Essential Duties/ Responsibilities (Note: The University reserves the right to change or assign additional duties as necessary.):

• Under the direction of the Director of Facilities Management, supervises, coordinates, and manages skilled trades, facilities maintenance workers, grounds, and student workers to include prioritizing and assigning work; ensuring staff completes training or provides training; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintains a healthy and safe working environment; makes hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendation.
• Inspect, evaluate, and solicit from staff the condition of equipment and infrastructure and make recommendation to the Director for renovations and/or new construction.
• Coordinates work orders.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of operational records, logs, reports and/or related documents. Opens and completes work orders on a tablet or desktop.
• Monitors and maintains inventory. Requisitions supplies as needed.
• Participates in complex or advanced department maintenance and operations activities.
• Works under minimal supervision. Work requires the ability to plan or perform involved or technical work and requires considerable judgement, initiative, creativity, and/or ingenuity.
• Communicates with students, faculty, and other campus departments regarding issues relating to operations work.
• Performs other reasonably related duties as assigned.
• Manages the motor pool. Responsible for ensuring a small fleet of vehicles. May drive or shuttle athletic teams or other groups as needed.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong leadership and supervisory skills preferably in a union environment.
• Proven ability to administer multiple projects.
• Hands-on mechanical, planning, forecasting, communication, and judgement skills.
• Knowledge of compliance and regulation standards.
• Independent judgement along with effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Customer service skills.
• Proven organization, time management and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work efficiently, independently, and accurately in a time constrained environment and maintain a high degree of productivity.

Work Schedule: Typically, Monday-Friday 6am-2:30pm though adjustments to schedule may be necessary to meet operational demands and needs of the University. On-call is required and carrying a University phone is required.

Work Environment: Varies daily. Possible exposure to noise, dust, and hazardous materials and environments. A mix of office and field work. The ability to lift up to 50 pounds frequently and/or more than 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. May be subjected to confined spaces, moving mechanical parts electrical currents, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, gases, poor ventilation, bodily fluids and excrement, pets, varmints, and extreme temperatures.

Complete job description.

UMFK’s mission is to nurture and engage a diversity of learners and aspiring professionals through affordable, technologically-enhanced, and professionally-focused educational programs. The faculty, staff, and surrounding communities help students develop into engaged and productive citizens who appreciate the natural environment and cultural opportunities in the immediate area and across the globe.

Taught by full-time faculty, our average class size is 16 students to one faculty member. Our students come to us from throughout the United States as well as approximately 30 countries.

The great outdoor environment of the St. John Valley and forests of New England provide UMFK with abundant resources for learning and research, as well as easy access to the joys of outdoor sports and nature activities. The University and surrounding communities also play important roles in preserving, cultivating, and celebrating the Franco-American/Acadian culture in the St. John Valley and housing one of two Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes in the nation. UMFK is the only institution in the United States located at the center of the French culture of northern Maine, eastern New Brunswick, and western Québec, offering opportunities for students to study and live in a bilingual region. The surrounding town of Fort Kent is a welcoming town of approximately 3,800 people who are active in various festivals, community gatherings, and civic work. UMFK is embedded near the center of town allowing easy access to amenities and the community at large.

UMFK ranks among the top tier of all northern colleges for the tenth consecutive year, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2021 rankings. For the past 15 years, UMFK has been repeatedly selected as one of the outstanding colleges and universities that The Princeton Review recommends to college applicants in its print and online editions.

Required:

• Valid Maine Driver’s license – CDL preferred or willingness to obtain one.
• High School diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.)
• Relevant coursework in skilled trades or specialized training. Beyond high school preferred.
• Five to seven years of professional relevant experience to include supervisory or managerial experience, in lieu of training.

Materials must be submitted via “Apply For Position.” You will need to create an applicant profile, complete an application (which includes contact information for three professional references), and upload a cover letter and a resume/curriculum vitae which fully describes your qualifications and experiences with specific reference to the required and preferred qualifications. You will also need to complete the affirmative action survey, the self-identification of disability form, and the self-identification of veteran status form.

Review of applications begins immediately. To ensure full consideration, materials should be submitted by April 28, 2023. Materials received after that date will be considered at the discretion of the University.

The successful applicant is subject to appropriate background screening and a pre-employment physical.

Employees in the University of Maine System are required to comply with UMS COVID protocols which currently include, but are not limited to, being vaccinated, obtaining a qualified vaccination exemption, and/or participating in regular COVID testing. Further information can be found on our Together for Maine website.

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is an EEO/AA employer, and does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran’s status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following office has been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies: Office of Equal Opportunity, University of Maine, 101 North Stevens Hall, Orono, ME 04469, 207.581.1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).