Working with the AVP for Facilities and the Facilities management team to effectively and efficiently administer the college’s building operations, maintenance, and facilities recapitalization programs.  Lead skilled trades staff and vendors in the facilities maintenance and operations mission within the financial resources available to high quality outcomes. This position directs or supports all aspects of facilities operations and requires a working knowledge and understanding of building assemblies of all types to meet the operational requirements of a higher educational residential college physical plant.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop facilities operational strategies, procedures, and policy, working with AVP, Facilities Services staff, and campus stakeholders.
• Understand the needs of facilities physical plant, routine/preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and long-term  stewardship of operational programs.
• Key role in directing, mentoring, and coaching of facilities personnel to deliver operational programs and physical plant improvement projects. Responsible for maintaining employee engagement by fostering a healthy work culture, ongoing professional development through internal and external educational opportunities, employee safety, as well as continuous improvement of performance and productivity.
• Direct and oversee capital project work to repair, replace, and improve building assemblies and physical plant equipment.  Coordinate facilities maintenance team to support all minor and major capital project work and guide integration to operation and maintenance programming.
• Develop, formalize, and implement both short-term and long-term plans, goals, and objectives for the solving deferred maintenance backlogs. Maintain and expand facility condition surveys to support benchmarking and departmental organizational structural improvements to achieve better outcomes.
• Understand energy/utility and infrastructural systems of the campuses and seek conservation opportunities and technologies through strategic energy management and equipment and material selections that reduce carbon footprint.
• Possess an understanding of and work to implement College’s Sustainability and climate action planning.
• Oversee space utilization, surplus, storage and deposition.  
• Remain current in new and best practices, products, equipment and management systems that improve delivery of services.
• Remain up-to-date on all government laws, rules, and regulations which affect hazardous chemicals that are used, generated, handled, disposed, or controlled by the departments under the responsibility of the position. Insure compliance.
• Act as liaison between facilities and other institutional departments to ensure department service levels and standard of care meets clients needs. Work to tailor services to departments to better meet needs within fiscal and staffing constraints.
• Prepare written reports as required
• Perform special projects as assigned by the AVP Facilities
• Present a consistently positive approach and demeanor to internal and external contacts in a manner that is friendly, courteous, helpful.  Demonstrate servant leadership core principals.
• Track and manage assigned budgets. Complete required reports and updates.
• Participate in a rotating weekly administrator on-call program requiring a nights and weekends response.
• Work outside of the traditional working hours as operational and project needs require.  
• Other duties as assigned.