Senior Director.Facilities Services

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Serves as the top facilities position and manages the Center’s operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year. Hands‑on in overseeing the maintenance, modification, and protection of all facilities and properties, and equipment necessary to provide a comfortable, healthy, and safe environment for all faculty, staff, visitors, and employees. Responsible for recruiting, training, and developing staff and ensuring that effective performance management standards are met.

Manages staff within functional units of Operations and Water Compliance, Plant Operations and Engineering, and General Maintenance. Assists in ensuring regulatory compliance of research animal housing facilities. Collaborates with counterparts on Tulane’s Main Campus to coordinate capital projects and facilities operations activities, build a partnership between TNPRC’s Facilities Services and Tulane’s Facilities Services, and integrate Facilities, Capital Projects, and other departments at Tulane with close links to the Downtown Campus.

Serves as a member of TNPRC’s Strategic Planning team and guides the Strategic Site Master Plan, coordinating activities with design professionals and construction contractors to ensure projects are completed on time, within cost, and to quality standards. Develops project plans, reviews schedules and procedures, assists in the bidding and review process, prepares grant specifications and requests, writes grant proposals, recommends construction contract awards, and resolves schedule, scope, and budget issues.

• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively with internal and external colleagues.
• Highly effective supervisory/personnel management skills.
• Excellent organizational and project coordination/management skills.
• Ability and willingness to work evenings, weekends, and possibly holidays.
• Good computer skills: familiarity with basic Microsoft Office software applications (Word, Excel), TMA maintenance software.
• Solid analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to multi‑task and prioritize work assignments.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related technical or administrative field, and at least eight years of relevant experience, including experience in plant operations or utilities, oversight of a 6,000+ ton central plant, and supervisory responsibility over a large, diverse workforce.
• City of New Orleans First Class License in Boilers and HVAC.
• Active 1st class Stationary Engineers License.
• Louisiana Level 1 Water Operator License.
• Demonstrated familiarity with local, state, and federal regulations and permitting requirements related to facility construction, renovation, utility infrastructure, and environmental compliance — including DEQ, OSHA, NIH, USDA, CDC, and Fire Marshal.
• Familiarity with city, state, and federal regulations/permits involved in construction/renovation projects and operations.

• Experience working in an academic environment.
• Master’s Degree or higher in Business Administration, Project Management, Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related technical or administrative field.
• Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Class A/B Underground Storage Tank Operator Certification.
• EPA Universal Refrigeration Certification.
• Certified Facilities Manager (CFM) – International Facility Management Association (IFMA).
• Certified Educational Facilities Professional (CEFP) – APPA.
• Proficiency in CMMS software systems such as TMA for managing maintenance, compliance, and asset lifecycle operations.
• Louisiana Level 2 or higher Water Operator Licenses – both potable and wastewater systems.
• Experience developing, managing, or contributing to NIH‑funded capital projects or similar federally supported infrastructure initiatives.
• Demonstrated success in writing or contributing to grant proposals, facility modernization plans, or institutional infrastructure strategies.
• Knowledge of or certifications in FEMA Incident Response frameworks (e.g., ICs, NIMS) or related emergency preparedness and continuity planning systems.
• Experience managing or collaborating on multi‑unit or campus‑scale infrastructure systems, including centralized utilities, distributed energy systems, and research‑intensive environments.

Director

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Higher Education