Facilities Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.
Most important skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Judgment and Decision Making
Key knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- English Language
- Public Safety and Security
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Mechanical
- Building and Construction
- Administrative
What the work involves
- Acquire, distribute and store supplies.
- Conduct classes to teach procedures to staff.
- Dispose of, or oversee the disposal of, surplus or unclaimed property.
- Monitor the facility to ensure that it remains safe, secure, and well-maintained.
- Oversee construction and renovation projects to improve efficiency and to ensure that facilities meet environmental, health, and security standards, and comply with government regulations.
- Oversee the maintenance and repair of machinery, equipment, and electrical and mechanical systems.
- Participate in architectural and engineering planning and design, including space and installation management.
- Plan, administer, and control budgets for contracts, equipment, and supplies.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Enterprising, Conventional, Realistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree (57.3% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (49%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (24.5%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Facilities Managers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 78% of occupations compared | 80% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 78% of occupations compared | 46% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 62% of occupations compared | 68% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 65% of occupations compared | 53% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Higher on time pressure than 52% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | High | Higher on conflict situations than 79% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 69% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 63% of occupations compared | 36% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 8.71%
- Contact with others most of the time: 10.99%
- Constant contact with others: 80.3%
n = 34, Incumbent 08/2024
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 0.59%
- Fairly important: 8.65%
- Important: 13.9%
- Very important: 30.9%
- Extremely important: 45.96%
n = 34, Incumbent 08/2024
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 9.08%
- Important: 8.98%
- Very important: 14.05%
- Extremely important: 67.9%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2024
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 0%
- Limited freedom: 9.46%
- Some freedom: 53.16%
- A lot of freedom: 37.38%
n = 34, Incumbent 08/2024
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 7.14%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 26.56%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 35.27%
- Every day: 31.02%
n = 34, Incumbent 08/2024
Conflict situations
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 27.27%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 31.97%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 22.27%
- Every day: 18.5%
n = 33, Incumbent 08/2024
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 33.24%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 31.23%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 23%
- Every day: 12.54%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2024
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 35.87%
- Fairly serious: 12.53%
- Serious: 12.78%
- Very serious: 20.59%
- Extremely serious: 18.23%
n = 32, Incumbent 08/2024
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