Senior District Manager
ABM Industries
Detroit, MI
Overview
The Senior District Manager will oversee all aspects of facilities operations for a large, multi‑site environment, supporting a diverse portfolio of buildings. This role ensures safe, compliant, well‑maintained environments through strong operational leadership, proactive maintenance management, and consistent service delivery.
The ideal candidate brings a blend of technical expertise, client service excellence, and multi‑site operational oversight, with the ability to lead teams, manage budgets, and execute facilities programs across a complex, high‑demand setting. Success in this role requires strategic planning, hands‑on leadership, and a commitment to providing an exceptional facilities experience for a variety of stakeholders.
Compensation: $165,000.00 - $180,000.00 annual salary (US Dollars)
The pay listed is the salary range for this position. Any specific offer will vary based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data. You may be eligible to participate in a Company incentive or bonus program
Benefits: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Staff & Management
Responsibilities
- Direct and coordinate all integrated facilities services across a multi‑building portfolio, ensuring service delivery meets contractual obligations, compliance standards, and operational targets.
- Maintain strong communication with multi‑level stakeholders to address evolving needs, resolve issues, and support overall mission standards.
- Implement preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance programs, utilizing CMMS tools to track work orders, reduce deferred maintenance, and improve asset performance.
- Oversee custodial, maintenance, grounds, and seasonal operations to ensure cleanliness, safety, and readiness of facilities.
- Ensure adherence to safety programs, environmental standards, and regulatory requirements including OSHA, EPA, and local/state facility regulations.
- Develop, lead, and coach a team of supervisors, leads, and frontline technicians; foster accountability, performance excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Monitor operational budgets, implement cost‑control strategies, and manage vendor relationships to support efficient facility operations.
- Support emergency response, incident management, and coordination during operational disruptions.
- Assist with seasonal and special-‑event operational needs such as deep cleaning, winter readiness, and other initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and supervisory experience in integrated facilities management, building operations, or public-sector facilities oversight; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Technical knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, life safety systems, and general building maintenance.
- Experience supporting custodial operations and multi-site facility service delivery.
- Strong understanding of maintenance management principles, scheduling, and operational budgeting.
- Familiarity with OSHA requirements, chemical handling protocols, and safety program implementation.
- Excellent communication skills for interaction with leadership, stakeholders, and facility teams.
- Valid driver’s license.
Computer Skills:
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Experience with CMMS platforms preferred.
About the Company
ABM Industries
ABM offers a wide variety of service-related positions, including electricians, HVAC technicians, security officers, parking attendants, and cleaning jobs. ABM cares about your success.
We provide training so that you learn new job skills and take pride in the quality service you're giving to clients. You'll look like the trained professional you are when you wear a ABM uniform.For your health and safety, we use non-toxic cleaning products and up-to-date equipment.
Our internal training program focuses on teaching you the skills and processes that have helped many of our employees starting out as a janitor, cashier, security officer or building engineer grow into various management roles throughout the company. These jobs aren't your everyday at ABM; they are careers.
Thousands of commercial, industrial, government and retail clients look to ABM for consistent quality service that meets their specialized facility service needs including commercial cleaning and maintenance, facility engineering, energy efficiency, parking and security services.
With fiscal 2011 revenues of approximately $4.2 billion and nearly 100,000 employees, our 300+ offices across the U.S. and various international locales enable us to provide custom facility solutions to sites of all sizes — from neighborhood banks and schools to the largest and most complex facilities, such as corporate office parks and major airports.
With more than 300+ offices located throughout the country, we are always accepting applications for janitorial maintenance, landscaping gardeners, security guards, parking attendants, shuttle drivers and building engineers.
ABM IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER (MINORITY/FEMALE/VETERAN/DISABILITY)