Mgr, RealEst & Facilities

Horizon BCBSNJ employees must live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Delaware

Job Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Assumes overall responsibility for the operation, maintenance and physical appearance of the Horizon's operating facilities.

• Develops and manages the day to day divisional budget, performs variance reporting and provides initial divisional input on all vendor contracts.

• Provide concierge level service for Horizon personnel and guests, as well as any tenants leasing space from Horizon

• Develop the occupancy planning program and manage effectively

• Directs the maintenance, repair, construction and inspection activities of the facilities maintenance and facilities engineering groups.

• Manages portfolio engineering staff. Defines and sets engineering strategy for all portfolio locations and their functional group needs including office/ warehouse, Critical Systems Data Centers and IT support areas.

• Oversees the initial design and construction requirements for new facilities related capital & expense projects in coordination with the Director, Corporate Security & Administrative Services.

• Liaise with business leaders and members to provide best-in-class service for facilities needs.

• Develops and implements systems to monitor project performance against budget authorization, project schedules, and established quality control standards. This includes identifying variances and working with project management staff to develop and implement plans to correct ineffective operations.

• Oversees coordination of each project to ensure the design process reflects the input of appropriate departments to optimize program and space efficiency, flexibility, and life cycle cost.

• Manage, develop and train staff; develop and monitor goals; conduct annual performance reviews, and administers salaries for the staff.

Education/Experience:

• Minimum high school diploma or GED
• Bachelor's Degree preferred in Engineering and/ or Architecture, Facilities Engineering.
• Minimum of 7-10 years management experience in facilities engineering and/or operations.
• Extensive experience delivering concierge level service with a focus on customer experience and support.

Additional licensing, certifications, registrations:

• Certified Facility Manager or Facility Management Professional Preferred

Knowledge:

• Extensive and broad based hands-on experience in engineering infrastructure and/or facility engineering activities and strategy setting.

• Technical knowledge as it pertains to facilities engineering, facility construction and facility maintenance operations.

• Knowledge of contract administration as it pertains to construction related scopes of work, independent cost estimates and specifications.

• Extensive knowledge of budgetary processes and requirements as it pertains to the development and administration of a multi-million dollar budget.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong leadership skills.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing.

• Ability to use sound judgment.

• Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details, or, an equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities.

• Ability to effectively collaborate and network builder, persuasive, sensitivity to situation and individuals

Travel: to other Horizon sites throughout New Jersey on a regular basis.

Salary Range:

This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity. This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Horizon at the time of posting. Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. Horizon also provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:

• Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)

• Retirement Plans

• Generous PTO

• Incentive Plans

• Wellness Programs

• Paid Volunteer Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability and any other protected class as required by federal, state or local law. Horizon will consider reasonable accommodation requests as part of the recruiting and hiring process.