Director Facility Management

The purpose of this position is to lead and manage the Facility Management team to provide a safe, clean, healthy work environment for Gila County elected officials, employees and the general public while taking fiscal, safety and environmental responsibility.

This position sets strategic goals and operation priorities for facility management, captial planning, and land management County-wide, and leads the planning, design, delivery, and contract administration of major captial construction and renovation projects. It maintains regular communication with the Board of Supervisors, County leadership and regulatory partners, and ensures alignment with County-wide stratetic objectstives and applicable safety, regulatory, and enviornmental requirements.

Regularly assigns work to other employees and supervises related activities.

Makes final decisions on hiring employees; scheduling work hours of employees; evaluating performance of employees; handling employee grievances; employee training; granting time off; employee promotions; employee coaching; managing assistants and managing supervisors.

Provides recommendations on employee salary increases; employee disciplinary actions and discharging employees.

• Leads and manages the County’s captial contstruction program – including planning, design, and delivery of mulit-million dollar captial and rennovation projects – to meet facility objectives, budget, schedule, and regulatory compliance reguirements.

25%

• Leads, manages, mentors and appraises staff in order to provide a fiscally responsible, effective and efficient facility management service to the County building complexes,and public-use vensues.

20%

• Determines strategic goals, in alignment with the County Strategic Plan, for the Facility Management Division and determines operational priorities for the upkeep, maintenance, repair, remodel and construction of all County facilities, including administrative building, recreational venues, and other community-use properties.

20%

• Negotiates, awards, administers professional services, and construction contracts for captial and facilitiy projects, inlcuding RFP/RFQ processes, contract amendments, and ongoing compliance monitoring.

15%

• Prepares and presents the annual budget for County-wide facility management needs to include next fiscal year and a 5-year outlook.

10%

• Interacts and coordinates with Board of Supervisors, County leadership, directors and managers within the County to identify facility-related needs and to proritize the implementation of the facility-related improvements.

5%

• Oversees the building access security program for the County and other safety/environmental programs.

5%

• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position reviews, approves for submission and presents department level budget along with a 5-year outlook.

Initiates, communicates, reviews, approves project resources and communicates results of process improvement projects (most effective building design), technology projects (water conservation, solar energy) and capital development projects (new build based on capital and bond monies). Provides project resource allocation based on pre-approved resources for projects involving employee training and development.

This position trains colleagues, explains County procedures or processes, negotiates or persuades, conducts meetings, leads group discussions, responds to public inquiries and gives presentations.

This position creates or edits documents, internal memos, emails, guidelines, contracts, proposals, reports, formal letters, presentations and press releases.

Interacts extensively with employees, customers, the general public, vendors, regulatory bodies, and other groups and/or individuals and Institutions over the telephone, by email, and/or in person.

Continuously (More than 70% but less than 85% in a year)

Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management or related field; or…