Facilities Director – Assistant Director of Housing
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Division of University Housing
https://www.housing.wisc.edu/ 

Job Summary:

Come join our Amazing Team! We have an opening for our Facilities Director here in the Division of University Housing. Everything we do in University Housing is to ensure the success of our residents, guests, customers, and employees in their experience on this campus and beyond. Whether we're launching new academic support services, testing out a new recipe, renovating resident rooms, organizing welcome events, inviting a new summer youth camp, cleaning our facilities, or training our staff on new work skills, it's all done to serve our residents and to support the mission of UW-Madison.

The Division of University Housing is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as the Facilities Director / Assistant Director of University Housing. This pivotal role involves leading and managing the Department of Housing Facilities, which provides comprehensive facilities services for undergraduate and graduate/family housing and dining facilities.

The Facilities Director is responsible for strategic planning within University Housing, overseeing construction and renovation projects to meet infrastructure, mechanical, architectural, and stakeholder needs. Key responsibilities include leading a leadership team indirectly supervising over 200 full-time equivalent staff and approximately 200 student and seasonal employees. This role ensures the stewardship of nearly 3 million gross square feet of facilities through a robust organization that includes routine and emergency maintenance, custodial services, capital projects design and management, health and safety systems, building access and security systems, procurement and inventory, information technology, contract management, and finance.

Essential responsibilities include developing priorities and implementation strategies for custodial and maintenance standards, schedules, and labor requirements for routine and emergency repairs, preventative maintenance programs, grounds work, warehouse functions, renovations, and capital improvement projects. The Director will also direct the planning and scheduling of building maintenance and remodeling activities, incorporating operational requirements and priorities.

The successful candidate will develop and foster working relationships with university and state professional architects and engineers, project managers, building construction superintendents, and outside contractors while representing staff and residents.

This is an exciting opportunity for a leader who is passionate about facilities management and committed to enhancing the living and learning environment for university students and staff.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in Facilities leadership role(s) including supervision of Facilities staff.
• 3 years experience in supervision of full-time staff.
• Demonstrated knowledge of facilities, operations, construction, and maintenance experience.
• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years progressively responsible experience in Facilities leadership role(s) including supervision of Facilities staff
• Facilities experience in a higher education or similar setting
• Facilities experience working in organizations with 24/7 operations
• Facilities experience in a multi-shift, multi-lingual environment
• Certified Education Facilities Professional or equivalent credentials
• Driver’s License - Valid and Meets UW Risk Management Standards

About University of Wisconsin–Madison

About UW–Madison: Since its founding in 1848, UW–Madison has been a catalyst for the extraordinary. As a public land-grant university and major research institution, our students, staff, and faculty engage in a world-class education while solving real-world problems. With public service — or as we call it, the Wisconsin Idea — as our guiding principle, Badgers are creating a better future for everyone. About Residence Life at the Division of University Housing: Residence Life is part of the Division of University Housing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As a student service, our University Residence Halls provide quality living and learning environments and programs to over 8,500 undergraduate student residents in 21 Residence Halls. Residence Life is responsible for the students, staff, and programs that create intentional, inclusive living and learning environments. The Division of University Housing provides housing for over 8,500 undergraduate students and over 2,500 graduate students and their families. In addition, we manage seven dining locations around campus and provide housing throughout the summer for conference groups and youth camps. We are a 24 hour per... day, 7 day per week, self-funded operation, and are committed to providing an exceptional workplace for our career and student staff members.

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