Facilities Manager

Position Purpose

Teton Science Schools is a mission-driven nonprofit organization that connects people, nature, and community through place-based education. Across multiple campuses, employee housing units, vehicles, and outdoor learning spaces in the Greater Yellowstone region, TSS creates meaningful learning experiences for students, educators, families, and partners.

The Facilities Manager provides day-to-day leadership for the facilities operations that support these spaces. Reporting to the Senior Director of Facilities & Projects, this role helps lead the daily work of the facilities team, prioritize incoming requests, coordinate routine maintenance, and ensure TSS campuses, housing, grounds, vehicles, and shared spaces are safe, functional, and well maintained. This position is hands-on, service-oriented, and highly collaborative.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the daily work of the facilities team across campuses, housing, grounds, vehicles, and shared spaces.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for facilities-related questions, concerns, and escalations. Work to resolve issues promptly and involve the Senior Director of Facilities & Projects as needed.
• Review, prioritize, assign, and follow up on incoming facilities requests and work orders.
• Manage facilities team timecards, including reviewing hours, addressing discrepancies, and ensuring accurate and timely submission.
• Support routine maintenance, repairs, inspections, campus readiness, housing turnover, snow removal, and seasonal facilities needs.
• Provide hands-on facilities and maintenance support when needed.
• Communicate clearly with staff, residents, program leaders, vendors, and the Senior Director of Facilities & Projects about facilities needs, priorities, timelines, and issue resolution.
• Help ensure facilities work is completed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to programs, school operations, and residents.
• Support team accountability by clarifying expectations, checking progress, addressing workflow concerns, and helping remove barriers to completion.
• Coordinate with vendors and contractors for routine service, repairs, inspections, and deliveries.
• Identify safety concerns, maintenance needs, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve daily operations.
• Maintain organized records related to work orders, maintenance tasks, inspections, vehicles, equipment, timecards, and facilities projects.

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience in facilities, maintenance, property management, trades, or a related field
• Experience coordinating daily work for a team, including assigning tasks, setting priorities, and following up on completion
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to respond calmly to urgent or changing facilities needs
• Hands-on experience with maintenance, repairs, troubleshooting, or building operations
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work professionally with staff, residents, vendors, students, families, and program leaders
• Comfort using or learning work order systems, email, shared documents, and basic reporting tools
• Valid driver’s license and ability to drive between campuses, housing units, vendor locations, and other operational sites
• Experience with employee housing, campus operations, fleet, grounds, vendors, or multi-building facilities preferred
• First Aid, CPR, and AED certification preferred or ability to obtain within the first 90 days of employment

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

This is a campus-based role in Jackson, Wyoming, with regular work across TSS campuses, housing units, grounds, vendor locations, and other operational sites. This position requires the ability to drive between locations and work in both office-based and hands-on facilities settings.

The role requires the ability to move throughout indoor and outdoor campus environments, work in a variety of weather conditions, lift or carry up to 50 pounds occasionally, and perform physical tasks such as bending, reaching, climbing stairs, kneeling, crouching, moving materials, basic repairs, snow removal, setup, cleanup, and housing turnover support.

This position may require occasional work outside regular business hours, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, or urgent response situations.