About This Role
This contract specialist role involves a variety of activities related to service and maintenance contract preparation, monitoring, and compliance. The specialist will oversee multiple, concurrent service agreements or contracts and perform related work as required. The current opening is in the Facilities Management Department, but this recruitment may also fill future citywide vacancies.
Responsibilities
- Perform a variety of activities associated with service and maintenance contract preparation, monitoring, and compliance work
- Oversee multiple, concurrent service agreements and/or contracts
- Manage and oversee a variety of facility-centric service contracts (e.g., custodial/janitorial, fire systems, HVAC, landscape, pest control, window washing)
- Ensure contract compliance requirements
- Monitor vendor performance through routine worksite inspections
- Perform site inspections and confirm services are completed according to the contract scope of work
- Coordinate work between City departments and contractors/vendors
- Address and resolve contractual issues
Requirements
- Graduation from high school or GED
- Minimum of three years' full-time employment in service contract administration, monitoring, or inspection in the private or public sector, or an equivalent combination of training, education, and experience
- Two years of college coursework can substitute for one year of required experience
- Possess a valid Class D Arizona Driver's License by hire or promotion date
- Pass a background investigation through the City of Mesa Police Department, the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (for Facilities Management Assignment)
Nice to have:
- Experience in landscape or a closely related field
- Certification in backflow prevention testing
- College or formal coursework in Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, Contract Administration, or Civil Engineering
- Certification as an Irrigation Association (IA) Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor
- Certification in one or more of the following categories: Arizona Landscape Contractor's Association (ALCA) and/or Arizona Certified Landscape Professional
- Experience in custodial/janitorial contract management and/or building maintenance service contracts (e.g., heating, ventilation, and air conditioning [HVAC]; plumbing; electrical; etc.) (for Facilities Management Assignment)
- Certification as a Pest Management Professional from Arizona's Office of Pest Management (for Facilities Management Assignment)
- Experience in traffic signal construction/maintenance or closely related field (for Transportation Assignment)