Senior Facilities Technician

Company Description

About KIPP Texas Public Schools

KIPP Texas Public Schools is a free, public charter school network with more than 45 Pre-K - 12 schools across Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. With over 30 years in Texas, we work together with our families and communities to prepare students for college, career, and beyond! Our schools provide a high-quality, well-rounded education built on academic success and personal growth, where all students learn and thrive in a productive, safe, and joyful way!

As one of the earliest charter networks in Texas-founded in Houston in 1994 and operating as KIPP Texas since 2018-we hire dynamic, collaborative, and dedicated individuals with an unyielding belief that every child will succeed. Join a Team and Family with an unwavering commitment to creating classrooms, offices, and communities rooted in academic success and joy. If you are passionate about joining a mission-driven community that wants every child to "run to school," the KIPP Texas Team and Family is for you!

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools with nearly 16,500 educators and 190,000 students and alumni.

Job Description

The Senior Facilities Technician (SFT) reports to the Regional Facilities Manager and serves as the primary facilities operations across multiple assigned KIPP Texas campuses. This role is responsible for maintaining all building systems, managing campus buildings and grounds across all trade areas, and ensuring the campus meets KIPP Texas's cleaning, maintenance, safety, and compliance standards at all times. The SFT directly supervises Facilities Technicians at the assigned campus, including full staffing authority, manages the campus facilities maintenance budget, and serves as the primary technical escalation resource for all facility issues. This role requires 24/7 on-call availability for campus facility emergencies.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Facilities Operations & Maintenance

• Manages and maintains all campus building systems, including burglar and fire alarm systems, elevators, HVAC, irrigation, and all associated mechanical and electrical systems, to established safety, compliance, and performance standards.
• Maintains campus buildings and grounds across all trade areas, including carpentry, painting, pest control, lawn care, plumbing, and electrical systems, to established quality and safety standards.
• Executes work orders to high standards of quality and timeliness; communicates with school staff and departments to coordinate work order completion and campus event setup.
• Leads the execution of the preventive maintenance schedule for all campus building systems; assists with planning and scheduling in coordination with the Regional Facilities Manager.
• Conducts regular campus inspections to proactively identify and resolve potential facility issues before they escalate; responds to on-call facility emergencies during and outside operating hours.
• Builds and manages relationships with external contractors and service providers, including HVAC, lawn care, pest control, and other trade vendors, ensuring timely, quality completion of contracted work.

Financial & Contractor Management

• Manages the campus facilities maintenance budget and associated procurement card, tracking expenditures and ensuring all purchases remain within approved parameters.
• Manages all maintenance contractors and service providers at the assigned campus, coordinating scheduling, scope, and quality of third-party work.

People Leadership & Development

• Directly supervises Maintenance Technicians at the assigned campus; manages full staffing lifecycle including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, day-to-day direction, performance management, and termination decisions.
• Serves as the primary technical escalation resource for complex or unresolved issues beyond the Maintenance Technician team's scope; resolves or coordinates resolution of all escalated campus facility issues.
• Participates in professional development and training sessions to maintain current knowledge of facilities maintenance best practices, building systems, and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of five years of experience in facilities maintenance or a related trade; high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Demonstrated expertise in HVAC, electrical, and/or plumbing systems required; technical knowledge of building systems and repair operations required.
• Trade licensure or certification strongly preferred given the building system management and safety compliance scope of this role.
• Experience in a supervisory or lead technician role preferred.
• Proficiency in facilities work order management software preferred; basic Microsoft Outlook proficiency required.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred given the multilingual nature of campus staff and school communities served.
• Reliable transportation required; ability to travel between campuses and pick up supplies as needed.
• Flexibility in work schedule required; 24/7 on-call availability for campus facility emergencies.

COMPETENCY AND SKILLS:

• Alignment with KIPP Texas's mission and commitment to providing safe, clean, well-maintained learning environments for students and staff.
• Deep technical expertise across building systems and trade areas - HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and general maintenance - with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex facility issues independently.
• Proven supervisory skills; able to direct, develop, and hold accountable a team of Maintenance Technicians in a fast-paced, multi-priority environment.
• Strong organizational and project management skills; able to manage multiple concurrent work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, and facility projects simultaneously.
• Skilled at managing contractor and vendor relationships: ensuring quality, timeliness, and cost-effectiveness of outsourced work.
• Clear and professional communicator; able to coordinate effectively with campus administrators, school operations staff, contractors, and statewide Facilities leadership.
• Proactive problem-solver; able to anticipate facility issues, conduct effective inspections, and resolve problems before they escalate.
• Strong ownership orientation: takes pride in campus facility quality and holds high standards for safety, cleanliness, and operational readiness.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The person in this position needs to be able to move about inside and outside the school throughout the workday.
• The candidate is expected to attend conferences, meetings and training sessions both virtually and in person within the Region.

Additional Requirements:

• Reliable transportation is needed for travel between campuses
• Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
• Work with frequent interruptions.

Work Environment:

Reports to assigned campuses or schools five days a week

Travel Requirements:

Required travel to assigned campuses or regional offices for professional learning, meetings and other work related activities.

Additional Information

What We Bring to the Table:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage options for employees and their families.
• Competitive vacation and flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
• Paid family leave.
• Flexible spending account or high-yield HSA.
• Employee assistance programs.
• KIPP also offers the following employee-paid benefits: legal plans, LifeLock identity protection, life insurance and disability insurance.

KIPP Texas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. KIPP Texas ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, gender, color, national origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or disability. Any individual needing assistance in making an application for any opening should contact the Talent Team.

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