Director-Facilities Maintenance

Are you a strategic leader with a disciplined approach to driving change and achieving operational excellence? Community Transit is looking for a Director of Facilities Maintenance to guide our department through an exciting period of growth and transformation. We need a forward-thinking leader who can craft and implement strategies that align with our long-term vision while cultivating a culture of collaboration and innovation. In this role, you'll focus on empowering your team, promoting continuous improvement, and ensuring our facilities operate seamlessly. Your leadership will inspire a motivated and high-performing team ready to shape the future of public transit. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you!

The Director of Facilities Maintenance provides strategic leadership to Community Transit's Facilities Maintenance Division and is accountable for overall division performance.

1. Provide strategic leadership.

·       Establish and ensure full implementation of division policies, processes, and performance standards.

·       Determine division structure and framework.  Provide resources (staff, budget, equipment, training, development).

·       Establish an effective employee promotional structure.

·       Collaborate with senior managers and executives in strategy development to ensure alignment of facilities and capabilities of facility maintenance staff with agency needs.

2. Supervise and direct management-level employees.

·       Recruit, train, and supervise management-level staff.  Conduct performance evaluations.   

·       Facilitate conflict resolution within the team and cross-functionally with other divisions.

3. Establish an effective culture.

·       Model and advocate diversity, equity, and inclusion values across the division. 

·       Lead and implement inclusive initiatives so that every team member feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute to a thriving workplace culture where diverse perspectives are celebrated and integrated.

·       Lead and model a growth mindset.

·       Foster continuous process improvement.

·       Facilitate conflict resolution within the team and cross-functionally with other departments.

·       Maintain a strong safety culture, demonstrating commitment to agency safety plans, goals, and regulations.

4. Direct the development of the division's budget and business plan.  Oversee allocation and effective expenditure of budgeted funds.

5. Serve as a key advisor to the Chief Operating Officer, CEO, Executive Team, and the Board on Facilities Maintenance strategies.  Participate as a member of the agency’s cross-functional senior leadership group (Leaders in Collaboration – LinC) and the Operations leadership team.

6. Stay current on modern facilities maintenance methodologies and strategies, transportation industry practices, and agency operations.  

7. Support collective bargaining efforts and manage the implementation of labor agreements.  In cooperation with the Manager of Labor Relations, advise and provide guidance to direct reports on labor relations policies.  Offer strategic input and negotiation support to the Agency's chief negotiator and department managers during contract negotiations.

8. Perform other duties of a similar nature or level.

• 5 years of experience in facility, project, and/or construction management
• 5 years of general supervisory and management experience in a facilities environment

An equivalent combination of education and experience to successfully perform the job duties is also accepted.

• Effective business management techniques.
• Labor relations and contract administration.
• Local, State, and national building codes, regulations, and building trades best practices.
• State and federal regulations regarding health and safety issues.
• Staff supervision.
• Strategic development concepts.
• Program development and administration.
• Project management.
• Budget management.
• OSHA and WISHA Regulations, Loss Control, and Industrial
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion principles and practices.
• Public procurement practices

• Fostering an inclusive workplace by valuing and leveraging diversity, equity, and inclusion to uphold Community Transit’s Core Values and achieve the organization’s vision and mission. Inspiring and fostering team commitment, pride, and trust.  Facilitating cooperation and motivating team members to accomplish group goals while treating others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect.
• Effective written and oral communications that are timely, relevant, concise, and clearly outline necessary actions.
• Presenting technical and non-technical information to audiences with varying levels of technical expertise.
• Ability to think critically, identify strengths and weaknesses and alternate solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Supervision, direction, evaluation, and motivation of employees.
• Program design and management.
• Professional experience with PC-based software such as MS Office, email, and scheduling applications.
• Conflict resolution and ability to lead effective critical conversations.
• Working effectively with a diverse population.
• Providing direction to multiple disciplines simultaneously.
• Project management.
• Analyzing, developing, and implementing policies and procedures.
• Skill in preparing and administering public agency operating and capital
• Skill in interpreting and applying applicable federal, state, and local rules and regulations.

• Supervisory experience with a unionized workforce.
• Bachelor’s Degree in an applicable field.
• Transit industry experience.

Hybrid telework is available, typically 2 days on site, 3 days remote (if requested). Work is performed in an office environment and requires the use of office equipment and technology. You will be required to move throughout and between different office buildings and may need to complete tasks in noisy environments. You may also be required to lift and carry materials up to 20 pounds occasionally and up to 10 pounds frequently. 

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