The University of Washington: Facilities Services

Overview

Facilities Services — an organization of over 950 employees — operates, maintains and supports the University’s physical plant, grounds, transportation programs and waste management.

Organization Relations is the administrative unit that oversees, conducts and supports the personnel programs and client relations for Facilities Services.


Purpose

  • Manage & deliver services for employee leave and accommodations
  • Monitor employment processes and labor relations
  • Conduct employee relations and organization improvement activities
  • Provide supervisory & management training and development
  • Provide professional human resources guidance
  • Produce and disseminate organization policies and procedures
  • Administer safety education & training to meet regulatory requirements
  • Oversee improvements in safety programs in FS units
  • Guide FS emergency preparation and response planning
  • Conduct customer relations and communication activities

Goals

Our goal is to make Facilities Services staff more effective and better equipped to deliver services to the campus, and to create a continuously improving workplace.

This website offers current information relevant to Facilities Services staff success and safety.