I have been in facilities maintenance positions of different levels for 35+ years and still enjoy it.
Prior to that i worked several different jobs.
(retail sales) (property manger ) (several oilfield related jobs )
building clean room infrastructure.
installing new equipment in clean rooms
doing building maintenance.
senior technician at Flir for two years then took over the D.I. and R.O. water systems for the buildings.
went to Ventura city college aquired
Treatment / T1 certification
Distribution / D1 certification
This was a start up company with private investors.
my position was to turn a small commercial building
into a small cleanroom .
First facilities job, it was well rounded with lots of different trades and craftsmen to learn from.
Stayed busy and always lots of overtime.