Job Title: Director of Facilities Operations

Department: Facilities Operations

Reports To: Chief Operations Officer

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Code: F-4

Maryville College encourages all employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Questions may be directed to the Employee COVID-19 Coordinator and Director of Human Resources, Keni Lanagan, keni.lanagan@maryvillecollege.edu.

Summary: The Director of Facilities Operations supports student success through the creation and maintenance of a welcoming, clean, and attractive Maryville College campus. This leadership position manages and inspires a team of diverse employees to work collaboratively, proactively improving the campus and promptly responding to the needs of students, faculty, and staff. This position is both an innovative problem-solver and a strategic planner, creating and executing a vision for the College's facilities and grounds with a focus on environmental sustainability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following.

Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to facilities operations personnel, including housekeeping, custodial services, mechanical trades, and grounds. Directly supervise management staff of each area.

Maintain an exceptional level of customer service by focusing on proactivity, innovation, responsiveness, and communication.

Implement and utilize facilities management technology to oversee an efficient, effective, and transparent workflow of the department.

Create, manage, and execute a comprehensive preventative maintenance plan, regularly inspecting facilities and prioritizing efforts and impact.

Maintain thorough documentation related to construction, renovations, maintenance, replacement schedules, inventory, and inspections.

Oversee custodial services and housekeeping responses to requests for cleaning, maintenance, repairs, and college activities and programs including setups, takedowns and post-event cleaning.

Direct workers engaged in painting and performing structural repairs to masonry, woodwork, and furnishings of buildings.

Oversee mechanical trades employees and upkeep and service of mechanical systems, including heating, air conditioning, plumbing, and electrical. Manage installation and repair of all utility services owned or operated by the college as well as the operation of boiler and steam lines associated with boiler operation. Manage and maintain lighting, signage, scoreboards, machinery, and other indoor and outdoor equipment.

Oversees grounds department and upkeep of campus trees, lawns, and ornamentals, the construction, maintenance, and marking of athletic fields, and college owned lands and woodlots.

Manage and secure facility access in partnership with the security department, including physical lock and electronic access control systems.

Recommend and manage facilities annual operating budget. Review budget reports, managing and controlling expenditures and contracts, and identifying opportunities for cost savings and efficiencies to make the best use of college resources.

Develop initiatives to enhance sustainability and energy conservation, including campus renewable energy project development, with the goal of reducing energy consumption and expenditures.

In collaboration with the Chief Operations Officer, collaborate on major capital projects, including assisting on schedule development, design, bidding, negotiation, and keeping projects on schedule and within budget.

Support the Chief Operations Officer and President by working closely with Board committees to prepare and present campus and capital project information.

Establish and manage OSHA and other safety standards, meeting all requirements, providing training, and maintaining proper documentation.

Manage college vehicle fleet, including maintenance, repairs, and checkout process.

Manage third parties providing services to facilities operations, including contracts, approvals, licenses, and security for all facilities, buildings, vehicles, and grounds.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Regular attendance is required. This position is available on call 24/7 for emergencies and special events; able to work days, occasional nights, weekends and holidays as needed.

This position is an essential employee for inclement weather events and will be required to report for duty in adverse weather conditions when the College is closed. The position also is required to report on time in situations when the College is on a delayed start, and is required to continue working when the College is released early.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises mechanical trades, custodial services, housekeeping, and grounds leadership positions, and administrative assistants. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university. Experience as a leader in facilities operations and mechanical trades preferred.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions in group settings.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills:

Basic computer skills required.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

A valid Tennessee Drivers license is required.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and hear; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Required: All applicants must apply through the Maryville College Careers portal website on the page of the desired position.

Maryville College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For additional information about working at Maryville College, please visit our Careers at MC webpage.