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0721 Facility Operation and Maintenance Managers

Facility operation managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of commercial, transportation and recreational facilities and the included real estate. Facility operation managers are employed by a wide range of establishments, such as airports, harbours, canals, shopping centres, convention centres, warehouses and recreational facilities. Maintenance managers plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the maintenance department within commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational and other facilities. Maintenance managers are employed by a wide range of establishments, such as office buildings, shopping centres, airports, harbours, warehouses, grain terminals, universities, schools and sports facilities, and by the maintenance and mechanical engineering departments of manufacturing and other industrial establishments.

Example Titles

airport manager
arena manager
campus maintenance manager
chief, maintenance support services
facility operations manager
harbour master
head, facilities maintenance
maintenance manager
mechanical services superintendent
plant maintenance superintendent
recreation facility manager
shopping centre manager
shopping mall manager
superintendent, maintenance and service
warehouse manager

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Main duties

Facility operation managers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of commercial, transportation and recreational facilities and the included real estate
• Oversee the leasing of space in the facility and the included real estate and the development of marketing strategies
• Plan, organize and direct administrative services such as signage, cleaning, maintenance, parking, safety inspections, security and snow removal
• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate construction projects to modify commercial, transportation and recreational facilities and real estate
• Oversee the installation, maintenance and repair of real estate infrastructures including machinery, equipment and electrical and mechanical systems
• Plan and manage the facility's operations budget
• Prepare or oversee the preparation of reports and statistics related to areas of responsibility
• Hire, train and supervise staff.

Maintenance managers perform some or all of the following duties:

• Direct the maintenance and repair of an establishment's machinery, equipment and electrical and mechanical systems
• Develop and implement schedules and procedures for safety inspections and preventive maintenance programs
• Co-ordinate cleaning, snow removal and landscaping operations
• Administer contracts for the provision of supplies and services
• Plan and manage a facility's maintenance budget
• Hire, train and supervise staff.

Employment requirements

• Facility operation managers require completion of a college or university program in business administration or in a discipline related to facility operation and maintenance
  or
  An equivalent combination of technical training and experience in administration or maintenance.

• Maintenance managers require completion of a college or university program in electrical or mechanical engineering or in another discipline related to building maintenance
  or
  An equivalent combination of technical training and experience in building maintenance.

• Several years of supervisory experience in facility operations or maintenance are usually required.

Classified elsewhere

• Administrative Services Managers (011)
• Building superintendents (in 6663 Janitors, Caretakers and Building Superintendents)
• Manager, grain elevator (in 6234 Grain Elevator Operators)
• Production operations managers (in 0911 Manufacturing Managers)