Director of Facility Management

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Location: Trumbull, CT, with frequent travel throughout Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island
Pay: $80,000–$100,000 per year
FLSA Status: Exempt, salaried
Job Type: Full-time
Work Setting: On-site across headquarters, day, residential, contract, warehouse, and project locations 

Shift and Schedule: Flexible schedule; evenings and weekends as needed; after-hours emergency response

About The Kennedy Collective

The Kennedy Collective creates pathways for people to flourish and thrive. We provide support services and operate business enterprises that create employment opportunities, deliver professional services to customers, and generate revenue that advances our mission. Our customers and programs depend on facilities and services that are clean, safe, reliable, and professionally managed. The Director of Facilities will help ensure that our locations, contracts, equipment, and enterprise operations meet those expectations every day.

The Opportunity

The Director of Facilities leads the performance, safety, compliance, maintenance, and long-term stewardship of facilities across a complex, multi-site operation.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will oversee facilities management, janitorial and landscaping operations, warehouse activities, capital planning, vendor management, preventive maintenance, life-safety systems, and regulatory readiness. You will directly supervise the Facilities Manager and Janitorial Operations Manager and provide operational leadership across a workforce of approximately 26 to 100 employees.

This position combines strategic planning with hands-on operational leadership. Success requires someone who can build dependable systems, lead managers, respond decisively to emergencies, hold vendors and contractors accountable, and understand the financial performance of contract-based operations

What You Will Do

• Lead safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective facility operations across administrative offices, day and residential programs, contract locations, warehouses, and project sites.
• Own the performance of janitorial, landscaping, warehouse, maintenance, and other assigned enterprise operations.
• Hold the Facilities Manager, Janitorial Operations Manager, employees, vendors, and contractors accountable for staffing, safety, quality, contract compliance, customer expectations, and follow-through.
• Develop a multiyear capital-improvement plan based on facility condition, life-safety priorities, operational risks, service needs, and available resources.
• Build preventive-maintenance and asset-management systems that increase reliability, extend equipment life, and reduce emergency repairs.
• Manage operating budgets, capital projects, maintenance expenses, vendor agreements, service contracts, supplies, equipment, and assigned enterprise resources.
• Drive janitorial and landscaping quality, customer satisfaction, revenue growth, bottom-line profitability, and appropriate staffing decisions.
• Lead vendor and contractor selection, scopes of work, contract administration, performance monitoring, and corrective action.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and decision-ready financial, workforce, contract, compliance, and operational information.
• Communicate material risks, missed commitments, safety concerns, compliance issues, and corrective actions promptly to the Chief Operating Officer.

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Qualifications

Required

• Valid driver's license and ability to travel frequently throughout Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. 
• Ability to satisfy applicable background-check requirements. 
• Demonstrated facilities, property, maintenance, janitorial, construction, or operations leadership experience with responsibility for multiple locations. 
• Experience supervising employees, including operational management staff, and holding vendors and contractors accountable for performance. 
• Experience managing budgets, service contracts, repairs, preventive maintenance, janitorial, warehouse, and landscaping operations, and capital projects. 
• Experience providing oversight of contract-based operations, including service delivery, performance requirements, compliance, quality standards, and customer expectations. 
• Working knowledge of OSHA requirements, workplace safety, building systems, janitorial and sanitation operations, emergency preparedness, and compliance documentation. 
• Ability to use Microsoft 365 and facility-related recordkeeping or work-order systems. 
• Ability to participate in after-hours emergency response and work evenings or weekends as operational needs require. 

Preferred

• Facilities Management Professional (FMP), Certified Facility Manager (CFM), IFMA, BOMA, or comparable credential. 
• Experience supporting administrative, residential, program, and contract facilities in a multi-site environment. 
• Experience leading janitorial enterprise, landscaping enterprise, grounds, or another contract-based service operation, including contract management and performance oversight. 
• Experience with government contracting, including contract administration, compliance, performance requirements, and customer relationships. 
• Experience in nonprofit human services, healthcare, education, or another regulated service environment. 

Physical Requirements

• Ability to frequently stand, walk, bend, reach, climb stairs, and move safely throughout office, facility, project, and outdoor environments.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull tools, equipment, supplies, and materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to drive frequently between organizational, contract, customer, vendor, and project locations.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accomodation. 

Working Conditions

• Works across administrative, residential, program, contract, warehouse, project, and outdoor locations, with frequent travel throughout Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island .
• May work outside normal business hours to respond to emergencies, weather events, safety concerns, and operational needs.
• May be exposed to varying weather and temperatures, noise, dust, cleaning chemicals, equipment, construction activity, and changing driving conditions.

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation

• Compensation for this position is based on experience, qualifications, and applicable organizational compensation practices. 
• Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000 annually. 
• This position is not eligible for overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). 

Benefits

Eligible employees may participate in The Kennedy Collective's comprehensive benefits program, subject to plan eligibility requirements, which may include: 

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options, where applicable
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan with employer contributions, if eligible
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick time, and floating holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Employee discount and wellness programs
• Additional voluntary benefits offered by The Kennedy Collective

EEO Statement

The Kennedy Collective is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. As a federal contractor, The Kennedy Collective complies with applicable requirements regarding individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Notice of AI Use in Job Application Review

As part of our commitment in creating a fair, efficient, and consistent hiring process we may use artificial intelligence (AI) to help our recruiting teams organize, summarize, and analyze information provided by candidates, including resumes, application responses, and other materials submitted during the application process.AI may be used to identify patterns, highlight relevant skills, and experience, and assist in comparing a candidate’s qualifications with the requirement of a specific role. These tools are to improve efficiency and consistency while supporting more informed hiring decisions, which will ultimately be made by the hiring team.