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The Opportunity
As the Director of Facilities Management, you will lead the team of over 70 capable managers and staff who maintain the 17 buildings, mechanical and electrical systems and grounds where MSVU programs are delivered and resident students live. You will manage operating budgets of approximately $7.6 million with 1.8 million in ancillary revenue plus capital project work. You will be responsible for over $185 million in insured property and contents spread over the picturesque 38.5-acre campus.
Reporting to the Vice President, Administration, you will be accountable for providing strategic leadership to ensure the physical facilities of the campus are well designed, appropriately developed, properly maintained, safe and effectively operated. In addition to physical facilities, you will provide leadership for campus security, custodial services, steam plant operations, conference services, and the campus bookstore.
You will build relationships with your key stakeholders - students, faculty, senior administrators, consultants/contractors, vendors and suppliers, the Board and the local community.
What you'll do
Responsibilities
- Management of Maintenance and Operations of Buildings and Grounds, including Energy Management and Utility Systems
- Management of Ancillary revenue within Conference Services and Bookstore, and Print Shop
- Leadership for Planning, Design, Construction and Administration
- General Administration and Financial Management
What you'll need
Qualifications
As the ideal candidate, you are an engineering professional with strong organizational, people, and project management skills or related professional education or training and 5 years of relevant experience. You have successfully managed complex facilities in a publicly accountable organization, and you pursue opportunities to improve operational efficiency proactively. Prior experience in academic setting is an asset. You are well versed in capital projects, evidence-based decision making as well as crisis management.
As an excellent communicator and motivator, you have proven leadership and team-building skills, including the talent to build consensus. You are comfortable providing strategic direction and operational advice. Committed to customer service and quality, you find innovative ways to facilitate change.
You have a systems perspective, and attain timely, economical, and coordinated results. You have worked in an environment where accountability to a broad range of stakeholders was essential and are comfortable and confident in building relationships to realize results.
We're looking for
Core Skills
A little bit about us
Mount Saint Vincent University
Recognized as a leader in distance and experiential learning, and based on a strong tradition of social responsibility, Mount Saint Vincent University takes a personalized approach to education to nurture socially responsible global citizens. Founded in 1873, the Mount has been nationally recognized for having one of the lowest student-to-professor ratios, for providing students early access to valuable research opportunities, for its legacy in the advancement of women, and for facilitating critical advancements in food security, healthy aging, literacy, and childhood development. The Mount believes that our people are our foundation and our relationships are built on respect and accountability. Please visit www.msvu.ca to learn more about us.
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Application Process: Applications should include a cover letter and resume. This competition will remain open until the position has been filled.
Mount Saint Vincent University is strongly committed to fostering diversity and inclusion within our community and encourages applications from all qualified candidates including women, persons of any sexual orientations and gender identities and/or expressions, Indigenous persons, African Canadians, other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, and other groups that would contribute to the diversification of our campus. Candidates who identify as being from any of these groups are encouraged to voluntarily self-identify in their application materials. All qualified candidates are welcome to apply; however, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.