Description
Position Summary:
The Senior Director of Construction & Facilities serves as a strategic and operational leader responsible for managing all internal and external construction projects and oversight of the Facilities Department. This role leads overall capital development, facilities operations, regulatory compliance, and long-term infrastructure planning to ensure alignment with organizational priorities and growth goals.
The Senior Director plays a crucial leadership role in directing construction strategies, implementation planning, stakeholder communication, and progress monitoring. This position acts as the primary liaison between executive leadership, project teams, contractors, and external partners, ensuring transparency, risk management, and the successful completion of project milestones aligned with long-term strategic objectives.
In addition to overseeing construction activities, the Senior Director provides executive oversight of facilities operations, including developing budgets, tactical planning, policy development, and regulatory compliance. This leader ensures all projects and facilities operate safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with relevant local, state, and federal regulations while maintaining high standards of service, reliability, and asset management.
Requirements
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience; advanced degree preferred.
- Professional licensure or Certifications (Certified Construction Manager, Professional Engineer, or Registered Architect) required.
- Minimum of 15(+) years serving as lead and working on large, complex construction projects with construction value in excess of $10m
- Minimum of 10(+) years of leadership and professional experience directing construction projects, managing multi-service teams in a facilities environment, design, and construction, schedule control, cost management, program budgeting, and overall construction project management activities.
- Experience demonstrating strong familiarity with MD construction codes and permitting requirements of the Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP)
- Experience preparing and executing Health & Safety, Environmental, Quality Assurance and Quality Control plans for Capital Improvement and Efficiency projects
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within facilities teams.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, including establishing and building effective working relationships with executive leadership, team members, and residents.
- Ability to build trust with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills: ability to listen, clearly articulate thoughts, directions, and expectations, develop reports and proposals, and make presentations.
- Ability to select, train, instruct, appraise, counsel, and motivate assigned direct reports to achieve common goals.
- Logistic planning and implementation skills, with creativity and innovation to improve existing processes, define new methods, and make recommendations for improvement.
- High-level critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to connect operational duties to overall organizational goals and strategies.
