Assistant Facility Manager

Job DescriptionJob Description

BGIS is looking for an Assistant Facility Manager to join the team in Charlotte, NC and surrounding areas.

BGIS is a leading provider of integrated real estate management services, including facilities management, project management, energy & sustainability services, strategic workplace consulting, real estate services and capital planning. Its range of solutions, supported by efficient systems, processes, and people, enables it to create and optimize places that work for its clients. The team is dedicated to inspiring better business performance and helping clients focus on their core businesses.

The Assistant Facility Manager directs maintenance team activities on the basic electrical or mechanical systems to ensure uptime, and that the services comply with best practices. The Assistant Facility Manager provides leadership positively exemplifying BGIS values.

This person will be responsible for:

Program Management

• Complete assigned projects by utilizing appropriate resources effectively and balancing the client requirements with the agreed upon strategies of the company. 
• Define client project requirements and determine and facilitate the usage of resources, internal and external, required for the project. 
• Manage projects successfully to completion by implementing project schedule as a project and client management visibility tool, and establishing the schedule to meet or exceed client requirements
• Provide ongoing updates to internal team and clients regarding project status and progress. 
• Work to balance competing client production priorities and negotiate compromises among projects. 
• Ensure all projects performed safely and in accordance with company safety policies and procedures. 
• Oversee the document management process to ensure procedures and standards and established, maintained, and performed. 
• Capture all customer impacting and non-customer impacting events to become more equipped and be proactive and preventative with Problem/Incident Management (PIM). 
• Monitor compliance by capturing and consolidating training into a single system and produce high level reporting. 
• Establish key performance indicators and key factors to be used in the measurement and verification phase. 
• Diagnose and repair complex control systems malfunctions requiring extensive knowledge of a variety of electronic or digital controls systems and ability to test and write modifications in multiple of systems software. 
• Provide proposals for retrofits, upgrades and/or enhancements to existing equipment. 

Client Relations and Communication

• Responsible for ensuring high customer and employee satisfaction while maintaining profitability.
• Document, manage and appropriately escalate project and customer issues and concerns.
• Communicate with other company Departments to ensure agreements are successfully managed, opportunities are maximized, and customers are satisfied.
• Evaluate industry standards as new standards emerge for best practices and closely coordinate these potential opportunities with our clients and share all applicable information abroad.
• Ability to clearly explain technical information internally and externally to the customer.

Qualified candidates will possess the following:

RECOMMENDED EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, and ABILITIES

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Facilities Management, Construction Management, Engineering or equivalent field of study or work experience. 
• Minimum five year's experience in facility management or related field. 
• Five year's experience in critical electrical industry . 
• Eight years of journeyman level HVAC or electrical experience . 
• Demonstrated proficiency for all the responsibilities of a critical facilities engineer. 
• Expert knowledge of data center operations and system configurations. 
• Knowledge of building infrastructure systems. 
• Working knowledge of typical mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and life safety systems associated to the industry . 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to build and train teams. 
• Professional affiliations (24x7, IFMA, and Data Center Pulse). 
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Outlook and Visio along with working knowledge of SharePoint. 

Visit us online at https://www.bgis.com/us/careers/ for more information.

Our company culture includes a robust mix of sound business practices and employee initiatives that promote personal and professional development, work/life balance, health and wellness and community involvement.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer. We believe every employee has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to , , , , , age, , ancestry, creed, marital status, , or Veteran or military status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law in the relevant jurisdiction. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to employment, advancement, assignment, and training.

BGIS is committed to strengthening our through recruiting and retaining minority and women professionals from all backgrounds. Our commitment is consistent with our recognition that it is the outstanding people within BGIS who the source of our strength has always been. We recognize that promoting is an integral component of our continuing quest for organizational excellence.

This commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity is made equally as a social responsibility and as an economic and business necessity.

Anyone with questions or concerns regarding Equal Employment Opportunity should contact their direct supervisor or the Human Resources Department without fear of retaliation of any kind.

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Company DescriptionBGIS is a leading provider of integrated real estate management services, including facilities management, project management, energy & sustainability services, strategic workplace consulting, real estate services and capital planning. Its range of solutions, supported by efficient systems, processes and people, enables it to create and optimize places that work for its clients. The team is dedicated to inspiring better business performance and helping clients focus on their core businesses. With over 20 years of experience, we employ over 5,000 skilled professionals and manage in excess of 56 million square meters of property and infrastructure, and delivers services that drive sustainable cost reductions for its clients. BGIS’ s clients benefit from the combined strength, expertise and leadership.

When you join our team, whether as a seasoned professional or a recent graduate, you’re joining an industry-leading company that makes a difference in our communities, drives innovation through best practices and technology, and takes pride in being one of Canada’s Green 30 companies since 2010. We have been recognized by GI Jobs Magazine for Military Friendly 2017 and 2018, along with being the recipient of the 2018 Hire Vets Gold Medallion via the U.S Department of Labor.

Visit us online at https://www.bgis.com/us/careers.htm for more information.Company DescriptionBGIS is a leading provider of integrated real estate management services, including facilities management, project management, energy & sustainability services, strategic workplace consulting, real estate services and capital planning. Its range of solutions, supported by efficient systems, processes and people, enables it to create and optimize places that work for its clients. The team is dedicated to inspiring better business performance and helping clients focus on their core businesses. With over 20 years of experience, we employ over 5,000 skilled professionals and manage in excess of 56 million square meters of property and infrastructure, and delivers services that drive sustainable cost reductions for its clients. BGIS’ s clients benefit from the combined strength, expertise and leadership. \r\n\r\nWhen you join our team, whether as a seasoned professional or a recent graduate, you’re joining an industry-leading company that makes a difference in our communities, drives innovation through best practices and technology, and takes pride in being one of Canada’s Green 30 companies since 2010. We have been recognized by GI Jobs Magazine for Military Friendly 2017 and 2018, along with being the recipient of the 2018 Hire Vets Gold Medallion via the U.S Department of Labor.\r\n\r\nVisit us online at https://www.bgis.com/us/careers.htm for more information.