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Government-maintained facilities in Rheinland-Pfalz could use a little help — your help.
With several thousands of facilities in the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz footprint to maintain, the Directorate of Public Works needs people to serve as a facility manager or “FacMan” to ensure general purpose administrative facilities and barracks buildings are well cared for.
“I believe the FacMan program is a win-win, because building occupants will have one person to funnel their service and work order concerns to, and that person will work with the DPW staff and the installation site coordinators for resolution,” said Greg Williams, DPW senior facility engineer.
The first FacMan training opportunity was offered in May, resulting in eight individuals being prepared for the additional duty, but DPW still needs more people to step up and assist the garrison, Williams said.
“The goal is to have one FacMan per facility, so people will have one point of contact to report building issues,” Williams explained. “For example, if we have a leaky sink in a building, instead of several people calling DPW with the same issue, they can contact their building FacMan who would formally inform DPW as well as relay the work order status back to everyone in the building.”
The quarterly-offered, eight-hour course can train up to 30 participants on how to interact with DPW on processes involving demand maintenance orders, work order site management, the Installation Status Report-Infrastructure program, environmental and energy stewardship, and Interactive Customer Evaluation.
“The course trains people how to fill out and submit the work-order requests and teaches participants everything they need to get the job done right with little to no hiccups,” said Emilio Villegas Jr., DPW operations officer. “After training, the FacMan will become familiar with his or her building and possess the knowledge to react quickly if something goes wrong. They can also do inspections as required to ensure minor repairs are completed as well as assist the garrison in obtaining funds for major building improvements.”
As a retired Army combat engineer, Villegas said this program can help make quality of life better for those living and working in the community.
“We are proud of our USAG RP facilities,” he said. “With this training, units can keep their buildings maintained at a high level, which reduces long-term facility costs in these fiscally-challenging times.”
Prior to attending the training, applicable employees should be appointed as a facility manager in writing by their unit leadership. Appointment orders should be provided to Melissa Breton-Hall, DPW Business Office Integration Di-vision, at melissa.l.breton-hall.civ@
mail.mil.
To enroll, call DPW Operations at 493-4695. The next FacMan course takes place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 31, in Room 209 (DPW Conference Room), Bldg. 164 on Rhine Ordnance Barracks.
