Director of Facilities

Nimble; East Chicago, Northern (IN, KY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

School City of East Chicago seeks a Director of Facilities to maintain all school buildings and surrounding grounds for optimal educational use. Reporting to the Superintendent, the role operates on a twelve-month year.

Responsibilities include overseeing maintenance crews, prioritizing repairs, coordinating inspections, and managing bids for capital projects. Requires IASBO certification and a Bachelor’s in Construction Management or engineering; Master’s degree preferred.

Qualifications

• IASBO certification required.
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil, electrical or mechanical engineering or closely related field.
• Master’s degree and administrative certification preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ administrative experience.
• Demonstrated management and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Uses common software (spreadsheets, word processing, email, calendar, databases).
• Inspects buildings regularly for repairs and maintenance.
• Sets priorities for repair projects and assigns work.
• Supervises maintenance crews and contractors for repairs and upkeep.
• Ensures safety, health, and code compliance through inspections and reporting.
• Prepares bid specifications and reviews bids for capital or maintenance projects.

Skills

IASBO Certification

Leadership abilities

Facilities management knowledge

Administrative experience

Engineering degree awareness

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Master’s Degree; Administrative Certification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Database/Calendar software

Job description

April 24, 2026

SCHOOL CITY OF EAST CHICAGO

2025-2026 School Year

POSITION: Director of Facilities

REPORTS TO: Superintendent

LENGTH: Twelve (12) Month Year

Job Goal: To maintain all school buildings and facilities and surrounding grounds in a condition of operating excellence so that educational use of all facilities can be optimized.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required):

• Indiana Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) Certification
• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or closely related field
• Preferred Master’s Degree; Administrative Certification
• Minimum of 5 years’ administrative experience
• Demonstrated Management and Leadership Abilities
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of School City Facilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Uses computer applications such as spreadsheet, word processing, email, calendar and database software in the performance of the job;
• Examines school buildings on a regular basis for needed repairs and maintenance.
• Establishes and recommends priorities on repair projects.
• Assigns and supervises crews of craftspeople for maintenance work such as replacing worn or defective wiring, switches, faucets, plumbing fixtures, and the like and repairing fencing, asphalt, concrete, ceiling, etc.
• Inspects work performed by custodial or maintenance employees or private contractors to ensure proper cleaning, maintenance, repair and grounds keeping procedures are being followed, checks for safety and health hazards, and makes recommendations for correction and improvements.
• Makes determinations about scope of maintenance and/or repair activities and decides which can be accomplished by in-house maintenance staff and which are to be contracted out.
• Plans, coordinates and conducts periodic inspections of all facilities required by local, state or federal law such as fire inspections, asbestos inspections, insurance safety inspections and annual visual inspections of all school facilities as required by City and State to ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards;
• Assists the school district administration in the preparation of bid specifications, review of bids and by making recommendations on bids concerning capital and/or maintenance projects.
• May be required to attend Board of Education meetings and address the Board regarding school facilities maintenance and operations activities.
• Develops a system for dealing with emergency repairs problems with efficiency.
• Prepares reports in costs of work done, materials used, labor expended.
• Checks drawings and plans
• Recruits, screens, recommends for hiring, and trains all craftspeople, teamsters, maintenance personnel necessary to the operations of the school.
• Advises on the hiring of contractors to perform certain maintenance or repair services.
• Coordinates, supervises, and participates in the grounds maintenance and gardening work of the district’s schools and related facilities.
• Confers with school principals, consultants, architects, and other parties in making plans for landscaping, planning and the maintenance of various school grounds.
• Evaluates staff members.
• Performs whatever other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Director of Facilities will be required to follow any other instructionsand to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Business Operations or appropriateadministrator. School City of East Chicago reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time.

SALARY:$83,000 - $113,000

START DATE:Upon Board Approval

APPLICATION DEADLINE:Open Until Filled

BENEFITS:Medical, Dental/Vision, Life/Disability, Paid Leave, Retirement (PERF)