Global Facilities Director

CECO Environmental•Addison, TX

17d

About The Position

The Global Facilities Director provides enterprise leadership for the strategy, operation, maintenance, safety, compliance, and continuous improvement of CECO Environmental’s global real estate and facilities portfolio. The role establishes consistent standards across offices, manufacturing locations, warehouses, laboratories, and other sites; optimizes lifecycle cost and service performance; strengthens business continuity; and ensures facilities support employee safety, operational reliability, growth, and workplace experience. The Director partners with Operations, EHS, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Security, Procurement, Sustainability, and business leaders. The position leads a geographically dispersed facilities organization and portfolio, oversees global operating and capital budgets, directs major facility projects, manages external service providers, and advises executives on facility risks, investments, and portfolio decisions. The role also advances energy, water, waste, and carbon-reduction initiatives and maintains reliable facilities data, systems, and performance measures. The position requires approximately 30%–40% domestic and international travel, with additional travel as needed for major projects, site assessments, acquisitions, emergencies, or business-critical issues. The work includes visits to manufacturing and supplier facilities to monitor active projects and address design issues. It is typically performed under comfortable working conditions and is described as sedentary, with sitting most of the time and occasional walking and standing. The role may also require a range of physical activities, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 10 pounds occasionally.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, engineering, architecture, construction management, business, or a related field.
Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in facilities management, corporate real estate, engineering, operations, or a related discipline.
At least 5 years leading global multi-site teams.
Strong knowledge of building systems, maintenance programs, construction delivery, lease administration, life-safety requirements, workplace standards, and facilities risk management.
Financial acumen to evaluate lifecycle costs, develop investment business cases, oversee budgets, and communicate portfolio tradeoffs to senior leaders.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Experience with computerized maintenance management, integrated workplace-management, project-management, or related facilities systems.
Demonstrated responsibility for a geographically dispersed portfolio that includes industrial, manufacturing, warehouse, office, or similarly complex environments.
Proven experience managing substantial operating and capital budgets, complex construction or renovation programs, and third-party service providers.
Experience establishing global standards while adapting execution to local legal, regulatory, cultural, and operational requirements.
Ability to meet the position’s physical and sensory requirements, including sustained concentration and visual attention, and occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Professional certification such as CFM, FMP, SFP, PMP, LEED AP, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a multi-year global facilities and real-estate strategy aligned with business plans, operational requirements, workforce needs, and capital priorities.
Establish enterprise standards, policies, governance, and performance measures for facility operations, preventive maintenance, workplace services, space utilization, physical security coordination, and site condition.
Lead global portfolio planning, including site selection, lease administration, acquisitions, consolidations, relocations, expansions, and dispositions in partnership with Legal, Finance, and business leadership.
Own global operating facilities and capital budgets; develop business cases, prioritize projects, monitor forecasts, and deliver cost, reliability, and service improvements.
Direct major facility projects from concept through closeout, managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, permitting, stakeholder communication, and change control.
Ensure sites comply with applicable building, fire, environmental, accessibility, occupational safety, and other regulatory requirements in coordination with EHS and local leadership.
Strengthen emergency preparedness, crisis response, property-loss prevention, and business-continuity capabilities for critical facilities and infrastructure.
Lead energy, water, waste, and carbon-reduction initiatives and support collection and governance of facilities-related sustainability data.
Select, negotiate with, and manage landlords, brokers, architects, engineers, contractors, utilities, and facilities-service providers; establish service-level expectations and conduct regular performance reviews.
Build and develop a high-performing global facilities organization through clear accountabilities, succession planning, coaching, and consistent operating rhythms across regions.
Implement and maintain reliable portfolio data, dashboards, and systems for work orders, assets, space, leases, projects, costs, risks, and key performance indicators.
Advise executive and business leaders on facility risks, investment needs, portfolio opportunities, and decisions affecting operational capacity and employee experience.
Travel approximately 30%–40% domestically and internationally, with additional travel as required for major projects, site assessments, acquisitions, emergencies, or business-critical issues.
Visit manufacturing and supplier facilities to monitor active projects and address design issues.
Comply with company attendance standards.