Plant Operations

Plant Operations is responsible for every aspect of every school district building, including exterior district equipment and structures such as emergency generators, playground sets, parking lots, athletic fields, and so much more.

Every day, the Plant Operations Department strives to: 

• Maintain 65 Buildings
• Manage annual usage of 44 million kilowatt-hours of electrical power
• Manage 2.8 million therms of natural gas usage each year
• Administer the School District Facility Rental Program
• Maintain and clean 6 million square feet of floor space
• Maintain 900 acres of grounds and landscaping
• Process 30,000 work orders each year

Within Plant Operations, the Grounds Department is responsible for the upkeep of all the outdoor facilities in School District U-46 including landscaping, athletic fields, asphalt and concrete maintenance and repairs, fencing, playground sets, snow and ice management, infrastructure, etc. U-46 has 56 schools, eight auxiliary buildings and over 900 acres of land to maintain. The U-46 Grounds Department is one of the few in the state of Illinois to have Certified Playground Safety Inspectors (CPSI) on staff that can install, maintain, and repair all of our own playground equipment.  

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Testimonial Videos

Learn more about the wide variety of plant operations positions available in School District U-46 alongside Superintendent Dr. Johnson by watching our Johnson on the Job videos.