Manager, Skilled Trades

**Regular/Temporary**
- Regular

**Job Title**
- Manager, Skilled Trades

**Job ID**
- 70205

**Location**
- Central Campus

**Open Date**
- 07/08/2025

**Job Type**
- Continuing

**Close Date**
- 07/21/2025

**Employee Group**
- TMG

**Favorite Job**

**Department**
- Facilities Maintenance Project

**Salary Grade/Band**
- Band L

**Salary Range**
- $89346.00 - $134020.00 (annual)

**Hours per Week**
- 35

The Facility Services Department supports McMaster University’s goal of advancing human and societal wellbeing, and the “Forward With Integrity” overriding vision of ‘educating for capability’, by physically preserving and enhancing the campus and its buildings. The Department is comprised of several operational divisions, which includes: Custodial Services, Maintenance Services, Design and Construction, Logistics and Grounds, Parking and Security, Engineering Operations, and Utilities and Energy Management. Facility Services is also supported by an internal Business Services unit.

McMaster’s central campus has a footprint of 300 acres, with more than 50 buildings accumulating an area of over six million square feet. More than 300 professional and support staff work within the Facility Services Department, and operate to advance the strategy of the university while always demonstrating the TRAIT values of Facility Services: Teamwork, Respect, Accountability, Integrity and Trust.

The Manager, Skilled Trades is a member of the Department management team and is a key member of the Maintenance Services Management group who work collaboratively to complete small and medium size projects on the campus

**Job Summary**:
The Manager, Skilled Trades is accountable for the management of campus renovations and construction projects and the Skilled Trade staff that perform this function. The Manager, Skilled Trades, under the direction of the Director, Maintenance Services, and in support of the University's strategic goals, develops and implements programs and strategies to complete the annual roster of campus projects in a safe and compliant manner.

This position leads and coordinates a team of approximately 20 Skilled Trades staff. The recruiting, hiring and training of staff is a critical responsibility for this Manager. Ensuring high staff morale and engagement, the Manager maintains a safe workplace, with readily available materials and equipment needed to perform the campus project activities. The Manager will also retain and coordinate the activities where contractors external to McMaster are required.

The Manager will lead a culture of Continuous Improvement with the staff of the area.

**Accountabilities**:

- Manages and directs the University Skilled Trade staff (currently 20 full time skilled trades) in eight different trades discipline, within a unionized environment in campus project activities.
- Recruit, interview, select new staff to ensure appropriate staffing compliment
- Manage staff by evaluating, coaching and counselling.
- Completes the Campus project operational requirements by determining work priorities, scheduling and assigning employees, and follows up on work requests.
- Reviews and implements Health and Safety measures with staff, while ensuring compliance to Departmental, University and Government regulations.
- Issue and evaluate RFX’s for the procurement of external vendors, and negotiate contracts for building maintenance activities.
- Select, manage and arrange for specialized contractors so university maintenance work can be achieved.
- Ensures customer service satisfaction through meetings, interviews and surveys with the campus community.
- Provide cost and labour estimates to customers on customer‐initiated job estimate requests.
- Ensures adherence to University and Departmental policies on material, service standards, environmental and energy standards.
- Purchase and maintains inventory of common project materials and tools.
- Has responsibility for developing, tracking, and evaluating Team work performance, and adjusting team activities to improve work performance, and report out the Key Performance Indicators.
- Responsible for the implementation of LEAN process improvement projects, and also for mentoring staff who implement LEAN projects.
- Support and Mentor staff to achieve LEAN accreditation
- Meets University Standards on Core Competency and maintains professional and technical knowledge.
- Participate in the creation and give input on the prioritization of the University’s Deferred Maintenance lists.

**Qualifications**:
Education: Completion of University or College level education, in a program relating to building construction or operations (Professional Engineer, Architect or Certified Engineering Technologist, etc.)

Experience: Minimum of 10 years experience in progressive management positions with oversight of a large diverse building portfolio, and skilled trade work force. Experience in project management for small to medium size project for commercial