Facilities Manager

Job Description

The Facilities Manager will oversee and perform repairs and maintenance of all WHC buildings, including the landmarked historic houses, HVAC units, machinery and equipment as required to ensure that facilities are clean, safe and in compliance with all government and program regulations and standards. The Facilities Manager will have knowledge of and manages and oversees the maintenance of all systems including HVAC, heating and cooling of the administrative building/offices and the historic homes, plumbing, fire, electrical and the geothermal systems.

• Oversees maintenance of WHC facilities and the cleaning and trash pickup of the grounds, exterior of WHC and car park lot on a daily basis.
• Manages and coordinates the maintenance/custodial staff including scheduling, time off requests, performance management, and coaching/mentoring.
• Collaborates with the Operations Director on the Facilities budget including submission of purchase orders for expenses and emergency repairs.
• Reports all needed repairs immediately and discuss solutions to fix and requirements with the Operations Director.
• Maintains the supply and equipment inventory as well as maintenance logs.
• Provides reports as required by Executive Staff.
• Oversees and performs daily custodial and maintenance duties including routine inspection of the facility, equipment and grounds to include the historic homes.
• Ensures that all bathroom facilities are clean, sanitized, floors washed, and supplies restocked as needed on a daily basis.
• Ensures all tile floors of WHC are power washed and cleaned regularly.
• Ensures all carpeted areas in the main building of WHC are washed and cleaned regularly.
• Maintains the heating and cooling temperatures in WHC and the historic homes as appropriate.
• Coordinates with contractors and vendors as needed in collaboration with the Operations Director.
• Conducts general troubleshooting on a daily basis. Perform or coordinate electrical, carpentry, plumbing and restorative repairs as needed. Oversee and perform snow removal.
• Supervises facility usage, operations, equipment maintenance and the setting up and coordinating of events with the Operations Manager and Director.
• Coordinates with the Operations Manager on the appropriate use of storage spaces.
• Coordinate opening/closing during WHC business hours and for scheduled rentals/events.
• Oversees and/or performs security functions for regular activities, rentals and events.
• Serves as primary liaison for capital projects along with the Operations Director.
• Performs other duties as required.
  
  

Company Description

Weeksville Heritage Center is an historic house museum and cultural center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We use preservation, education, arts, and civic engagement to examine, interrogate and explore the history of Weeksville, a pre-Civil War free Black community. Weeksville’s legacy of social and intellectual self-determination holds great meaning for the African Diaspora but has universal relevance at this precarious time in American history. As a community hub, WHC provides a physical and virtual convening space for the Black community. As a presenter of first-rate artistic programming and facilitator of thought leadership, we leverage our inspiring history to serve as a thought-center, hosting leading activists, artists, writers, educators, and community members as they explore the Black experience and the process of community-making. Through exhibitions, residencies, symposia, artistic partnerships and events, and research, we offer a space to grapple with contemporary social issues through the lens of our unique piece of American history. We also conduct conservation efforts by promoting oral history, genealogy, digital storytelling, and other forms of accessible historical research. Lastly, as an education space, we draw on our tactile connection to our history to educate, enrich and inspire generations to come.

Weeksville Heritage Center is an historic house museum and cultural center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. We use preservation, education, arts, and civic engagement to examine, interrogate and explore the history of Weeksville, a pre-Civil War free Black community. Weeksville’s legacy of social and intellectual self-determination holds great meaning for the African Diaspora but has universal relevance at this precarious time in American history. As a community hub, WHC provides a physical and virtual convening space for the Black community. As a presenter of first-rate artistic programming and facilitator of thought leadership, we leverage our inspiring history to serve as a thought-center, hosting leading activists, artists, writers, educators, and community members as they explore the Black experience and the process of community-making. Through exhibitions, residencies, symposia, artistic partnerships and events, and research, we offer a space to grapple with contemporary social issues through the lens of our unique piece of American history. We also conduct conservation efforts by promoting oral history, genealogy, digital storytelling, and other forms of accessible historical research. Lastly, as an education space, we draw on our tactile connection to our history to educate, enrich and inspire generations to come.