I was never on the football team, but I follow the country’s favorite sport enough to know that some positions may not receive attention yet are critical to the team’s success.
One of these is long snapper. A player can carve out a long — and lucrative — career by perfectly snapping the ball to the holder so the kicker can successfully execute the extra point or a field goal.
Often those points result in the game-winning score and the kicker receives the glory. Nobody mentions the long snapper’s role in making the process easier.
Being a long snapper is a thankless job that only gets attention when something goes wrong. In many ways, I get the impression that many commercial and institutional building occupants feel the same way about facility workers. As an editor of facility management publications, part of my job is working to prove how wrong the naysayers are.
A significant part of that effort is the 2025 Facility Champion Award program. In its fourth year, the program shines a spotlight on the facility personnel who are typically accustomed to staying in the background.
We are looking for those employees who your department can’t do without, whether it’s the VP of facilities, the operations director, grounds manager, technician or anyone else connected to the team.
A Facility Champion nominee can adapt to new trends and technology, motivate employees and keep them engaged, contribute to the industry through organizational involvement, and much more.
If you or someone you know fits this description (we do accept self-nominations), enter your submission by June 13. We will recognize the winners on FacilitiesNet and in a future BOM Interactive issue. Winners will also be invited to take part in a Facility Champions webcast in the fall.
Dave Lubach is executive editor for the facilities market. He has a decade of experience writing about facility management and maintenance issues.
