About Us

The Facilities & Energy Management Employee Advisory Committee serves as an advisory entity that reviews and gives feedback to FEM administration on matters related to new policy decisions and ways to improve service. It also acts as an employee change advocate and serves as an internal communications channel between management and employees regarding work related issues and concerns.

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month to review and discuss employee concerns. The FEM Director attends as requested to discuss employee issues and concerns.

In order to make FEM a better work place, employees are encouraged to let their voices be heard through the Committee about their work related concern. Employees may do so by speaking with a Committee representative or submitting their issue, concern, suggestion or idea through one of the suggestion boxes. Two suggestion boxes are located throughout FEM --one in the main entrance hallway at FEM and one in the Building Services' lobby.

Committee Operating Procedure

Award Recipients

Committee Chair:

Steve Hudson

Committee Members:

• Alex Bame, Housing Carpenter, 453-7458
• Darrin Brookhouse, Building Automation Electrician, 453-5694
• Erik Finney, Grounds Department, 453-8185
• Steve Hudson, Building Maintenance Painter, 453-4903
• John O'Leary, Building Maintenance Plumber, 453-8189
• Marc Salmo, Construction Management 453-1037
• Eric Schuler, Building Services, 453-5163
• Cyndy Green, Ex-Officio, PSO Administration, 453-1357 

Meetings:

Meetings are held on the second Wednesaday each month at 9:30 am in the PSO conference room. 

Outstanding Employee Recognition:

The Employee Outstanding Achievement Recognition Program is a function of the PSO Employee Advisory Committee. The purpose of the program is to recognize PSO employees for outstanding achievement in the following three categories:

• job performance
  the degree of work performance above and beyond the call of duty based on the nominee's current job duties and responsibilities

• effective cost-saving work incentives
  the degree of cost-savings, either in dollars, efficiency, or time; the suggestion or idea resulted in for the department which has been appropriately documneted and verified by PSO management

• good samaritan acts either in the workplace or the community
  the importance of a good Samaritan or humanitarian act performed by a PSO employee that occurred either in the workplace or in the community.

Program Overview:

This program will become effective upon approval of the operating guidelines, policies, and procedures.

• Employee of the Quarter - Employees who have not been chosen for outstanding achievement during previous months of current year will be eligible to be nominated and selected Employee of the Quarter. The quarterly recipient will be chosen in March, June, September, and December.
• Selected Recipient - Will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and be awarded a $50 gift certificate from the University Bookstore in the Student Center.
• The recipient will be spotlighted in the PSO digital display and the Employee Advisory Committee's posted flyer.
• Employee of the Year - Recipient will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and be awarded a $200 gift certificate from the University Bookstore. The recipient's name will also be added to the Employee of the Year wall plaque.

Nominations:

• Any PSO employee can be nominated for this award except the current members of the PSO Employee Advisory Committee, and anyone reporting directly to the Director of Plant and Service Operations.
• Any employee or staff member employed by SIU Carbondale can nominate employees of Plant and Service Operations.
• Nominations must be handwritten or typed and can be submitted to any member of the Employee Advisory Committee or submitted in any of the PSO suggestion boxes. Nomination forms will be available for use but will not be required. No verbal nominations will be accepted. The nomination form may be found below.
• The nomination must contain a statement of WHY the employee is being nominated and provide examples to justify the nomination.

Selections:

• Nominations will be received and reviewed by the EAC. The recipient for the award will be the sole decision of the EAC.
• All nominations will be evaluated and compared among the pool of nominations received during the year. The EAC ex-officio will contact the employee and the employee's department supervisor announcing the winning recipient.
• An Employee of the Quarter cannot be renominated for a period of five years.
• The PSO Employee Advisory Committee will select the Employee of the Year from that year's Employee of the Quarter recipients.

The Student Employee Outstanding Achievement Recognition Program is a function of the Plant and Service Operations Employee Advisory Committee. The purpose of the program is to recognize PSO student employees for outstanding achievement to the degree of work performance above and beyond the call of duty based on the nominee's current job duties and responsibilities.

Program Overview:

This program will become effective upon approval of the operating guidelines, policies, and procedures.

• Student Employee - The recipient will be chosen in mid-Fall and mid-Spring semesters.
• Selected Recipient - Will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and be awarded a $25.00 gift certificate from the Director, Brad Dillard.

Program Funding:

Continuation of the funding for awards is contingent upon availability of funding.

Nominations:

• Any current PSO student employee can be nominated for this award.
• Nominations must be handwritten or typed and can be submitted to any member of the EAC or any of the PSO Suggestion Boxes. Nomination forms will be available for use but will not be required. No verbal nominations will be accepted. The nomination form may be found below.
• The nomination must contain a statement of WHY the student employee is being nominated and provide examples to justify the nomination.

Selections:

• Nominations will be received and reviewed by the EAC. The recipient for the award will be the sole decision of the EAC.
• The EAC ex-officio will contact the student employee and the employee's department supervisor announcing the winning recipient.

Nomination Form

Award Recipients

The FEM Safety Committee's mission is to work toward the reduction of work place injuries and illnesses by increasing awareness and training, as well as addressing on-going safety concerns. In addition, this committee strives to ensure that all employees have an understanding of any health and safety hazard associated with their jobs and that all employees maintain a safe work environment.

The FEM Safety Committee is comprised of nine members. It is chaired by the Safety Coordinator. There will be an outside representative from the Center for Environmental Health and Safety. The remaining seven committee members will include volunteer employees within FEM. Each committee member will be assigned to an area within the organization and will act as that area's representative regarding safety issues. The committee will convene quarterly, or as needed, to review injuries and accidents to determine actions that can be taken in order to prevent and/or correct unsafe practices.

Committee Members

NAME	PHONE	AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
Tammy Baumgarte, Chair	453-8170	Administrative Office
Tatiana Sherrill	453-7180	Center for Environmental Health & Safety
Teri Ricci	453-6794	PPES, Admin, Accounting, Computer Operations
Tom Wallace	453-5163	Building Services
Bob Jany	453-6730	Building Maintenance, Power Plant, FOC, BAT & Key Control
John Moss	453-6730	Building Maintenance, Power Plant, FOC, BAT & Key Control
Stephen Hall	453-5348	Printing/Duplicating, Mail Service, Travel Service, Materials Management
Mike Heise	453-6730	Housing Maintenance, Grounds, Recycling, TON