Department: Minor In-House Construction Salary: Description: Provides leadership for the Construction Services department by overseeing the daily operations, maintenance activities, and staff management, ensuring cost-effective, efficient, safe, and reliable operations consistent with best practices and other performance standards. Provides overall leadership for the department by setting the tone, expectations, and providing continuous evaluation, feedback, and reports on the department’s performance. Drafts and implements operating procedures, staff work plans, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), benchmarking with APPA service levels to achieve desired accountability, cost controls, compliance, and efficiency of the department. Assists with the development, implementation, and management of strategic business plans, budgets, and infrastructure plans for the assigned area, controlling costs while meeting expected financial results. Maintains an understanding of current ideas, research, and practices pertaining to the areas of responsibility for this position through continued study and participation in professional organizations, such as Texas Association of Physical Plant Administrators (TAPPA). Develops Construction Services staffing plans and oversees staff, including hiring, development, motivation, and evaluation of staff through coaching, mentoring, and training. Establishes an effective culture by ensuring accountability and creating a performance management focus by setting standards and key performance targets in areas of safety, customer complaints, efficiency, and inventory control. Prepares project cost estimates, scope of work, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Qualifications (RFQs), and bid/contract documents. Conducts inspection of work, evaluates work, resolves employee/contractor issues, approves pay applications/contract changes, and approves final acceptance of work. Directs the Construction Services operations, inventory, scheduling, and assignments. Reviews the work of staff. Monitors status of work orders, estimates, requests, and purchases of materials and equipment. Develops short and long-range plans to meet state mandates, negotiates contracts with sub-contractors and consultants, and makes policy recommendations in the development of programs. Assists in the continuous integration of sustainable Best Practices into the daily management and operations of the department. Responds to emergencies on weekends, holidays, and after hours while ensuring prompt communication to employees, business associates, and internal/external customers. Confers with university staff at all levels and provides technical expertise, assistance, and advice regarding Construction Services operations and projects, developing and presenting recommendations and reports as requested. Performs other job-related duties as required. Minimum Qualifications: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical, or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related four-year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Experience: Requires a minimum of seven (7) years of directly job-related experience. Certification/Licensing: Requires a valid Texas Driver's License. All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. The policy of the University of Houston-System and its universities is to ensure equal opportunity in all its educational programs and activities, and all terms and conditions of employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, military status, genetic information, sex (including gender and pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or status, or gender expression, except where such a distinction is required by law. J-18808-Ljbffr