Senior Facilities Maintenance Technician

At a Glance:

Job Title: Senior Facilities Maintenance Technician

Location: Friends School of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD 21210

Reports To: Director of Facilities

Position Type: Full Time Monday-Friday 40 hours a week

Pay range:$65,000-$82,000

Friends School is a Quaker, co-educational, college preparatory school, Pre-K through Grade 12, in Baltimore City, enrolling 803 students, 44% of whom identify as children of color. We are guided by the Quaker ideals of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. We strive to be a purposefully inclusive community that reflects the racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, and religious diversity of our city and our region.

The Facilities & Operations Department supports this mission by ensuring that campus buildings, grounds, and systems are safe, reliable, energy-efficient, and thoughtfully maintained through a strong planned and preventive maintenance program.

Role Overview:

General Function:
The Senior Facilities Maintenance Technician at Friends School of Baltimore is a full-time, hands-on role responsible for leading and executing planned and preventive maintenance activities across the School's campus. Working within the Facilities & Operations Department, this position supports the reliability, safety, and long-term performance of campus buildings and infrastructure through disciplined use of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), proactive asset care, and continuous improvement of maintenance practices. This role also serves as a senior technical resource within the Facilities team, providing guidance and mentorship to technicians while supporting the School's commitment to maintaining a safe, well-managed, and mission-aligned campus environment.

This position also serves as a senior technical resource and mentor within the Facilities team.

Key Responsibilities –

Planned Maintenance Focus:

• Lead execution of the campus-wide CMMS-driven preventive maintenance program.
• Complete assigned preventive maintenance work orders according to established schedules and frequencies.
•  Maintain high preventive maintenance compliance rates and support departmental
  performance targets.
• Support seasonal maintenance activities, system startups, shutdowns, and testing.

Facilities Systems Maintenance:

• Perform inspections and maintenance on plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and life-safety
  systems.
• Diagnose and repair building system issues in coordination with Facilities leadership.
• Identify recurring equipment issues and recommend long-term corrective actions.

CMMS Documentation & Asset Management

• Accurately document labor, materials, and asset conditions within the CMMS system.
• Assist in maintaining accurate equipment and asset records.
• Support data quality and reporting used to track maintenance performance and planning.

Maintenance Planning & Continuous Improvement

• Identify and document corrective maintenance needs and deferred maintenance issues.
• Support efforts to reduce reactive and emergency maintenance work.
• Help manage and reduce maintenance backlog through effective planning and execution.

This is a hands-on position requiring regular work across campus buildings and mechanical spaces. Occasional evening, weekend, or off-hours work may be required to support maintenance activities, campus operations, or emergency response needs.

Skills and Qualifications:

Education and experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required; trade or technical training preferred.
• 5-7 years of progressively responsible facilities or building maintenance experience.
• Demonstrated experience working within CMMS-based maintenance programs.

Required Skills

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to work with data, reports, and performance metrics
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office or Google Workspace
• Experience in a school or campus environment preferred

Friends is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and its employment decisions are without regard to age, race, color,
religion, gender, national origin, physical, or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any
category protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment

Salary : $65,000 - $82,000