Museum Building Manager

Museum Building Manager

JR
• Williamstown, MA (Main Campus)

The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) seeks a technically skilled leader and collaborative team member to serve as Museum Building Manager. The role leads the start‑up and operational excellence of the first purpose‑built art museum for Williams College, designed by Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu and under construction. The manager is the guardian and interpreter of architectural excellence and integrity, holding and documenting the primary knowledge base for the physical facility, and ensuring daily safety and smooth function for students, staff, visitors, and valuable collections.

The ideal candidate possesses hands‑on expertise in building systems and experience managing vendors. Onboarding during the final phase of construction, the manager will be an active participant in building commissioning, punch list and start‑up operations anticipated in fall 2027. The manager will become deeply informed about the advanced sustainability features of the museum design, monitor and report activities and data required to achieve WCMA’s sustainability goals, and participate with museum staff in teaching sustainable building and site features to students.

• Serve as the expert on the museum’s physical facilities.
• While still under construction, represent WCMA when participating with the design and construction team during commissioning, punch list, and move‑in activities; participate in Owner‑Architect‑Contractor meetings (2026‑27).

• With Deputy Director for Operations and Art Services, manage procurements, develop the operations manual for the new building, maintain as‑built construction documents, manuals, and warranties.
• Work closely with Office of Planning, Design & Construction to facilitate any warranty actions post‑project turnover and collect, assess and report data required for sustainability goals.
• Collect and interpret building data as needed for grant reporting and start‑up facilities report for future loans of art, insurance, accreditation, and other purposes.
• Play an active role in the physical move of staff and physical assets from Lawrence Hall to the new building.

• Act as primary point‑person to facilitate work orders with Williams College Facilities for general building repair and maintenance support.
• Work closely with the Security Manager and the Manager of Museum Experience and Events for front‑line, day‑to‑day building needs and event set‑up; foster a positive and flexible work environment.
• Oversee and project‑manage specialized contracts to ensure the signature building materials are maintained in a manner fitting for an art museum (e.g., periodic curtain‑wall washing, cyclical refinishing of the mass timber structure, and cleaning the aluminum‑shingled roof and staggered masonry exterior).
• Manage the budget for contracts relying on restricted endowment fund for specialized maintenance of the museum building.
• Main point of contact with Williams’s grounds team and contractors to oversee landscape maintenance, monitoring and snow management for the 6+ acre site.
• Main point of contact with Williams’s custodial team and contractors to facilitate waste management.
• Participate in long‑range building improvement planning in conjunction with the College’s CIR process.

• Coordinate staff moves and facilitate work orders to support new staff work spaces.
• Coordinate staff assignments for receiving and distribution of all incoming mail, UPS, and Fed Ex packages.
• Collaborate with staff across the museum to ensure staff assignments for maintenance of lockers for the public and students in the lobby areas.
• Direct custodial and grounds team members to maintain outdoor patio furniture and hard‑scape areas, including light power washing and leaf blowing.
• With museum preparation staff, perform maintenance of gallery spaces such as light carpentry and light custodial work.
• Facilitate the routine maintenance, housekeeping, monitoring and coordination necessary at the Library Shelving Facility in partnership with museum Collection…