Facilities Specialist 2

Job Description

Facilities Specialist 2

This position has been deemed critical by the School of Humanities and Sciences Dean's Office and is exempt from the hiring freeze.

Work Arrangement: This is an on-site position, based on the Stanford campus.

Budgeted Salary: The budgeted base salary range for this position is $105,000 to $110,000 per annum.

The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) ( is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 24 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university's largest school, H&S serves as the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education no matter which discipline students pursue as a major. Graduate students work alongside world-renowned faculty to pursue and shape foundational research that leads to breakthroughs and discoveries that shed new light on the past, influence the present, and shape the future. Together, faculty and students in H&S engage in inspirational teaching, learning, and research every day.

Department/Program Description: Stanford's Physics Department ( ) is a teaching and research department in the School of Humanities and Sciences. For undergraduates, we offer Physics majors and minors with a variety of pathways. For graduate students, we offer a Physics Ph.D. program. The department has approximately 50 faculty members, over 200 graduate students, over 100 undergraduate students, over 60 postdocs, approximately 20 administrative staff and 10 teaching staff members.

Position Summary: The Department of Physics is seeking a Facilities Specialist 2 (FS2) to support facilities operations, maintenance, repair, upkeep, inventory tracking (property management), lab and building safety, and refurbishing activities related to the physical environment and building systems of 5 H&S/Physics buildings. The FS2 will serve as the primary building manager for two of the five buildings: Physics and Astrophysics building (primary, 68,831 square feet; 20,000 square feet of which is laboratory research space), Wilcox Solar Observatory (primary, off-campus, 1628 square feet), Varian building, Building 60 Teaching Labs, and the Student Observatory (off-campus).

The FS2 will work under general supervision of the Facilities Manager and support the FM on a variety of special projects, and serve as the primary backup to the FM. The FS2 will serve a large stakeholder population that include researchers from VPDoR independent labs as well as the School of Medicine and other H&S units. The FS2 will serve as the DPA (department property administrator) and also have an integral role in the health and safety of their buildings. The FS2 may also act on behalf of the FM, and will mentor/coach a Facilities Specialist 1, and may supervise temporary/casual and student workers.

The successful candidate must be customer-service oriented, have a positive, can-do attitude, with strong interpersonal skills, and be flexible in a fast-paced environment. It is critical that this position exhibit the abilities to practice sound judgment and decision-making, effective written & oral communication, strong attention to detail and respectful relationship management.

This is a 100% FTE, continuing position.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional highly preferred qualifications for this position includes:

• Previous Stanford facilities experience