Director, Facilities - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Nemours Children's Health • Wilmington, DE

52d • Onsite

About The Position

Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a dynamic, mission-driven Director of Facilities to lead the strategy, operations, safety, and reliability of facilities across our Delaware Valley locations. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an experienced healthcare facilities leader who thrives in a complex, 24/7 acute-care environment and is passionate about creating safe, compliant, healing spaces for children, families, associates, and visitors. In this role, you will lead critical infrastructure, life safety, regulatory readiness, capital planning, and team development for a large, sophisticated pediatric healthcare environment — helping ensure uninterrupted operations for patients and care teams.

Requirements

• Five to seven years of progressive facilities leadership experience in an acute-care hospital environment.
• Strong knowledge of hospital regulatory standards, including The Joint Commission, CMS, NFPA, OSHA, life safety, and Environment of Care requirements.
• Demonstrated success managing complex facility systems, preventive and corrective maintenance programs, capital projects, budgets, and vendor relationships.
• Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams with a focus on safety, accountability, service excellence, performance development, and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• Basic Life Support certification and valid driver’s license required.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• CHFM, CHC, CFM, CFPS, NFPA-related credentials, or accreditation survey experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and day-to-day oversight for hospital facilities operations, maintenance, infrastructure, grounds, and building systems.
• Ensure safe, reliable operation of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, medical gas, emergency power, fire alarm, fire suppression, utility, and life-safety systems.
• Maintain continuous readiness for The Joint Commission, CMS, NFPA, OSHA, life safety, Environment of Care, and other regulatory requirements.
• Lead capital planning, infrastructure prioritization, vendor partnerships, construction and renovation projects, and a facilities operating budget exceeding $16 million annually.
• Develop and support a multidisciplinary team of managers, engineers, technicians, and support staff across a 24/7 operation.
• Serve as a trusted facilities leader and partner to executive leadership, clinical departments, regulatory agencies, architects, engineers, contractors, and hospital committees.

Benefits

• Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year.
• We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.
• Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention.
• Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.
• Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth.
• We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

What This Job Offers

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