Maintenance Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in Business, Public Administration, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Four years of increasingly responsible management experience in Facilities, Maintenance and Operations, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Commitment to diversity and demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.
• Ability to demonstrate how experience with diverse communities relates to successfully achieving the goals of the position.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience fostering an inclusive and welcoming work or educational environment through equity-minded professional interactions with colleagues and students.
• Progressively responsible management experience overseeing facilities, maintenance, custodial, grounds, and/or building operations in a large, complex organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing capital construction, renovation, modernization, scheduled maintenance, and deferred maintenance projects, including planning, design coordination, construction, and closeout.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing preventive maintenance and asset-management programs to improve facility reliability, extend the useful life of buildings and equipment, and reduce deferred maintenance.
• Experience with expenditure monitoring, forecasting, procurement, and long-range resource planning.
• Experience using computerized maintenance management systems, facilities management systems, building automation systems, or other technology to manage work orders, preventive maintenance, assets, inventory, projects, or facility performance.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing a diverse facilities workforce, including supervisors, skilled trades, custodial, grounds, and other operations personnel.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and direct facilities programs and maintenance operations, including building maintenance, custodial services, groundskeeping, and auxiliary services.
• Oversee campus infrastructure systems, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire safety, energy management, and accessibility compliance.
• Evaluate maintenance and operations activities and implement improvements in efficiency, safety, and sustainability.
• Direct facilities development, preventive maintenance, special repairs, and deferred maintenance programs.
• Oversee construction, renovation, modernization, infrastructure upgrades, and ADA/barrier-removal projects from inception through completion.
• Participate in project design, scope development, cost estimates, bidding, procurement, consultant selection, and evaluation.
• Review architectural and engineering drawings, soil tests, surveys, proposals, estimates, change orders, and project documents for constructability and compliance with District standards.
• Coordinate consultants, engineers, architects, contractors, inspectors, and the capital projects team; support project design, construction, equipment and materials selection, and closeout.
• Attend and conduct pre-bid walks, pre-construction meetings, and project progress meetings to ensure adherence to contract requirements, schedules, budgets, and quality standards.
• Determine project scope and the actions necessary to complete projects successfully; develop project phase and logistics plans and recommend improvements.
• Initiate, review, and approve specifications, work orders, service requests, change orders, claims, stop notices, pay applications, timesheets, requisitions, and related records.
• Direct campus environmental safety, training, risk management, hazardous materials handling, emergency preparedness and response, and illness and injury prevention programs.
• Conduct facility inspections, identify safety hazards and maintenance needs, and establish corrective-action priorities.
• Manage hazardous waste and environmental compliance programs in coordination with District Risk Management.
• Develop and implement energy management, resource conservation, and sustainability initiatives.
• Prepare and administer the annual preliminary budgets for facilities operations, utilities, maintenance, and capital outlay; monitor expenditures and maintain supporting records and reports.
• Oversee cost-effective procurement of services, materials, and equipment, and manage inventory, space utilization, equipment acquisition, surplus disposal, key control, and vehicle control activities.
• Serve as a liaison with College and District personnel, contractors, vendors, external agencies, and organizations; respond to and resolve concerns or conflicts as needed.
• Coordinate with instructional and administrative divisions to ensure facilities and services meet campus needs.
• Prepare and present reports, analyses, and recommendations to senior leadership, governing boards, and committees; represent the College in relevant meetings, inspections, and consultations.
• Train, supervise, evaluate, and direct assigned personnel; promote professional growth and continuous improvement.
• Participate in recruitment, screening, and hiring activities and serve on selection or hiring committees as requested.
• Organize, lead, or participate in facilities, sustainability, safety, and campus operations committees and workgroups; provide employee orientation, safety training, and technical instruction.
• Research and apply emerging facilities technologies and project-tracking systems to improve efficiency.
• Advance District and College efforts to increase workforce diversity, close equity gaps, and foster an inclusive work and learning environment; participate in related training and initiatives.
• Perform other duties that support the overall objective of the position.