Facilities Director - Assistant Director of Housing

University of Wisconsin Madison
$160,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
United States, Wisconsin, Madison
21 North Park Street (Show on map)
Apr 11, 2025
Job Summary: Come join our Amazing Team! We have an opening for our Facilities Director here in the Division of University Housing. Everything we do in University Housing is to ensure the success of our residents, guests, customers, and employees in their experience on this campus and beyond. Whether we're launching new academic support services, testing out a new recipe, renovating resident rooms, organizing welcome events, inviting a new summer youth camp, cleaning our facilities, or training our staff on new work skills, it's all done to serve our residents and to support the mission of UW-Madison. The Division of University Housing is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as the Facilities Director / Assistant Director of University Housing. This pivotal role involves leading and managing the Department of Housing Facilities, which provides comprehensive facilities services for undergraduate and graduate/family housing and dining facilities. The Facilities Director is responsible for strategic planning within University Housing, overseeing construction and renovation projects to meet infrastructure, mechanical, architectural, and stakeholder needs. Key responsibilities include leading a leadership team indirectly supervising over 200 full-time equivalent staff and approximately 200 student and seasonal employees. This role ensures the stewardship of nearly 3 million gross square feet of facilities through a robust organization that includes routine and emergency maintenance, custodial services, capital projects design and management, health and safety systems, building access and security systems, procurement and inventory, information technology, contract management, and finance. Essential responsibilities include developing priorities and implementation strategies for custodial and maintenance standards, schedules, and labor requirements for routine and emergency repairs, preventative maintenance programs, grounds work, warehouse functions, renovations, and capital improvement projects. The Director will also direct the planning and scheduling of building maintenance and remodeling activities, incorporating operational requirements and priorities. The successful candidate will develop and foster working relationships with university and state professional architects and engineers, project managers, building construction superintendents, and outside contractors while representing staff and residents. This is an exciting opportunity for a leader who is passionate about facilities management and committed to enhancing the living and learning environment for university students and staff. Responsibilities: Provides leadership, supervision, and professional direction for a division's facilities management program. Directs the construction, renovation, security, custodial, grounds, recycling, repairs, maintenance, and utility services of facilities for a division to ensure they meet the needs of the university and its employees. 20% Develops priorities and implementation strategies for creating custodial and maintenance standards, schedules, and labor requirements for routine and emergency repairs, housekeeping, preventative maintenance programs, grounds work, warehouse functions, renovations, and capital improvement projects 15% Directs the planning and scheduling of building maintenance and remodeling activities, incorporating operational requirements and priorities 15% Develops and fosters a working relationship with university and state professional architects and engineers, project managers, building construction superintendents, and outside contractors while representing staff and residents 10% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees 15% Determines and directs standards for routine and preventative work orders, warehouse/purchasing tracking, building and grounds projects, and use of automated maintenance 10% Reviews work place health and safety expectations with employees and provides instruction as needed 15% Develops and audits the unit budget Tasks: Advocates for, represents the needs of, and serves as primary liaison between campus partners and the Division. Develops and provides training and development for departmental staff, Divisional managers, supervisors, and staff, including student employees. Serves on Divisional Leadership Team. Serve on Incident Response Team for University Housing's Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP); Provide leadership and make decisions regarding and during emergency management; Expected to provide after hours contact numbers. Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world. For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion Education: Required Bachelor's Degree Qualifications: Required: - Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in Facilities leadership role(s) including supervision of Facilities staff. - 3 years experience in supervision of full time staff. - Demonstrated knowledge of facilities, operations, construction, and maintenance experience. Preferred: - 10 years progressively responsible experience in Facilities leadership role(s) including supervision of Facilities staff. - Facilities experience in a higher education or similar setting. - Facilities experience working in organizations with 24/7 operations. - Facilities experience in a multi-shift, multi-lingual environment. - Certified Education Facilities Professional or equivalent credentials. License/Certification: Preferred Drivers License - Valid and Meets UW Risk Management Standards Work Type: Full Time: 100% This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. Appointment Type, Duration: Ongoing/Renewable Salary: Minimum $160,000 ANNUAL (12 months) Depending on Qualifications This is a full-time appointment. The starting annual salary is $160,000 or higher based on qualifications and includes a competitive retirement and benefits package. Additional Information: Primary schedule is 7:45am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Extra hours as priorities dictate. Schedule will be determined at time of offer. University Housing is a 24/7 operation and may require the Director to be available for late night or weekend work/events. How to Apply: Please submit a cover letter and resume within the online application system. Online applications must be received by 11:55pm on the deadline listed. We are unable to consider incomplete application materials. Contact: Dani Joens-Tuttle hr@housing.wisc.edu 608-262-2766 Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. Official Title: Facilities Director(FP097) Department(s): A85-UNIVERSITY HOUSING/RHF/RHF ADMIN Employment Class: Limited Job Number: 312239-LI The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. 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The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.