Director - Facilities

Director - Facilities

The Facilities Director is responsible for leading and directing the Facilities Management functions for a multi-campus college including Real Estate, Design and Construction, Maintenance and Operations, Fleet Management, Custodial Services, and Landscape and Grounds Maintenance. This position provides leadership to orchestrate the capital portfolio, mentor current management, elevate compliance and risk management, and increase delivery velocity.

Responsibilities include understanding, supporting, and carrying out the college's missions, vision, and values and complying with mandates and regulations of government and accrediting bodies. The Facilities Director will translate organizational objectives into facilities strategies, long-range plans, and real estate decisions that support business growth and efficiency. They will prioritize and sequence projects, ensure milestone adherence across active, funded/pending, and development projects, and ensure facilities operations comply with safety, building codes, zoning laws, and regulatory standards.

The Facilities Director will meet with prospective vendors, architects, and consultants, elevate vendor/contractor performance expectations, negotiate terms, and resolve escalations swiftly. They will oversee setting strategic goals, creating frameworks for development, ensuring alignment with institution objectives, providing resources, fostering open communication, and driving accountability for results. They will develop and maintain department budgets, capital budgets, and MRR budgets, develop, monitor, and report on facility budgets, including capital expenditure requests (AFEs), and ensure projects stay within budget.

The Facilities Director will act as a liaison between senior leadership, department heads, property managers, and project teams to ensure project success and minimize operational disruption. They will serve as primary liaison with University System of Georgia (USG), Finance, Procurement, Academic Affairs, and campus leaders to ensure alignment and transparency. They will optimize building performance, reducing costs, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring safety through strategic planning, data-driven decisions, and implementing best practices like preventative maintenance, energy management ultimately supporting overall business goals.

The Facilities Director will lead the planning, design, and implementation of major projects such as new construction, expansions, or significant renovations, and apply formal project management (PM) disciplines. They will oversee standardization of project stage gates dividing projects into distinct stages separated by decision points where management decides whether to continue, modify, or discontinue the project based on predefined criteria such as business value, risk, and alignment with strategy. They will partner with procurement/supply chain to create bid packages, evaluate proposals, negotiate contracts, and manage performance of external project teams.

The Facilities Director will develop departmental priorities to support the mission of the college, oversee development of prioritized lists of major and minor repair and renovation needs, and assist with forecasts of future space needs/moves and plan layouts to optimize real estate utilization. They will perform other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications include a baccalaureate degree in a course of study related to the occupational field Facilities/Project Management, Engineering, or related field, relevant certifications are beneficial, and significant experience in facilities operations and management is required - five (5) years of related experience sufficient to thoroughly understand the diverse objectives and functions of the position to direct and coordinate work within the department. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license for the type of vehicle or equipment operated is also required.

Salary: $111,612 annual. This is a fully benefitted position.