Facilities Manager

About Us

Ameren is a leader in the energy industry, and our transformation toward more clean, renewable energy is also  transforming other industries and infrastructure in our communities.  As a regional company serving local customers, we not only serve our communities, we're a part of them. This isn't just a job. At Ameren, we invest in you, so you can power the quality of life you want.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is one of the core values that guides us in everything we do. We are committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that brings diverse perspectives to every area of our business.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits and Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​

About Ameren Illinois

Ameren Illinois provides electric transmission and distribution service and natural gas distribution service. Every day, we deliver electricity to 1.2 million electric and 816,000 natural gas customers in central and southern Illinois. We deliver safe, reliable energy to more than 1,200 communities. 

Facilities Manager

About The Position

​​​The Facilities Manager is responsible for oversees all aspects of building functions and guarantees the safety and functionality of all facilities. Duties include running routine safety inspections, corresponding with contractors, planning maintenance work, maintaining records, and supervising facilities staff.​​ 

Key responsibilities include:

• Foster and promote a culture of safety and zero unsafe acts. 
• Lead mid-sized projects or a portfolio of small projects with defined scopes.  Has overall accountability for mitigating typical project risk, scope, budget, and scheduling of moderate and complex projects.  
• Develop project forecasts and revised project budgets and forecasts, implements project cost controls.
• Lead cross functional teams in developing overall execution, project accounting, work order management, and proper asset classification.
• Develop contracts/specification, submit requisitions for labor and/or materials, process pay requests, review, and approve invoices, vendor proposals, scope revisions, etc.
• Manage master service agreements.
• Identifies resource needs, align resources towards the execution goal, identify and proactively address needs, and remove obstacles thereby allowing the team to focus on their assigned work.
• Actively promote governance with Facilities Management & Construction standard, supports and when need lead the change management process.
• Communicates to business partners regarding property profiles, evacuation plans, site inspections, facility audits, work order progress reports, and other related reports.
• Establishes and communicates stakeholder engagement strategy.  Facilitates recurring communications with stakeholders. Coordinates and reports on project progress and accomplishments to stakeholders. 
• Assist in the preparation of the building construction, operations and maintenance budgets including project evaluation and justifications, development of budget estimates and the preparation of work orders.
• Conduct inspections on the facility campus. 
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts. 
• Proficient knowledge of IWMS system.
• Other duties may be assigned. 

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required with 5+ years or relevant experience required.   Bachelor of Science in Facilities Management preferred.  In lieu of a bachelor's degree an associate degree with 9+ years of relevant experience or a High school diploma with 11+ years of relevant experience is required.   PMP, IFMA (International Facilities Management Association) FMP or CFM certification preferred.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Business acumen and strategic thinking ability
• Organization and project management skills
• Ability to effectively delegate responsibility and establish accountability for execution.
• Effective interpersonal communications skills; able to