility repairs, corrections and refinements are made in a timely manner
Contract professionals for repairs as needed
Maintain and refine proactive schedules for preventative maintenance in relation to the facility and the MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) systems to ensure optimal operations
Plan, secure and allocate resources for timely, efficient implementation of facility projects
Coordinate with the leadership team to establish production schedules for high impact facility projects that will help improve the guest experience
Oversee the facilities team for timely fulfillment of museum staff facility requests; collaborate with the event team to prepare for special events or programs
Ensure conference rooms and program workspaces are functional and fully operational
Collaborate with exhibits team when gallery improvements have significant facility impacts
Develop and update emergency plans and evacuation procedures and maintain readiness of safety systems, such as AED’s and first aid kits
Assist with planning emergency responses and evacuation plans, act as a lead in any emergency situation
Log all planned and completed facility repairs and projects
Represent Thinkery’s key values of playfulness, belonging, innovation, and collaboration and support a culture of cross-organization communication and information sharing
Be primary on call contact for off-hour emergencies and situations relating to the facility and facility related systems
Develop the facilities team's annual budget and monitor spending
Coordinates with team to ensure direct service staff has support during all operational hours
Maintain and register museum vehicle(s), occasionally schedule and transport building items to offsite locations
Schedule reflects a 40-hour work week; however, availability reflects that the organization is a 7-day-a-week operation. This role will be required to work regularly on Saturdays
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
3-5 years' experience managing facilities or workplace operations systems, teams and budgets
3-5 years managing contractor and vendor relationships
Strong organizational and communication skills and able to resolve issues independently
Experience in a wide variety of relevant maintenance and construction techniques and materials
Must be able to read and understand building and product schematics
Confident computer skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office
Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
Preferred
Bilingual is a plus
Benefits
Medical insurance options including HSA, PPO Gold, and PPO Platinum plans
Affordable dental and vision
100% employer-sponsored EAP, STD, LTD, AD&D, and Life Insurance
2 weeks of paid vacation, 12 days of paid sick leave, and 13 paid floating holidays each year
Paid Family Leave
Pet and child-friendly offices
Membership to the museum and discounted rates for Camps
Company
Thinkery
Thinkery is a fast and lightweight tool for storing notes, bookmarks, todos, organized through #hashtags.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Priscilla Guajardo Cortez, M.Ed, J.D.
Chief Advancement Officer
Rachel Hamilton
Chief Experience Officer
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