Director of Facilities & Infrastructure

Director of Facilities & Infrastructure

The Director of Facilities & Infrastructure provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and long-range planning for Santa Maria's physical facilities, infrastructure systems, and campus operations. This executive leadership position is responsible for developing and executing strategies that ensure Santa Maria's campuses, buildings, technology systems, and infrastructure support exceptional participant care, employee productivity, regulatory compliance, and organizational growth.

The Director oversees all facility operations, capital improvement projects, maintenance programs, safety and security systems, technology infrastructure, fleet operations, vendor management, and long-term asset planning across multiple campuses. The position serves as the organizational leader for facilities strategy, ensuring operational excellence while protecting Santa Maria's physical assets through proactive planning and continuous improvement.

This position partners closely with executive leadership to support organizational initiatives, future expansion, capital investments, and infrastructure modernization while maintaining safe, welcoming, and mission-focused environments for participants, employees, volunteers, and visitors.

Strategic Leadership & Operational Excellence

• Provide strategic leadership for all facilities, infrastructure, and campus operations across Santa Maria properties.
• Develop long-term facilities master plans aligned with organizational strategic priorities.
• Establish operational goals, performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives for facilities operations.
• Lead organizational planning related to facility expansion, renovation, infrastructure improvements, and operational efficiency.
• Serve as a member of the leadership team, providing recommendations regarding facility investments, operational risks, and infrastructure priorities.
• Develop policies, procedures, and operational standards for facilities management and infrastructure systems.

Capital Projects & Infrastructure Planning

• Lead all capital improvement, renovation, construction, and infrastructure projects from planning through completion.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year capital improvement plan and deferred maintenance strategy.
• Oversee project budgets, schedules, contractor performance, and quality assurance.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and vendors throughout project life cycles.
• Evaluate facility expansion opportunities, property improvements, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Ensure projects remain on schedule, within budget, and meet organizational quality expectations.

Safety, Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, local, licensing, accreditation, OSHA, life safety, and environmental regulations.
• Oversee fire alarm systems, fire suppression systems, emergency notification systems, access control, security cameras, and related life safety infrastructure.
• Coordinate regulatory inspections, fire marshal visits, safety audits, and accreditation readiness.
• Lead organizational emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning related to facilities and infrastructure.
• Chair or support organizational safety committees and emergency response initiatives.
• Maintain comprehensive facility documentation, inspection records, maintenance logs, and regulatory reports.

Budget & Financial Management

• Develop and manage annual operating budgets for facilities and infrastructure.
• Develop long-range capital budgets and asset replacement schedules.
• Monitor expenditures and ensure responsible stewardship of organizational resources.
• Evaluate operational efficiencies and identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising quality or safety.
• Prepare capital requests, financial analyses, and project justifications for executive leadership.

Facilities Management & Campus Operations

• Direct all maintenance operations across Santa Maria facilities.
• Develop comprehensive preventative maintenance programs for buildings, equipment, and infrastructure systems.
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