Director of Facilities and Maintenance

FTE
: 1.0 FTE
Appointment Year:Full Year
OT Exempt/Non-Exempt:Exempt

Lakeside School, an independent coeducational day school serving grades 5-12 in north Seattle, seeks an experienced, collaborative, and service-oriented Director of Facilities and Maintenance to provide strategic and operational leadership for the school's physical environment. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Director is responsible for the stewardship, maintenance, renewal, and day-to-day readiness of Lakeside's buildings, grounds, on- and off-campus athletic facilities, school-owned residences, and related infrastructure across multiple sites.

Lakeside's facilities span two north Seattle campuses - the Middle School and Upper School campuses - separated by approximately three blocks of residential neighborhood. Together, the campuses encompass nearly 40 acres and include multiple academic, administrative, arts, athletic, and support buildings, extensive grounds, and a mature tree canopy characteristic of the Pacific Northwest. The School also owns and maintains nearly 30 neighborhood residences that are rented to school employees.

Lastly, the School rents and maintains a crew boathouse on Lake Washington in Kenmore, approximately five miles from the main campuses. The Director leads the facilities team and key external partners; manages operating and capital resources; oversees preventive maintenance, regulatory compliance, and facilities-related emergency response; and contributes to long-range campus planning. The successful candidate will combine strong people leadership and technical judgment with a deep commitment to creating safe, welcoming, accessible, sustainable, and well-maintained spaces that support teaching, learning, and community life.

Lakeside:
Fast Facts

• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for the maintenance, repair, operation, and long-term care of school buildings, grounds, mature trees and landscape, on- and off-campus athletic facilities, and school-owned residential properties.
• Oversee custodial services and ensure high standards of cleanliness and custodial care across all school facilities, including classrooms, restrooms, offices, common areas, and athletics, performance, and all indoor and outdoor program spaces.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive preventive and corrective maintenance program for building systems, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, roofing, life-safety, controls, and other critical infrastructure.
• Assess the condition of facilities and infrastructure; establish priorities for deferred maintenance, renewals, and replacements; and maintain accurate records, plans, schedules, and asset information.
• Plan and oversee thoughtful care of the landscape and trees, including coordination with arborists and other specialized contractors as needed.
• Contribute to campus master planning, capital renewal planning, and facilities-related strategic initiatives, including serving as a key school representative on renovation and construction projects.
• Use work-order, asset-management, energy-management, and related systems to improve service, accountability, planning, and decision-making.

• Lead, supervise, schedule, evaluate, and develop facilities staff, including custodial, maintenance, and grounds employees and other staff assigned to the department.
• Build a culture of professionalism, responsiveness, teamwork, safety, continuous improvement, and excellent service to students and employees.
• Partner with Human Resources and school leadership on staffing, performance management, professional development, and employee relations.
• Serve as a management representative in the administration and negotiation of the collective bargaining agreement applicable to facilities staff, fostering productive and respectful labor-management relationships.

• Develop and manage the facilities operating budget and multi-year capital renewal budget in partnership with the Controller; monitor expenditures, forecast needs, and identify opportunities for cost-effective stewardship.
• Prepare scopes of work; solicit and evaluate bids and proposals; recommend contractors and vendors; negotiate and administer contracts; and monitor quality, safety, schedule, and budget performance.
• Plan and lead facilities projects from concept through completion,…