Associate Director of Facilities
$120,000–$130,000 year
On-siteSan Marino, California, United States
Job Summary
Develop and implement comprehensive strategies for maintaining The Huntington's 200-acre campus, overseeing daily operations, preventive maintenance, and emergency response across galleries, libraries, and public areas. Manage utilities, mechanical systems, and building automation while leading a team of engineers, technicians, and custodial staff. Administer a $7 million budget, oversee capital renewal planning, and coordinate projects with internal stakeholders to ensure safety, sustainability, and collections care. Serve as an on-call leader for urgent operational issues and prepare reports for institutional leadership. The role requires on-campus residence and includes a hybrid remote work schedule.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, facilities management, construction management, architecture, business administration, or a related field
- At least ten years of progressively responsible experience managing facilities operations, building maintenance, engineering, or campus operations for a complex institution, cultural organization, higher education environment, healthcare setting, corporate campus, hospitality environment, or similar large-scale facility
- Minimum of ten years of supervisory experience leading facilities, maintenance, engineering, custodial, or operations staff
- In-depth knowledge of facilities operations, building maintenance, and building trades, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical systems, building automation, lighting controls, general contracting, and preventive maintenance practices
- Ability to read, interpret, and work from drawings, specifications, shop drawings, blueprints, as-built documents, operations and maintenance manuals, contracts, service agreements, and applicable codes and standards
- Strong understanding of safety practices, regulatory compliance, emergency response, risk management, environmental controls, and work practices appropriate for public, historic, collections-sensitive, and mission-critical facilities
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex operations, multiple priorities, budgets, contracts, projects, staff schedules, service requests, and urgent issues in a dynamic campus environment
- Excellent technology skills, including Microsoft Office applications, CMMS platforms, building management systems, lighting control systems, reporting tools, and other facilities-related software
- Strong leadership, judgment, diplomacy, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust, communicate effectively, solve problems creatively, and collaborate across departments and with external partners
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear reports, recommendations, procedures, correspondence, and presentations for technical and non-technical audiences
- Commitment to inclusive leadership, staff development, service excellence, sustainability, safety, accountability, and stewardship of institutional resources
Desired Qualifications
- equivalent combination of education, industry training, certifications, and directly related experience
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