Director of Facility Operations

msudenver; Denver (CO); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 220.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Metropolitan State University of Denver seeks a Director of Facility Operations to provide strategic and operational leadership across the university’s physical infrastructure and safety programs. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the role drives maintenance strategies, asset lifecycle planning, and campus collaboration with the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC).

The position leads a team of facilities professionals, oversees third‑party managers, and partners with academic and

Formación

• Ambitious, proactive, and versatile professional with complex problem-solving and data-driven decision-making.

Responsabilidades

• Direct day-to-day operations and maintenance across all facilities to ensure safe, functional environments for students, faculty, and staff.
• Oversee third-party property managers and service providers, ensuring SLA compliance, accountability and cost control.
• Develop and maintain a rigorous capital asset management plan and multi-year capital budget requests, including asset lifecycle analyses.
• Collaborate with Planning, Design, and Construction and coordinate with campus partners and AHEC for shared spaces and initiatives.
• Direct the university's EHS program and coordinate emergency preparedness with EPCAR to address campus readiness.

Herramientas

CMMS

Descripción del empleo

Department

Chief Operating Officer

Summary

The Director of Facility Operations provides strategic and operational leadership across the university's portfolio of physical infrastructure and capital assets in addition to emergency and environmental health and safety programs. Operating in a unique, highly collaborative urban environment, this role oversees building operations, maintenance, lifecycle asset management, maintenance strategies, emergency management and environmental health and safety. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this role drives operational excellence while serving as a key partner across administrative and academic units. This high-performing leader will bridge strategy with operational execution and serve as a key point of contact for campus partners‑most notably the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC), which owns and manages shared campus grounds and general use facilities. Additionally, this position directly leads a team consisting of two senior facilities managers, an environmental health and safety manager, a fiscal and office manager, and a forthcoming emergency manager, while also overseeing the third-party management company for our new residential hall. The ideal candidate is an ambitious, proactive, and versatile professional who excels at complex problem-solving, data-driven decision-making, and demonstrated excellence in leadership.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Operations, Maintenance & Property Management Oversight

   Direct day-to-day operations and maintenance programs across all university-owned, leased, and operated facilities to ensure safe, functional, and efficient environments for students, faculty, and staff.

   Oversee third-party property managers, outsourced service providers, and specialized trade contractors.

   Establish performance benchmarks, manage service level agreements (SLA's), and ensure, contract compliance, accountability and cost control across contracted services.

   Oversee the property manager contract for the university's residence hall, ensuring property manager is delivering highly responsive and planned operations and maintenance, efficient turnover of spaces, and working collaboratively with Housing and Residence Life.

2. Capital Planning, Lifecycle Management & Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

   Develop and maintain a rigorous capital asset management plan with an intentional focus on maximizing useful life of capital assets and planned prioritization of capital asset investment, Evaluate equipment conditions, perform asset lifecycle analysis, develop end-of-life asset replacement plan, develop rough order of magnitude estimates for the plan, prioritize and optimize capital asset replacement cycles.

   Prioritize, track, and execute the university's preventative, deferred and controlled maintenance plan, integrating facility condition assessments into multi-year capital budget requests. Develop financial and functional thresholds of assets to maintain vs. run to failure. Apply preventative maintenance per code specified frequencies. Utilize predictive maintenance techniques to extend the useful life of assets.

   Manage computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) corrective actions, repairs and work order requests.

   Act as the technical lead in determining the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for proposed capital developments, major renovations, and new academic/operational programs. Evaluate long-term utility, custodial, maintenance, and capital renewal costs prior to project approval.

   Collaborate with university leadership on capital intake processes and project readiness for upcoming facility openings.

3. Campus Partnership

   Partner closely with the Planning, Design, and Construction team through significant collaboration and coordination, ensuring Facilities Operations serves as a trusted, reliable partner across all campus physical environment initiatives.

   Build strong, trust-based relationships with university academic departments, student affairs, athletics, housing partners, and executive leadership to align Facilities Operations with institutional mission and enrollment goals.

   Serve as the primary operational point of contact and liaison with the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) operational teams, coordinating shared building operations, infrastructure projects, ground maintenance, and tri-institutional spaces.

   Represent the university on campus-wide capital, safety, and facilities committees.

Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) & Emergency Preparedness

Direct the university's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) program through the EHS Manager, ensuring full compliance with OSHA, EPA, state, and local regulatory standards. Promote a culture of safety across campus and partner directly with the AHEC Emergency Preparedness, Coordination, and Recovery Committee (EPCAR), engaging in monthly tri-institutional coordination to address campus-level emergency readiness, safety policies, and joint recovery strategies Build out the framewor