The California State University · 18 hours ago
Executive Director Facilities Maintenance, Operations and Engineering
SLO Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$180K/yr - $220K/yr
8+ years expThe California State University is a nationally-ranked public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, known for its Learn by Doing philosophy. They are seeking an Executive Director of Facilities Maintenance, Operations and Engineering to lead facilities maintenance and operations, ensuring infrastructure standards and sustainability goals are met while managing a significant budget and developing the operational management team.
EducationHigher EducationUniversities
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serve as the steward of all campus utilities, buildings, grounds, and infrastructure related to facility operations. Enforce the highest possible standards for a safe, comfortable, effective, and efficient working and learning environment while forecasting future needs and setting long-term operational paths
Facilitate, coordinate, and represent operations and maintenance input to the project design and construction teams. This would be accomplished by participation on all major capital "working group" meetings and executive committee meetings; design submittal reviews; coordinating with the campus engineers and operations staff to ensure all operations and maintenance comments and feedback are considered and providing feedback back to the shops. Provide continued involvement throughout the construction, inspection, testing, acceptance testing , and occupancy
Collaborate with senior managers within the department and in AFD in establishing and monitoring long and short-term goals and setting department priorities that align with Cal Poly’s academic strategic plan and physical master plan
Provide exemplary leadership and clear direction to management team ensuring effective prioritization, development, and assessment of operational programs and projects to achieve industry-leading results
Approve and monitor annual operating budgets exceeding $30 million, including state, housing, re-charge, and utilities funding
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related field AND eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in planning, organizing, and directing a large maintenance workforce
Possession of a valid driver's license or the ability to obtain by date of hire
Serve as the steward of all campus utilities, buildings, grounds, and infrastructure related to facility operations
Enforce the highest possible standards for a safe, comfortable, effective, and efficient working and learning environment while forecasting future needs and setting long-term operational paths
Facilitate, coordinate, and represent operations and maintenance input to the project design and construction teams
Collaborate with senior managers within the department and in AFD in establishing and monitoring long and short-term goals and setting department priorities that align with Cal Poly's academic strategic plan and physical master plan
Provide exemplary leadership and clear direction to management team ensuring effective prioritization, development, and assessment of operational programs and projects to achieve industry-leading results
Approve and monitor annual operating budgets exceeding $30 million, including state, housing, re-charge, and utilities funding
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurance
Retirement participation in the Public Employees' Retirement System
Educational benefits for eligible employees
Company
The California State University
The California State University is the largest system of four-year higher education in the country, with 22 campuses, 56,000 faculty and staff and more than 450,000 students.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$8.85MKey Investors
DensoNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)Dale Carlsen
2024-10-30Grant
2023-01-10Grant· $0.15M
2018-10-26Grant· $2.7M
Leadership Team
Steve Relyea
Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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