Director of Facilities

A Facilities Director performs many maintenance, safety/security and management tasks that promote a clean and safe working environment for the building’s employees. This Facilities Director will be responsible for several locations around the U.S with Maintenance Tech and Janitorial staff that are at those sites.

Primary Objective of Position:

• Maintains multiple warehouse facilities in the United States including but not limited to opening/closing buildings.
• Ensures the safety and security of all users of the building; Ensures that the facilities are cleaned and maintained at the highest level possible which shall be no less than the standard.
• Standards higher than the minimum may be specified in the policies and procedures designed by the VP, Operations.
• Serves as the primary point-of-contact between staff, visitors, on building use issues
• Acts as a point-of-contact/liaison between the occupants and all vendors who work in the building
• Supervises (depending on location) the Security Staff, Maintenance, Custodial and/or Cleaners, including work assignment, scheduling, parking enforcement and fire drills
• Regularly conducts performance evaluations on staff that s/he supervises
• Deals with minor problems directly or directs the work of buildings and grounds personnel or other vendors as necessary to resolve problems
• Works closely with leadership to select staff, to maintain and clean the facilities
• Sets up a system to monitor building cleaning
• Maintains a dialog with all building users to determine work that needs to be done
• Stays on top of small problems on a daily basis so that they do not become major problems
• Maintains the Material Safety Data Sheet inventory for the building and serves as the primary contact whenever questions about exposure to various workplace substances arise or refers them to the Health and Safety Coordinator
• Schedules staff to maximize coverage for daily operations and public use of the building
• Ensures a sufficient number of cleaning and/or maintenance personnel are on duty each day
• Develops educational materials and trains people so that they may easily and safely use of the lighting, electronics and other equipment during and after hours
• Maintains and alters building signage as necessary
• Develops ideas for a  portion of the overall budget
• Supervises building changes such as work stations, phone and physical portions of major computer deployment
• Serves as the liaison to the Health and Safety Coordinator on issues such as air quality testing, ergonomics, occupational safety, health and other building safety issues.

Qualifications Required:

·       Bachelor's Degree

·       Minimum 5-years related experience including maintaining multiple locations.

·       Excellent communication skills as this leader will give direction to teams in other facilities, building vendors, and all levels of the organization.

·       Computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook) and ability to learn new systems

·       Ability to work independently and with others

·       Physical requirements include lifting, carrying, bending, stretching, and standing for long periods

·       Good general knowledge of the modern principles and practices of supervision and building management;

·       Good general knowledge of engineering, building trades or building maintenance sufficient to become familiar with a relatively high tech building and security system;

·       Good general knowledge of law enforcement and security methods such as patrolling, investigating and observing;

·       Good interpersonal skills; Working knowledge of computer systems sufficient to learn how to use the existing technology and stay up to date with advances in the field;

·       Ability to employ an aggressive and proactive approach to problem solving;

·       Ability to plan and supervise the work of others in a manner conducive to full performance and high morale;

·        Ability to express oneself clearly and concisely both orally and in writing; Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with the public and staff;

·       Ability to deal firmly but courteously and tactfully with the public when enforcing laws or rules;

·       Willingness to see the building occupants and general public as customers and work from that perspective during periods of normal and high stress;

·       Willingness to work in a total quality group/team environment; High standards of work environment cleanliness and close attention to detail;

·       Good powers of observation Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position