Director of Facilities Management

University of the District of Columbia•Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Director of Campus Services provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for the University’s facilities operations, maintenance programs, and campus services. The role is responsible for safe, compliant, and efficient environments that support the University’s mission, while managing personnel, budgets, and infrastructure systems. The position is full-time and regular, located at 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008, with one vacancy. The salary range is $128,969.09–$135,920.41, and the position is open until filled. The Director leads facilities operations and physical plant services across the University’s campuses, including maintenance, repair, custodial support, grounds coordination, and facility operations. The role also directs MEP and building automation programs, central utility plant and building systems, maintenance and reliability initiatives, asset management, and MEP capital renewal. It oversees facility condition assessments, infrastructure replacement schedules, preventive maintenance standards, and capital improvement planning. The position directs operating and capital budget planning and administration, leads a multidisciplinary facilities workforce, and serves as the executive lead for after-hours facilities emergencies. It coordinates emergency response and continuity planning, oversees compliance with applicable codes and regulations, and represents Facilities to University leadership, regulatory agencies, auditors, design professionals, utility companies, and campus stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or 10 or more years of facilities management experience.
Five years managing MEP infrastructure programs.
Strong leadership, budgeting, and operational expertise.

Responsibilities

Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for facilities management and physical plant operations across all campuses.
Direct maintenance, repair, custodial support, grounds coordination, and facility operations; establish priorities, service standards, and performance expectations.
Direct the University’s MEP and Building Automation Systems programs, including oversight of central utility plants and related building infrastructure.
Develop MEP standards, engineering guidelines, maintenance strategies, commissioning requirements, and reliability programs.
Oversee preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance initiatives using CMMS/IWMS technologies.
Lead engineering assessments, failure analyses, system diagnostics, equipment replacement planning, and infrastructure modernization.
Ensure applicable mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, environmental, occupational safety, and building-code compliance.
Lead asset management and MEP capital renewal through long-range planning, infrastructure assessments, and lifecycle management.
Coordinate facility improvement projects with Capital Construction, Planning, Finance, Procurement, and external design professionals.
Review engineering drawings, specifications, commissioning documents, and construction submittals for technical compliance and operational compatibility.
Develop and maintain facility condition assessments, asset inventories, infrastructure replacement schedules, preventive maintenance standards, and capital improvement plans.
Monitor program performance using KPIs such as preventive maintenance completion, equipment reliability, deferred maintenance, energy and utility performance, MTBF, MTTR, and facility condition indices.
Support sustainability, resiliency, and energy conservation initiatives and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce lifecycle costs.
Direct financial planning and management for facilities operations, including operating and capital budgets, financial analysis, cost savings, reporting, and long-term infrastructure funding plans.
Lead managers, supervisors, engineers, maintenance personnel, contractors, consultants, and technical specialists; establish organizational goals, performance expectations, workforce development, succession planning, and accountability programs.
Serve as the executive lead for after-hours facilities emergencies involving MEP, utility, environmental, and life safety systems.
Coordinate emergency response with Facilities personnel, Public Safety, utility providers, emergency contractors, and University leadership.
Develop emergency operating procedures, business continuity plans, disaster recovery protocols, and incident response strategies; review after-action reports and implement corrective actions.
Represent Facilities to executive leadership, regulatory agencies, auditors, architects, engineers, utility companies, and campus stakeholders.
Perform other duties as assigned.