IPF Insights
Campus is our office. Our office is big.
Infrastructure Planning and Facilities is one of the largest units at Michigan State University, employing more than 1,300 individuals who keep MSU running. IPF has more than 700 full-time staff working alongside more than 300 temp, part-time and on-call employees. IPF proudly employs hundreds of MSU students throughout the academic year.
IPF delivers services that touch all areas of campus from our custodial staff, landscaping crews and boiler operators to our skilled trades workers, construction project managers and outdoor event set-up workers. The professional expertise within IPF ensures MSU is on the leading-edge of facility planning, management and maintenance.
View our organizational chart and our executive leadership team.
IPF Unit |
Reg. Full-time |
Temp/Part/On-call |
Student |
Total |
Total |
719 |
368 |
293 |
1,380 |
Administration |
29 |
4 |
17 |
50 |
| Administration | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Beal Garden | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| Comms, Learning & Development | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| FRIB | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Human Resources | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Building Services |
265 |
13 |
41 |
319 |
| Building Performance Services | 24 | 1 | 13 | 38 |
| Business Office | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Maintenance Services | 60 | 6 | 7 | 73 |
| Mechanical Area | 96 | 6 | 7 | 109 |
| Structural Area | 46 | 0 | 8 | 54 |
| Project Services | 12 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
Campus Services |
284 |
338 |
170 |
792 |
| Business Office | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Custodial Services | 168 | 215 | 42 | 425 |
| Landscape Services | 67 | 79 | 26 | 172 |
| Surplus Store & Recycling Center | 31 | 30 | 85 | 146 |
| Transportation | 14 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
Planning, Design & Construction |
51 |
2 |
39 |
92 |
| Capital Planning & Project Delivery | 30 | 2 | 11 | 43 |
| Support | 21 | 0 | 28 | 92 |
Support Services |
37 |
5 |
19 |
64 |
| Admin. & Supervision | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Business Operations | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| Capital Project Accounting | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Materials Logistics & Setup | 20 | 3 | 9 | 32 |
| Safety | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Utilities |
53 |
3 |
7 |
63 |
| Admin. & Supervision | 11 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| Maintenance | 23 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| Operations | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 |