About this role
Facilities ManagerRegular Full Time (Exempt)About UsOne of BC?s Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community. As the sixth largest city in BC, we are home to more than 150,000 residents. Our diverse municipality is a great place to work as it continues to grow through innovative urban design, inspiring arts, culture and recreation programs, and state-of-the-art transportation systems. Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner, while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre. We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you!About You / What We Are Looking ForThe City of Coquitlam is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking facilities leader to join our Community Services team as Facilities Manager. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Facilities, this leadership role is responsible for helping shape the future of more than 120 civic facilities that support residents, staff, and essential municipal services. From City Hall and public safety buildings to recreation centres and corporate workplaces, you will play a key role in ensuring our facilities remain safe, reliable, sustainable, and ready to meet the evolving needs of one of British Columbia's fastest-growing municipalities. This is much more than a facilities operations role. You will provide leadership across preventative maintenance, facility operations, strategic civic space planning, workplace planning and selected capital renewal initiatives, while helping guide the City's long-term approach to asset stewardship and service delivery. Working closely with the other Facilities Managers, you will help balance day-to-day operational priorities with longer-term planning, continuous improvement, and organizational growth. A unique aspect of this role is providing leadership for the City's civic space planning portfolio. Working collaboratively acrossdepartments, you will help develop workplace strategies, forecast future space requirements, support organizational change, and oversee initiatives that ensure City facilities continue to evolve alongside the needs of a growing organization. We are looking for a collaborative leader who enjoys solving complex operational challenges, building strong relationships, and leading people through change. The ideal candidate will bring experience in facilities operations, preventative maintenance, or building operations together with an appreciation for strategic workplace and space planning. Candidates who possess experience in both operational facilities management and space planning will be particularly well positioned for success. You understand that great facilities management is about more than maintaining buildings?it is about creating environments that enable City staff to deliver exceptional services to the community. This is an outstanding opportunity to influence the future of the City's facilities portfolio while helping modernize programs, improve operational performance, advance workplace planning initiatives and support an organization committed to innovation, sustainability, and service excellence.Main Responsibilities Provide leadership for facility operations, preventative maintenance programs, asset renewals, and facility upgrades including workspace expansions and improvements across the City's diverse portfolio of civic facilities. Develop and implement annual maintenance strategies, shutdown schedules, and operational work plans that ensure safe, efficient, and reliable service delivery. Lead the City's strategic civic space planning program, including forecasting future space requirements, optimizingworkplace utilization, supporting hybrid work environments, coordinating workplace moves, and helping shape long-term workplace strategies that support organizational growth. Collaborate with the other Facilities Managers to develop annual b