Supervisor Facilities

The Supervisor Facilities is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day maintenance operations and maintenance programs at the Saskatoon Airport including supervision of the Facilities Maintenance Team which includes the Electrical, Building Mechanical and Structural personnel, as well as assigned Summer Students at the Saskatoon Airport.

**Duties**:
The Supervisor Facilities responsibilities will include the delivery of quality service and operational integrity for the Facilities Maintenance Team. This person will develop, initiate and oversee the Facilities Maintenance preventative maintenance program; assist with capital project development and delivery within area of responsibility; liaison with tenants to ensure a superior level of service is achieved and maintained. As a leader of this team and representative of management to your team you will be responsible to establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers, peers, clients and staff members. The position will report directly to the Manager, Airport Development.

**ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS**:

- The Supervisor plays an important role in the successful attainment of delivering the Corporate objectives of Skyxe, through coordination and organizing resources to accomplish the section’s goals. This depends on proven leadership qualities and the examples set both as a leader and worker.
- An effective work planner, a source of technical know-how and a skillful mediator between management (who set policies), and employees and their representatives.
- Work with Facility Team members, and through effective leadership develop and maintain a strong team to ensure that employees meet performance standards and develop their potential.
- Analyze and solve problems, establish and prioritize goals, motivate your employees, communicate candidly and tactfully, interpret information and draw on personal experience and insight regarding human behaviour when reaching decisions.
- Recommend solutions, prepare specifications and provisions for purchasing processes per SAA purchasing policy.
- Prepare annual work program, develop cost estimates and prepare formal budget submission. Conducts review of material requisitioning and authorize payment of invoices for materials received.
- Participate in the selection of new Facilities Maintenance Team recruits; prepare subsequent probationary recommendations and performance evaluation reports.
- Stay current on all regulations pertaining to airfield regulations and buildings codes.

**LEADERSHIP REQUIREMENTS**:
1. Inspect, plan, organize, develop, direct and supervise the Facilities Maintenance Team at the airport. Monitor the utilization and development of personnel resources.
- Supervise personnel in the performance of Electrical, Building Mechanical and Structural Systems works, establish work schedules and priorities.
- Promote first-class labour relations amongst employees, follow and adhere to corporate policies, collective labour agreement, and workplace regulations.
- Review all work practices, methods and procedures, to ensure good safety practices and ensuring compliance of Occupational Health & Safety Act and other applicable legislation.

**Specific Responsibilities**:
1. Assist in the delivery of quality service and operational integrity within the Facilities Maintenance area of responsibility:

- Implement and monitor the Facilities Maintenance departments budget to obtain optimum resource utilization.
- Investigate reoccurring equipment failures, deficiencies in operations and make recommendations to SAA Management.
- Participate in team planning reviews, advise on future mobile equipment and airfield surface asset requirements, and changes necessary to maintain an acceptable level of service.
- Be the first point of contact for Facilities Maintenance Emergency repairs, day to day maintenance and facilities calls, and dispatch Facilities Maintenance staff with respect to the same.
- Provide a Facilities Maintenance point of contact for outside agencies when and as required.
- Assist in the issuance and monitoring of Facilities Maintenance service contracts,

2. Develop, initiate and oversee the Saskatoon Airport Authority’s Facilities Maintenance preventative maintenance program in conjunction with the Trades personnel

3. Assist with Capital Project development and delivery within the Facilities Maintenance area of responsibility:

- Review / forecast capital requirements, recommending projects and preparing project briefs as required.

4. Assist in the preparation of specifications for work performed by contract, ensuring effective and efficient utilization of resources.
- Review specifications, schedules and frequencies. Inspect work progress, reporting deficiencies to the contractor for remedial action.

5. In support of facilities maintenance objectives, assist with the completion of:

- Priorities/projects requiring additional manpower
- Peaks in workload
- Day to day tasks during