Florida Facilities Lead — Campus Openings & Renovations

Success Academy Charter Schools; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Success Academy Charter Schools is seeking a Senior Specialist, Florida Facilities to lead our Renovations & Facilities team as the on-the-ground leader for delivering and operating safe, compliant, instruction-ready school facilities across this growing portfolio in Florida.

The role requires extensive experience with design, construction, commissioning, and turnover of campuses, including work inside occupied buildings, with strong judgment in budgets, schedules, and district partnerships.

Qualifications

• Seven+ years across facilities operations and renovation or construction delivery.
• Experience bringing a new or renovated facility from construction into stable operation.
• Renovation or fit-out work inside an occupied building.
• Practical knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, controls, life safety, security, accessibility, and envelope.
• Ability to read and challenge drawings, specifications, estimates, schedules, bids, and change orders.
• Command of project budgets, forecasting, procurement, change control, closeout, and warranty administration.
• Experience managing preventive and corrective maintenance, emergency response, compliance activities, vendors, and operating budgets.
• Experience with Florida districts, public agencies, co-located facilities, permitting, hurricane readiness, and water intrusion prevention preferred.
• Credentials such as CCM, PMP, CFM, FMP, or OSHA training are valued but not substitutes.
• Florida-based role requiring regular travel among campuses; occasional travel to New York.

Responsibilities

• Represent facilities requirements during design review and construction coordination.
• Confirm design/construction addresses wind loading, water intrusion, drainage, and power resilience.
• Drive permitting, district approvals, inspections, accessibility, and life-safety milestones.
• Serve as on-site representative during construction, monitoring progress, safety, schedule, and submittals.
• Coordinate activity with host-campus operations so occupied areas stay safe and usable.
• Maintain budgets and schedules with contingency and variation control.
• Build campus readiness plans covering vendors, inspections, and emergency procedures.
• Lead commissioning, inspections, testing, punch lists, occupancy approvals, and closeout.
• Own post-opening stabilization, defects, warranty claims, and contractor obligations.
• Manage relationships with host districts' facilities organizations and document obligations.

Skills

Facilities operations

Renovation delivery

Construction turnover

Reading drawings/specs

Budgets & forecasting

Maintenance & emergency response

Public-sector partnerships

Hurricane readiness

Education

CCM

PMP

CFM

FMP

OSHA training

Job description

Success Academy Charter Schools is seeking a Senior Specialist, Florida Facilities to lead our Renovations & Facilities team as the on-the-ground leader for delivering and operating safe, compliant, instruction-ready school facilities across this growing portfolio in Florida.

The role requires extensive experience with design, construction, commissioning, and turnover of campuses, including work inside occupied buildings, with strong judgment in budgets, schedules, and district partnerships.