CareerPlan

Abteilungsleiter*in Bauunterhaltung

Essen, Ruhr, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALENFull-time2026-11-03 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid

Core

Leading the Building Maintenance department for the City of Essen, overseeing ~130 employees and managing the upkeep of 1,200 municipal properties including schools, kindergartens, and administrative buildings.

Role type

Senior department head (facility management)

Builds

Maintenance programs and asset preservation strategies for municipal real estate

Domain

Public sector / Municipal facility management

Required skills

Technical building management, facility management, project management, cost accounting, quality management, strategic planning, stakeholder representation

Preferred skills

Leadership experience, knowledge of administrative structures, energy management, traffic safety

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Leading the department with two divisions and ~130 staff, providing service and professional supervision, coordinating maintenance programs across business areas, ensuring operational and traffic safety of municipal objects, developing and implementing strategies for asset preservation and climate protection goals, representing technical interests internally and externally, participating in project and financial controlling

Seniority

Senior, management level