Facilities Administrator Consultant

Arizona Public Service generates affordable, reliable and clean energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country’s fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.

Summary

The

Facilities Administrator Consultant

manages facilities building systems design and specifications. Plans, administers and coordinates the modification, maintenance and repair of mechanical, life safety, and electrical systems in company office buildings, service centers and other sites state wide in ensuring compliance with building codes and regulations, health and safety standards, schedules and budgets. May serve in the absence of the organization leader.

As a Facilities Administrator Consultant in the Strategic Planning team, this role will primarily focus on the following:

- Partners with APS internal clients through project intake, determining requirements and scope of various types of Facilities projects.

- Partner with Planning leader to develop site master plans, entailing long-term property use intent, building specifics and locations, and occupants.

- Develops conceptual project plans, including scope and cost estimates, and program documentation. Validates conceptual options with internal clients and Facilities teams for feasibility. Hand-off to project management team and supports design process.

- Partners with internal and external subject matter experts to ensure feasibility of the most effective and economical solutions.

- Proposes plans and schedules to complete a variety of projects for facilities consistent with standards, specifications, and requirements to ensure that projects are planned consistently within APS.

- Partners with Analyst team to align strategic plans with 6-year capital proposals and available funding. Assists with project related presentations for approval by executive leadership.

- Ensures compliance within federal, city, state, and company regulations.

Minimum Requirements

- BS degree in Engineering, Construction or Facility Management or related field and 8 years experience in facility property administration and maintenance/construction.

- OR an equivalent combination of education and experience with a professional designation in Facilities related programs though IIDA, IFMA, AFE, BOMA, PMI, with certifications such as FMP, PMP, CPMM or CFM.

- Demonstrated technical experience in working with mechanical, life safety, and electrical systems.

- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in working with building codes, regulations, building construction and maintenance materials and equipment.

- Ability to read and understand construction documents, architectural/engineering drawings and specifications.

- Experience in contract management, work scope preparation and contract administration is required.

- Some travel to company sites locally as well as throughout the state is required.

- PC skills which include business and project management software tools, spreadsheets, and database analysis tools are required.

- A valid Arizona's driver's license is required.

Major Accountabilities

- Participates in the planning and development of short and long range facility needs and in the development of budget recommendations for projects; establishes priorities for facility projects within assigned area; coordinates obtaining contract bids, drafts contract documents and contract changes for projects. Develops, negotiates, and initiate work authorizations for contract service agreements of facility building systems.

- Consults with Architects and Engineers on project design, reviews and provides technical input on architectural and engineering design work to ensure customer needs are met and serves the business processes of the company.

- Manages contracts for outside services to inspect and maintain building systems which may include air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, emergency generators, building automation systems, water purification and fuel systems, etc; Coordinates work activities with customers, Facility Management team members to insure that timely and cost competitive facility management services are provided with a minimal impact to the customers operations. Manage activities of contractor and suppliers to ensure adherence to health and safety policies and regulatory requirements including indoor air quality and environmental concerns.

- Provides input and control to ensure accurate cost estimates and cost management for facility projects and maintenance work.

- Responds to emergency facility situations involving major component system failure impact facility operations; gather and analyze information to determine repair, construction need to get system back in service and minimize disruption to business processes. Coordinates repair services with in-house or outside resources. Leads root cause efforts to address system failures.

- Provides technical support related to Company maintenance standards, indoor air quality concerns, regulatory compliance with OSHA, fire, and other governmental requirements.

- Participates in planning sessions to determine when to replace building system components and how to budget for expenditures.

- Schedules and oversees planned outages of building services for routine and of emergency maintenance procedures.

- Maintains financial information pertaining to the building costs for assigned facilities. Participates in the facility operating and capital budget preparation.

- May serve in the absence of the leader in addressing issues of the organization.

- Develops solutions/alternatives to complex facility systems maintenance/construction problems requiring evaluation of a broad range of factors and which involve determining immediate response to system emergencies. Exercises judgment within broadly defined industry practices and company policies that involve contract limits, allocation of resources, design review tradeoffs, vendor schedules, pre-determined budget costs in determining results; Serves as technical resource to other staff members on mechanical and electrical systems and on contract parameters/agreements/policies to ensure compliance with policies and government rules and regulations. Advises on what resources are needed and action to mitigate more serious consequence to the company.

- Reviews, maintains and establishes material and equipment operations and maintenance standards and specifications.