Director of Facilities

Denver Museum Of Nature & Science Facilities Director

For 125 years, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has grown from a single building into one of the region's most-loved cultural landmarks — nearly 2 million guests walk through our doors every year, and we're open 363 days a year to welcome them. That kind of scale, in a building this historic, doesn't run itself. It takes a facilities team that understands both century-old infrastructure and the demands of a modern, world-class museum.

Right now is an especially exciting time to lead that team. This summer, we're opening the Sturm Family Plaza, a completely remodeled East Wing. This was a project years in the making, thanks to the generosity of the Sturm Family Foundation. The remodel brings new life to our historic theater, lobby, and plaza, giving our community fresh ways to gather, learn, and be inspired.

And that's just the beginning: our iconic Gems & Minerals Hall is next, with a full remodel and a 50% expansion on the horizon for 2027. As Director of Facilities, you won't just maintain a building — you'll help shape what this Museum becomes for the next generation of Denver.

You'll lead a dedicated core team of facilities professionals and work alongside more than two dozen departments across four divisions, 480 employees, and a volunteer corps of over 1,000. Your Facilities departments — Building Operations, Building Services, Custodial Services, and Security — keep the Museum's buildings, systems, and grounds running for staff, volunteers, guests, and the collections and exhibitions they come to see.

The scale of what you'll oversee is significant. Our campus spans 716,000 square feet, with more than 250,000 square feet dedicated to meeting and event spaces. Two subterranean levels make up the Avenir Collections Center, 63,000 square feet in all, which serves as the climate-controlled, secure vault housing the Museum's 4.3 million specimens. Protecting that collection, and the systems that keep it safe, is one of the most important things your team will do.

If you care about mentoring people as much as maintaining buildings, you'll fit right in. You'll hire, train, and develop a diverse operating team, and you'll have real influence over the projects that define this Museum's future.

Job Class:
Full Time Hiring Range: $125,000 - $145,000/annually

Work Schedule:

Onsite Monday through Friday. Available for on-call work during off-hours. Direct Reports: 3

• Directs daily operations that support the Museum's buildings, systems, public spaces, back-of-house areas, grounds, staff, volunteers, guests, collections, exhibitions, and assets.
• Collaborates with the Senior Leadership Team and Division Directors to manage Museum spaces for public, collection, exhibition, administrative, operational, and support needs.
• Directs activities related to health and safety, indoor air quality, energy management, recycling, waste, hazardous materials, emergency preparedness, and facility and people-related risk reduction.
• Participates in pan-institutional leadership meetings, division and department meetings, Inclusion events, Staff Inflection, community outreach, and Employee Engagement Team events.
• Plays a key role in major capital projects, such as the upcoming opening of Sturm Family Plaza (East Wing project) and the upcoming Gems & Minerals Hall renovation and expansion.

• Demonstrated knowledge of facilities operations, compliance, construction, and vendor management.
• A customer service-driven approach to work, with excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing and developing a team — not just overseeing work, but genuinely investing in people.
• Strong organizational, project management, and prioritization skills
• A passion for coaching, training, mentoring, and giving performance feedback to your staff.
• Strong technical expertise across building systems and infrastructure.
• Proven success working in complex, historic structures.
• The ability to plan and execute complex short- and long-term goals.
• Experience overseeing large capital projects.
• Sharp project management instincts —…