Campus Services Supervisor - Facilities, Planning, and Management

Campus Services Supervisor

(Facilities Services B&G Management 1 – MR10)

Facilities, Planning, and Management

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The Campus Services Supervisor provides a safe, attractive, and compliant outdoor environment for the UTC campus and UTC students and staff. This requirement applies 24/7/365 throughout the year. It includes all weather conditions, campus events, and any campus emergency.

The position requires work in multiple roles such as a supervisor of the outdoor environment, an on-the-spot problem solver, supervisor of Motor Pool operations, and performs activities associated with grounds throughout the UTC campus and in certain off-campus properties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•       Supervises and manages campus grounds maintenance, including up to 17 employees
•       Responsible for developing project and routine maintenance schedules for ground maintenance, which include routine and special maintenance, and special landscaping projects
•       Identifies tasks, conducts time studies, and determines the frequency of maintenance
•       Manages workforce, including the procurement of contract and temporary labor when necessary to ensure completion of tasks that include planning and scheduling work to ensure that all assignments are properly manned
•       Trains and instructs new employees
•       Supervises both permanent and temporary employees in the care, landscaping, and horticulture needs of all properties owned and maintained by UTC, including several off- campus sites, this includes but is not limited to grading, planting, mulching, fertilization, mowing, pruning, greenhouse operation, walkway and street cleaning, snow removal, litter removal, removal of fallen trees and limbs that prevent travel, and repairing open hole and walking safety hazards
•       Conducts comprehensive inspections to ensure that work performed by personnel meets quality and productivity goals
•       Manages and maintains irrigation systems throughout the campus
•       Remains on-call 24/7/365 for campus grounds and motor pool emergencies, including weather events
•       Procures the services of various contractors for performing department-related work, including taking telephone bids, evaluating bids, proceeding with contract work while ensuring compliance within department budget, contractors include those which provide services to off- campus UTC properties
•       Serves as a member of the Campus Landscape Committee
•       Provides input to program development, design reviews, and construction coordination for capital projects on campus, as direct feedback to the UT System level of campus landscape issues
•       Performs design reviews and assists in the development of UTC design standards for landscape construction and development
•       Determines material and equipment requirements for the department, including landscaping projects, special requests, et