Job Description

Supplemental Information

\xe2\x80\x9cThe Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and State as a Model Employer (SAME) to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace.\xe2\x80\x9d

The mission of the Louisiana Veterans Homes is to primarily serve the Veterans\' population of Louisiana through the provision of medical, restorative, and rehabilitative services in an atmosphere of respect and compassion. The primary objective of home is to provide quality nursing care to eligible veterans with the ultimate goal of returning the veterans to the highest possible levels of physical and mental capacity.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

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*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Name of Contact Person - CATHY W. SULLIVAN

Agency/Department Name - SOUTHEAST LA VETERANS HOME/HUMAN RESOURCES

Mailing Address - 4080 WEST AIRLINE HIGHWAY RESERVE, LA 70084

Phone Number - 985-479-4080

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Five years of experience in the building construction trades; building construction; building maintenance; or road or bridge construction or maintenance.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

College training will substitute for the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience provided that six semester hours of each thirty is in any of the following fields: construction management, construction technology, or engineering.

Completion of a two year vocational technical program in general building construction, construction technology, or engineering will substitute for two years of the required experience.

NOTE:
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

NOTE:

Custodial building maintenance is not qualifying.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:
To manage construction, maintenance, and repair activities at one or more facilities.

LEVEL OF WORK:
Manager.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Broad direction from a higher level agency official.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Direct supervision over subordinate maintenance personnel. See allocation criteria memo for details.

LOCATION OF WORK:
May be used by all state agencies.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:
Differs from Facility Assistant Maintenance Managers by presence of independent responsibility over facility construction, maintenance, and repair activities.

Differs from other Facility Maintenance Managers by amount of total building size and/or budgetary responsibility.

See allocation criteria memo for details.

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES LISTED BELOW INCLUDE BRIEF SAMPLES OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Major allocating criteria are defined as follows:
1. Square Footage: Includes only the area of all buildings covered and enclosed by exterior walls.

2. Budget: Includes preparation, spending, and accountability (i.e. who signs the purchase orders, etc).

Delegates and supervises job duties for complex building system functions and assures operability of the system through coordination with subordinate and contract personnel.

Provides supervision and broad direction for the maintenance and repair of all facility utilities. Includes oversight and operation of Energy and Automation Management systems.

Prepares and reviews construction/maintenance documents and expenditures for contracts, projects, and RFP\'s. Approves purchasing requests up to approved limits.

Provides and prepares documentation for deficiency reports on state contracts, and projects for review and/or discipline to other state agencies.

Supervises and delegates job duties for subordinate personnel and project contractors in the maintenance, repair and renovations of all facilities.

Directs purchasing and requisitioning of adequate inventories of supplies, materials and equipment.

Maintains records incidental to all activities of the facility.

Reviews and evaluates subordinate personnel performance.

Prepares facility related information and reports for justifications for all expenditures and manpower. Reviews and evaluates contractors and vendors performance for justification of expenditures and manpower cost.

Advises and recommends to agency management the maintenance, repair and renovation issues requiring significant staffing and monetary impacts. Includes recommendations for contractor and RFP issues.

Prepares, reviews and provides recommendations for annual budget for Maintenance Sections. Includes documentation for cost for all contract, vendor and RFP\'s requirements and mandates.

Consults with other state agencies, directors, architects, project managers, contractors and contract engineers.

Serves as necessary on committees and acts as a consultant to other committees for facility related matters.

Implements and directs training and safety programs for all subordinate personnel. Includes training and safety programs for contractors and vendors personnel in state facilities.

Prepares and reviews service, construction, vendor and RFP contracts and advises agency management on contract specifications and plans.

Advises and/or responds to emergencies on a 24-hour basis as required.

Plans, supervises and delegates job duties for all landscaping of facility grounds. Includes direction over contractor and vendor personnel assigned to facility grounds.

Conducts maintenance, construction and vendor meetings for facility related problems, issues and concerns as needed.

Directs other sections such as boiler plant, housekeeping, security, laundry and motor pool as needed.

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