Associate Director, Maintenance and Operations

Job Title: Associate Director, Maintenance and Operations

Location: Kennesaw, Georgia

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job : 294262

Are you ready to transform lives through academic excellence, innovative research, strong community partnerships and economic opportunity? Do you want to cultivate an inclusive environment that encourages free expression and civil discourse? Kennesaw State University is one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. With growing enrollment and global reach, we continue to expand our institutional influence and prominence beyond the state of Georgia.

We offer more than 190 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees to empower our 47,000 students to become thought leaders, lifelong learners, and informed global citizens. Our entrepreneurial spirit, high-impact research, and Division I athletics draw students from throughout the region and from more than 100 countries across the globe. Our university's vibrant culture, career opportunities, rich benefits, and values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability make us an employer of choice.

We are part of the University System of Georgia. We are searching for talented people to join Kennesaw State University in our vision. Come Take Flight at KSU!

Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

Leads the maintenance, repair, and operational performance of all facilities equipment across the organization, with a strong presence in the field—not behind a desk. Provides strategic direction and daily technical leadership to staff, ensuring the university’s operational needs are met through direct, on-site engagement. Makes real-time decisions and delivers technical clarity in dynamic environments to keep operations running smoothly. Monitors preventative maintenance programs, enforces safety compliance, and drives optimal system functionality.

Collaborates with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows, manage budgets, and support the institution’s mission through active, boots‑on‑the‑ground involvement in daily operations.

• Monitors workflow to maintain efficiency and high level of customer service
• Directs the day-to-day operations of the mechanical, electrical, heating and cooling, plumbing, carpentry, and building systems
• Meets with other staff members to discuss progress and to develop future courses of action
• Provides ongoing performance management, addresses concerns, orients, and trains employees, documents and verifies competencies, and identifies and suggests ways to develop skills
• Coordinates work of contractors and in-house projects for all systems
• Participates in developing departmental goals and objectives
• Assists in the direction and implementation of energy conservation and management programs; ensures identified projects are most cost effective and communicates goals and results to the organization
• Monitors outside service and repair contracts on plant equipment and utility systems by overseeing work to ensure satisfaction and timely completion of assigned work
• Plans, administers, and monitors the department's capital equipment, operations, and personnel budgets by reviewing prior budget expenses, regularly reviewing year-to-date expenses, investigating variances, and tracking corrective action
• Ensures department compliance with regulations and takes the necessary precautions, maintaining OSHA standards and other applicable federal, state, and municipal regulations, when working with hazardous chemicals, materials, and/or power equipment

Associate's degree from an accredited institution of higher education or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience.

Current, valid, and unrestricted driver's license.

Seven (7) years of experience in maintenance and operation in a commercial, industrial, or institutional setting including at least four (4) years of managerial…