Director, Facilities

Sentara Health; United States; On-site; USD 152,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Tuition Assistance

Employer 401k match

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Student Debt Pay Down

Job summary

Sentara Health is seeking a Director of Facilities Services to provide strategic and operational leadership for all facility operations, engineering services, utilities, infrastructure, and maintenance across the hospital campus in Woodbridge, VA. The role focuses on maintaining safe, reliable systems and supporting patient care excellence, with oversight of capital projects and master planning.

The position emphasizes regulatory readiness, safety, quality improvement, and workforce development,

Qualifications

• Progressive facilities leadership experience with responsibility for complex physical plant operations.
• Healthcare facilities planning experience and knowledge of regulatory, life-safety, emergency management, and survey-readiness requirements.
• Master facilities planning experience, including development of long-range capital, infrastructure, renovation, and replacement plans.
• Experience leading construction, renovation, major infrastructure, equipment replacement, or campus improvement initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience as a change agent with responsibility for quality improvement, human resource compliance, safety, team development, and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for facility operations, plant operations, engineering services, utilities, infrastructure, and maintenance across the hospital campus.
• Oversee capital planning, infrastructure modernization, and master facilities planning initiatives.
• Ensure regulatory readiness, life-safety, emergency management, and survey-readiness across facilities.
• Lead budgeting, HR compliance, safety programs, and staff development.

Skills

Facilities leadership

Quality improvement

Change management

Team development

Budget management

Patient/customer service

Regulatory readiness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Construction management

Job description

City/State Woodbridge, VA Work Shift First (Days) Overview: Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center is seeking a Director of Facilities Services to provide strategic and operational leadership for all facility operations, plant operations, engineering services, utilities, infrastructure, and maintenance functions across the hospital campus. This leader will be responsible for ensuring the hospital's physical plant, HVAC, mechanical, electrical, utility, and infrastructure systems are maintained in a safe, reliable, compliant, and operational condition while supporting exceptional patient care and service excellence. The Director will oversee facility operations, capital planning, infrastructure modernization, master facilities planning initiatives, construction and renovation projects, regulatory readiness, emergency preparedness, and environmental safety programs. The Director collaborates closely with hospital and system leadership to develop and execute long-range facility strategies that support organizational growth, operational excellence, and future campus development. This position is responsible for driving high-quality services that meet or exceed customer expectations while supporting hospital, operating center, and system goals. Additionally, the Director provides leadership for team member development, employee engagement, budget management, quality improvement initiatives, human resource compliance, and continuous readiness for local, state, federal, and accrediting agency inspections and surveys. Education Bachelors Degree + 2 years relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of degree Experience Progressive facilities leadership experience with responsibility for complex physical plant operations, building systems, infrastructure, and utilities. Healthcare facilities planning experience with knowledge of hospital regulatory, accreditation, life-safety, emergency management, and survey-readiness requirements. Demonstrated master facilities planning experience, including development of long-range capital, infrastructure, renovation, and replacement plans. Experience leading construction, renovation, major infrastructure, equipment replacement, or campus improvement initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams. Demonstrated experience as a change agent with responsibility for quality improvement, human resource compliance, safety, team development, and customer service. We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $152,214.40 - $239,699.20 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center located in Woodbridge, VA is a 183-bed not-for-profit hospital. We combine the resources of a major health system with the compassionate, personalized care of a community hospital. We offer quiet, private rooms and quality care focused on safety and patient satisfaction. Our clinical services include advanced imaging, cancer services, cardiovascular care, emergency care, lab services, orthopedics, weight loss services and more, all powered through Sentara eCare, a comprehensive electronic medical record system. In addition to our hospital, Sentara Health is enhancing access to healthcare services in Northern Virginia with outpatient and imaging centers in Lake Ridge, Lorton, Springfield and Alexandria, Va. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community. Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment. For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Sentara Health is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan. The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara "Employer of Choice" for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!