Director, Maintenance

Austin Community College District; United States; On-site; USD 108,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

AD&D

Job summary

Austin Community College District seeks a Director of Maintenance to lead campus facilities operations, overseeing maintenance, repairs, and grounds while driving strategic planning, safety, and budget management across multiple campuses.

The role requires strong leadership, contractor management, and proactive safety culture, with responsibilities for KPI reporting, on-call duties, and alignment with ACC's mission to support student success.

Qualifications

• Leadership & team management experience
• Budgeting and financial stewardship
• Knowledge of safety regulations and compliance
• Contract and project management

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and review all facilities maintenance activities and operations.
• Provide leadership and supervise campus staff and contractors.
• Develop and monitor maintenance budgets and KPIs.
• Ensure safety training and regulatory compliance across facilities.

Job description

Job Posting Title

Director, Maintenance Department

Job Description Summary

The Director of Maintenance provides strategic leadership and comprehensive oversight of all campus facilities, ensuring a safe, functional, and aesthetically pleasing environment conducive to academic excellence. This position directs the daily maintenance, and repair of all college buildings, grounds, and infrastructure. Key duties include providing dynamic leadership to departmental staff, developing and administering operating and facilities improvement budgets, ensuring rigorous compliance with all safety and regulatory standards, and executing strategic short- and long-term maintenance and grounds planning. The position champions operational efficiency through the implementation of robust, preventative, predictive, and on-demand maintenance programs. This position manages complex contractor relationships and acts as a key liaison to the broader college community to proactively address facilities needs.

Job Description

Supervision Received and Exercised Reports to an Administrator and collaborates extensively with other department heads and executive leadership to ensure alignment with college-wide initiatives. This role exercises supervision and oversight over a team of managers and individual contributors. The Director is responsible for guiding, mentoring, and evaluating performance, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

Competency Expectations

Provide district-wide leadership for the development and on-going support of operational and strategic relationships with community-based organizations and other external partners including, but not limited to, community businesses, non-profits and educational partners to support student success initiatives. Lead the creation and execution of a strategic plan, in concert with leadership from ACC and its partners. Plans, develops, recommends, and oversees ACC budgets; approves expenditures. Develops, writes, and implements operating policies and procedures. May represent ACC at local community events or in area-specific contexts. Responsible for all campus operations in the assigned region, including hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of staff; budget development and monitoring; facilities contracts; course scheduling; and classroom scheduling and maintenance.

Description of Duties and Tasks

Leadership & Operations Management: Plan, direct, and review all facilities maintenance activities and operations. Provide dynamic leadership, mentorship, and supervision directly and through subordinate managers and supervisors to foster a culture of excellence and accountability. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the entire district's facilities maintenance operations, overseeing development and evaluation of all departmental programs and service delivery methods. Develop, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for the maintenance and grounds departments to ensure alignment with institutional goals. Verify the completion and quality of work orders and maintenance activities to consistently meet departmental goals and service level agreements. Serve as a primary point of contact for campus emergencies, requiring on-call availability and immediate response during after-hours, weekends, holidays, and emergency closures.

Budgeting & Financial Stewardship: Develop and monitor comprehensive maintenance operations, deferred maintenance, and facilities improvement budgets. Prepare prioritized project lists, oversee all expenditures, approve invoice payments, and provide expert input during the annual budget development cycle.

Compliance & Safety: Develop, implement, and enforce rigorous safety and health policies and procedures. Ensure strict compliance with all relevant local, state, and federal regulations and codes. Ensure all employees receive appropriate mandatory safety training, and foster a proactive workplace safety culture and facilitate routine safety inspections.

Contract & Project Management: Determine the optimal balance between in-house work and outsourced services. Manage external contractors for specialized projects related to HVAC, electrical, grounds, plumbing, general maintenance, and fire protection systems. Provide project management oversight for minor improvements and serve as the facilities liaison for major construction projects managed by the Campus Planning, Construction, & Sustainability team.

Systems & Technology: Develop, maintain, and optimize a comprehensive facilities management system, leveraging the effectiveness of the College’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

Job Requirements

Knowledge: Understand and perform administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. Apply principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. Basic principles of college-level administration. Utilize effective communication techniques and strategies. Operate standard office equipment including computers, telephones, copiers, and scanners. Follow and apply knowledge of college policies and procedures.

Supplemental Knowledge: Expert knowledge of planning, development, and operational oversight of complex multi-campus facility environments. In-depth understanding of management principles, best practices, and effective leadership methods. Proficiency in budget preparation, bid/purchasing procedures, cost control, and project cost estimating. Comprehensive technical knowledge of building systems, including advanced HVAC, electrical infrastructure, plumbing, fire protection, and grounds management. Thorough knowledge of all relevant local, state, and federal regulations, building codes, and safety standards (e.g., OSHA, ADA). Familiarity with architectural plans, specifications, and construction management processes.

Skills: Demonstrate required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed. Make decisions based on thorough analysis of issues and sound judgement. Exhibit strong interpersonal skills, tact, discretion, and ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals and constituents. Show effective leadership, team building skills, and strong customer orientation when working with students, faculty, administration, community and business leaders. Utilize organizational and planning skills, and ability to meet deadlines. Maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials. Maintain an established work schedule, with occasional nights and weekends. Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software. Use query and control languages, web technology, client-server technology, data extraction and reporting, troubleshooting enterprise software applications, testing new program releases and patches, and integrating data from external sources.

Supplemental Skills: Strong ability to make sound financial recommendations, manage complex budgets effectively, and determine optimal allocation of resources. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively within departments and throughout the college community to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of facilities services. Ability to estimate time and material requirements for complex projects while maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information. Demonstrated proficiency in using and managing enterprise-level Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS). Proficiency using standard office software applications (MS Office Suite, etc.) for data analysis, reporting, and communication.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.

Experience: Five (5) years of related experience including one (1) year of supervisory experience.

Preferred Experience: Progressive maintenance management experience within a complex institutional setting (higher education preferred). Supervisory experience managing professional and trade staff.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment

Physical Requirements: Work is performed in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings across campuses. Requires standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling; may involve stooping, crawling, and climbing as needed to inspect facilities. Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment: Responsible for supervising safe operations across all departments. Facilitates mandatory safety inspections and takes immediate, prudent actions to eliminate identified hazards. Ensures employees receive appropriate safety training and actively fosters a strong, proactive workplace safety culture.

Salary Range (PG 13)

$107,518 - $140,797

Number of Openings

1

Closing Date

November 11, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting. Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. The report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information. For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr. You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail]). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

Come and Make a Difference with Us

Working at ACC offers you an opportunity to be a part of an organization that truly believes in its mission of promoting student success and improving communities. We invite you to learn, explore and experience the many ways ACC promotes individual development and improves the overall quality of life in a vibrant, multicultural community. ACC is looking for people who value open, responsible exchange of ideas, individuals committed to integrity and exemplary standards, and candidates that value personal and professional ownership that generates accountability.

Benefits

Full-time faculty and staff employees who work in full-time and/or part-time positions at the college are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment. Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement plans, and AD&D. ACC does not participate in Social Security. ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only). Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.

Equal Opportunity

Austin Community College (“ACC” or “College”) is an equal education and equal employment opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in employment at the college and access to its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 and older), veteran status or military service, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. This includes the prohibition of discrimination, including harassment, against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission. ACC will take steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.