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The Director of Facilities Services oversees all campus buildings and grounds operations to ensure appropriate maintenance, cleaning, and grounds care to provide a safe, clean, efficient and comfortable learning, living and working environment for the campus community. This role plans for the timely and accurate delivery of services, including preventative maintenance, planned system overhauls, and on-call repair services. The Director collaborates with technicians, engineers, architects, and consultants to design and implement building system repair, and manage complex projects such as the addition of new buildings, and replacement solutions. Sets standards and goals for all operations and monitors their output against those standards.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manages the maintenance and upkeep of all buildings and related structures on campus, including all educational facilities, the President’s residence, the Moore House, residence halls, apartment complex, dining hall, gym and office locations;
- Provides oversight and support for all Facilities staff;
- Ensures proper development of all Facilities staff;
- Ensures all safety requirements are met;
- Ensures compliance with all codes, laws, regulations, and guidelines in facility maintenance and repair services and maintains appropriate records;
- Manages facilities and construction contracts;
- Develops and manages annual operating and capital budgets, ensuring record keeping standards are met;
- Manages an effective preventative maintenance program;
- Manages supply inventories to maintain proper levels;
- Ensures proper response systems are in place to meet emergency needs;
- Schedules inspections, conducts walk-throughs, schedules equipment repairs, and contracts services as needed to ensure facilities and equipment are well maintained;
- Provides general oversight for new construction and other projects;
- Works with federal, municipal and city government officials; and
- Other duties as assigned.

Skills Needed:
- Strong leadership skills to effectively manage all departmental operations and resources, to include planning, organizing, prioritizing, troubleshooting and delegating work as necessary;
- Ability to effectively lead, supervise, organize and train staff to foster a collaborative, efficient, effective and safe work environment;
- Expert knowledge of federal, state, and local codes and ordinances pertinent to facilities planning, design, construction, and maintenance;
- Ability to effectively implement and oversee preventive and predictive maintenance programs;
- Ability to effectively manage budgets, interpret financial data, prepare fiscal projections and prepare reports;
- Ability to effectively manage purchasing and inventory control processes;
- Ability to troubleshoot and provide critical thinking skills;
- Ability to develop, implement, convey and enforce safety programs and protocols;
- Ability to effectively manage external contracts;
- Ability to read and interpret schematics, drawings, and blueprints;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to include ability to speak publicly and effectively negotiate;
- Demonstrated ability to promote and build positive, professional, and productive relationships with staff and key stakeholders;
- Ability to effectively use Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other programs, as needed.

Key Interfaces:
- Interacts extensively all employee groups, vendors, contractors, governing officials, and others as assigned.

Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in facility management or related field; and
- Minimum of eight years work experience in maintenance field to include:
- Minimum three years in supervisory experience; with
- Equivalent combinations of above considered.

Working conditions & physical demands:
- Work spaces may include general office setting with moderate noise to construction sites with high noise levels, wide temperature ranges, confined spaces, dark spaces, and the need to access heights;
- Ability to walk extended distances, traverse uneven surfaces, stoop, kneel, squat, reach, twist, climb ladders, climb stairs, crawl and or climb into confined spaces to inspect or visit worksites as needed;
- Must be able to push/pull or lift up to 50 lbs;
- Ability to assess worksites using vision, hearing, smell, touch and other senses as needed; and
- Ability to effectively communicate and present information effectively.

Required Documents:
- Cover Letter 
- Resume