Facilities Management Infrastructure Director - Columbia, MD

Job Summary

The Infrastructure Director position provides strategic leadership for capital infrastructure investment and enterprise facilities operations across the health system. The role is responsible for overseeing long-term capital planning, project execution, and alignment with organizational priorities, while driving operational excellence through asset management, resource optimization, technology integration, and data-driven decision-making.

Strategic Capital Job Duties

• Lead the health system's long-term critical infrastructure replacement strategy.
• Manage the system-wide deferred maintenance program.
• Lead the annual capital infrastructure planning and prioritization process.
• Develop capital replacement recommendations based on asset conditions, risk, lifecycle, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish system-wide infrastructure replacement standards and lifecycle strategies.
• Coordinate feasibility studies, engineering designs, cost estimates, and project scopes for capital projects.
• Develop executive capital investment recommendations based on operational priorities, construction schedules, and available funding.
• Ensure capital investment strategies align with health system strategic initiatives and hospital priorities.
• Lead the Project Management team in executing infrastructure renewal projects across the health system.
• Oversee the complete capital project lifecycle, including planning, procurement, budgeting, scheduling, construction, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Develop executive dashboards and presentations summarizing capital investments, deferred maintenance, infrastructure risks, and project portfolio performance.

Strategic Operational Job Duties

• Develop enterprise asset management strategies to improve infrastructure reliability and lifecycle performance.
• Evaluate maintenance staffing models, workforce capabilities, and purchased services across the health system.
• Develop recommendations to optimize staffing, resource utilization, and operational efficiency.
• Assist with the strategic sourcing, procurement, and management of system-wide maintenance service contracts.
• Direct the RFP process, contract negotiations, master agreement execution, and vendor performance management.
• Develop corrective action plans to improve vendor quality, service delivery, and contract compliance.
• Expand digital facilities capabilities through asset mapping, life safety documentation, space utilization, and project management technologies.
• Develop system-wide operational benchmarks, KPIs, and data analytics to support executive decision-making.
• Identify emerging operational risks, infrastructure trends, and strategic initiatives requiring executive attention.
• Collaborate with Regional Director and hospital leadership to develop and implement system-wide Facilities Management strategies.
• Provide strategic operational support for regulatory surveys, hospital start-ups, acquisitions, operational assessments, and other Division initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field preferred;
• 3-5 years of project and asset management, overseeing multiple services within the critical infrastructure environment;
• Experience managing teams;
• Must be able to analyze large data sets and communicate complex, technical data in a clear and concise manner;
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered;
• The ability to read, comprehend, and transmit complicated detailed instructions orally and in writing;
• Must be advanced in Microsoft applications.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance/AD
• Disability Insurance
• Retail Plan
• Flexible Time Off
• Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
• Associate Shopping Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Discount Marketplace
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Personal Leave

About Crothall Healthcare

Crothall Healthcare, a Compass Healthcare company, provides specialized, high-quality, innovative, and responsive support services exclusively to the healthcare industry. Crothall serves many of the Top 100 Hospitals throughout its over 900 hospital partners across 46 states. Crothall has been recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work and Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania since 2013. Crothall has more than 32,000 team members, with core services include: Environmental Services, Patient Transportation, Patient Observation, Healthcare Facilities Management, Sterile Processing Services, and Ambulatory EVS. Learn more at www.Crothall.com.