Executive Director Facilities Maintenance, Operations and Engineering

Overview

Are you a strategic leader ready to make a lasting impact on campus infrastructure, operations, and sustainability? If so, you may have a strong interest in this role.

Cal Poly is seeking a visionary Executive Director of Facilities Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering to shape the future of a nationally recognized campus. Reporting to the Vice President for Facilities Management and Development, this role leads campus-wide facilities operations and partners closely with Facilities Planning and Capital Projects to deliver safe, resilient, and sustainable infrastructure.

The Executive Director oversees a $25M operating budget, builds and inspires a high-performing leadership team, and advances sustainability and decarbonization initiatives that directly support Cal Poly’s academic mission. This highly visible role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact, collaborating with campus leaders, community partners, and public agencies to steward one of California’s premier university environments.

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Facilities Management and Development (FMD), a unit within the Administration and Finance Division (AFD), is responsible for the planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance, and repair of university facilities, grounds, and infrastructure. FMD consists of four critical and interdependent support departments, including Customer & Business Services;
Facilities Planning & Capital Projects; and Facilities Maintenance and Operations. In support of the Cal Poly mission, the FMD department is committed to sustainability, responsible stewardship of natural resources, and promoting an inclusive culture that values individual and organizational integrity, civility, equity, and diversity.

• 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, recharge, and utilities funding.

• 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. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

• Possession of a valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain by date of hire.

The anticipated hiring range for this role is $180,000 - $220,000 per year. Note that the offer is calculated based on the background and relevant years of experience of the individual selected.

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