Director - Facilities

Santa Barbara City College • Santa Barbara, CA

20d

About The Position

Under the direction of the Vice President-Business Services, the Director of Facilities plans, organizes, controls, and directs operations related to inspection, cleaning, construction, maintenance, and repair of College District buildings, facilities, grounds, and equipment. The role coordinates communications, personnel, projects, and resources to meet the District’s needs and ensure efficient departmental operations, and supervises and evaluates assigned personnel.

The Director plans and oversees maintenance, cleaning, repair, construction, and renovation projects; monitors work for quality, compliance, and progress; estimates and manages staffing, equipment, materials, inventory, and project costs; and participates in construction planning, design, scheduling, purchasing, and bidding. The role also develops and controls budgets, provides technical advice to administrators, supports policy and program development, and coordinates safe facility operations, preventive maintenance, emergency responses, worker-safety training, hazardous-waste removal, and facility-use functions. The position maintains project and operational records, prepares reports and correspondence, communicates with employees, contractors, agencies, and the public, and may operate office equipment and drive a vehicle for work.

Requirements

• Any combination equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in construction management, business administration, or a related field.
• Five years of increasingly responsible experience in construction, maintenance, and repair of buildings and facilities.
• Two years of experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse racial, ethnic, ability-status, sexual-orientation, and cultural populations of community college students.
• Ability to plan, organize, control, and direct facilities inspection, cleaning, construction, maintenance, and repair operations.
• Ability to coordinate personnel, communications, projects, and resources and supervise and evaluate employees.
• Ability to inspect projects for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with standards and requirements.
• Ability to participate in planning, developing, scheduling, designing, and implementing construction and renovation projects.
• Ability to develop and implement worker-safety policies, procedures, and training.
• Ability to estimate and ensure adequate personnel, materials, equipment, and supplies for projects.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interpret, apply, and explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships; analyze situations and take effective action; meet schedules; work independently with little direction; and plan and organize work.
• Ability to operate a computer and assigned office equipment and direct the preparation and maintenance of reports, records, and files.
• Selected candidate must complete fingerprinting and tuberculosis testing before starting employment, verify identity and authorization to work in the United States, and provide proof of indicated college coursework or degrees.
• Selected candidate must be able to perform the position’s essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Employment offers are subject to approval by the Board of Trustees.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with student parents and/or foster youth students.
• Familiarity with California public school construction and maintenance.
• Familiarity with California Department of State Architect (DSA) regulations and processes.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, control, and direct inspection, cleaning, construction, maintenance, and repair operations for District buildings, facilities, grounds, and equipment.
• Establish project timelines and priorities and ensure activities comply with applicable laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinate communications, personnel, projects, and resources; consult with staff and administrators and resolve departmental issues and conflicts.
• Supervise and evaluate assigned employees; interview and select employees; recommend transfers, reassignments, termination, and disciplinary actions; assign and review work and schedules.
• Plan, schedule, develop, implement, monitor, and inspect cleaning, installation, maintenance, repair, construction, and renovation projects.
• Estimate staffing, materials, equipment, and supplies; prepare cost estimates; monitor inventory; coordinate purchases; assist with bidding; and initiate recruitment as needed.
• Coordinate construction and renovation projects with administrators, architects, and contractors and participate in project planning, design, scheduling, and cost estimation.
• Provide consultation and technical information to administrators, employees, outside agencies, and the public concerning facility projects, services, requirements, and regulations.
• Develop the annual preliminary budget for maintenance, repair, and assigned construction functions; review financial data and control expenditures within established limits.
• Advise the Vice President of Business Services on facility needs and issues and assist with developing policies, procedures, and programs.
• Coordinate cleaning and maintenance to keep facilities safe and orderly; inspect facilities for maintenance needs; direct preventive maintenance and emergency custodial and maintenance responses.
• Direct preparation and maintenance of records and reports related to projects, work orders, plans, specifications, inspections, expenditures, inventory, facility use, hazardous waste, personnel, waste management, and budgets.
• Communicate with employees, administrators, contractors, outside organizations, and the public; exchange information, coordinate activities, resolve concerns, and prepare correspondence.
• Coordinate and lay out maintenance, repair, installation, and construction tasks and interpret plans, diagrams, blueprints, sketches, and specifications.
• Develop and implement worker-safety policies, procedures, and training; coordinate accident prevention and loss-control functions; and direct hazardous-waste removal.
• Operate office equipment, including a computer and assigned software, and drive a vehicle to conduct work.
• Attend and participate in meetings, in-services, and seminars; prepare and deliver presentations as required.
• Coordinate facility-use functions to meet the needs of the District and community.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Cafeteria-style benefits plan with a District allowance and a choice of medical and dental plans.
• Life and income-protection insurance options.
• Vacation days earned and accumulated monthly, based on assigned hours.
• Sick leave earned monthly and accumulated from year to year.
• 17 holidays per year.
• Access to services offered by the Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union.
• Employees working 20 or more hours per week are covered by the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), Social Security, and Medicare.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director