Chief of Building Maintenance - City of Birmingham

TARGET CLOSE DATE:

05/09/2025

PAY GRADE:

Grade 25

TYPE:

Full time

JOB SUMMARY:

The City of Birmingham is looking for a highly qualified and driven Chief of Building Maintenance to oversee, organize, and lead staff responsible for maintaining, repairing, and providing custodial services for a moderately sized public building complex. This includes managing heating, sewage, electrical, and custodial systems. The Chief of Building Maintenance is expected to independently plan and execute tasks, resolve conflicts, coordinate with other departments, and interpret policies in alignment with established goals.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is presented below:

City of Birmingham: $50,012 - $88,462

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

• Driver's license.

• Experience working in building trades, including, plumbing, electrical, HVAC and carpentry.

• Experience as a lead worker in building trades, responsible for assigning and evaluating work of a building maintenance team.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by the City of Birmingham. These qualifications may be considered by a hiring agency when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.

• Certification from an accredited Trade School in building maintenance.

• Supervisory experience in Building Maintenance.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Prepares, monitors, and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends, expenditure reports, analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.

• Schedules, coordinates, and oversees the work of contractors and/or other departments throughout the project to ensure for the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of work in order for the facility to remain safe, secure and comfortable for the occupants.

• Ensures that parts, equipment, and supplies needed for maintenance projects are purchased, and maintains inventory of commonly needed items in order for the facility to operator in a safe and secure manner without a disruption in services.

• Initiates, plans, executes, and monitors work involved in the completion of projects by meeting with staff, contractors and supervisors to ensure that the project is completed in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner.

• Maintains the adherence to safety codes, policies and preparedness for and conformance of staff regarding safety by staying current any changes in safety standards and by enforcing these standards in order to provide a safe and secure facility for all employees and citizens within the building.

• Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.

• Manages time, attendance, leave processes, and submission of payroll information in a timely and accurate manner so employees pay and benefits remain intact in order to maintain accurate records and staffing for the organization.

• Oversees the training and development of staff by conducting training to provide knowledge and understanding of work processes in order to ensure compliance with procedures and standards.

• Troubleshoots problems with systems and equipment by inspecting and testing the equipment, and ensures that any necessary repairs are made so that the systems and equipment are functioning as intended and no other damage will occur.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Job involves moderate physical exertion required for occasional prolonged periods of standing, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, balancing, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. May involve occasional lifting of items or objects weighing up to 50 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed both within employer-owned facilities such as offices, workshops, warehouses, or stations. Work involves use of various hand tools such as screwdrivers, wrenches, and multimeters. Work requires regular exposure live electrical circuits and hot water pipes.

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION:

NOTE:

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.