Executive Director - Facilities

Executive Director Of Facilities

The Executive Director of Facilities provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and regulatory compliance management to all facilities, engineering, construction, maintenance, and infrastructure functions of Aultman Health System. The position has direct oversight over the engineering, maintenance, renovation, and property management departments. This executive leader ensures a safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant physical environment that supports long-term organizational growth. The Executive Director develops and executes system-wide facilities strategies, capital improvement programs, engineering standards, energy management initiatives, and asset management plans while leading high-performing teams across diverse geographic locations.

The role collaborates closely with executive leadership, clinical operations, finance, safety, infection prevention, and regulatory agencies to align facilities operations with organizational objectives.

The Executive Director collaborates closely with executive leadership, clinical operations, finance, safety, infection prevention, and regulatory agencies to align facilities operations with organizational objectives. This position requires the coordination of all required regulatory testing and documentation for accrediting bodies such as Joint Commission, ACHC, the Ohio Department of Health, and others for offsite locations.

Essential Physical/Cognitive

Job Functions:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive facilities and engineering strategy aligned with organizational goals.
• Establish system-wide standards, policies, and procedures for facilities operations, maintenance, engineering, construction, and infrastructure management.
• Lead long-range capital planning and facility master planning initiatives.
• Advise executive leadership on infrastructure investments, facility risks, operational efficiencies, and growth opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, sustainability, and operational excellence.
• Establish performance metrics and accountability measures for facilities operations.
• Ensure effective preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs.
• Ability to work shifts of at least 8 hours, and occasionally longer, 5 days per week.
• Ability to stand for prolonged periods.
• Ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to walk, push, climb, stoop, bend, twist, turn, kneel, squat, crawl, and reach.
• Ability to plan, prioritize workload, and effectively resolve problems.
• Ability to analyze data, diagnose and troubleshoot complex systems and equipment.
• Ability to effectively interact with patient/customers with the understanding of their needs for self-respect and dignity.
• Evaluate financial performance through various cost centers and provide detailed explanations of any variances.
• Provides 24-hour on-call support for assistance with staffing, equipment failures and all other issues associated with the maintenance department or equipment.
• Evaluates the needs of facilities to prioritize capital projects.
• Applies a problem-solving approach of preventive maintenance, diagnostic troubleshooting, and evaluation of systems.
• Evaluates, procures, and monitors physical plant needs.
• Communicates with contractors and vendors to maintain system integrity.
• Promotes safe work environment.
• Completes building walkthroughs periodically of offsite facilities.
• Participates in ongoing evaluation to ensure quality, cost effective systems and procedures.
• Ability to receive, understand, and implement direction from management and senior leadership.
• Ability to effectively develop and supervise functions and tasks within the framework of department and organizational policies and procedures.
• Ability to complete administrative functions at multiple facilities and shifts as assigned, to include, but not limited to, maintaining time and attendance for assigned staff, monitor and document staff performance, contribute to, and complete staff performance evaluations, etc.
• Ability to effectively manage the completion of performance improvement processes.
• Ability to proactively and positively contribute to the…