Program Director, Research and Academic Property Services

Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Deans, Chairs, Principal Investigators, bio-containment safety personnel and other Academic Enterprise faculty and leadership to achieve program priorities and objectives with a continual focus towards customer service.
• Responsible for the development, direction, and oversight of specialized focus teams in the fields of Electrical, HVAC, Building Automation Systems, Plumbing, and Waste Management.
• Responsible for the maintenance, deferred, and capital renewal of all Health System, Academic Enterprise, and Institutional Support facilities’ assets, space, and properties.
• Responsible for the creation and implementation of department policy in alignment with accrediting agencies.
• Responsible for the development, direction, and oversight of emergency management plans to respond to natural and unplanned risks to UTMB facilities and operations.
• Assists the Associate Vice President of Property Services in the leadership of the Department, creation and management of the department budget, and may assume full Department management responsibility if assigned during the absence of the AVP.
• Assists and communicates as an owner’s representative, in the direction of internal and external planners, architects, engineers and other specialty consultants in the development and implementation of capital projects within the campus facilities.
• Responsible for the oversight and readiness of all research and academic space in accordance with all accrediting agencies and all authorities having jurisdiction.
• Responsible for managing to measurable targets and will provide a development strategy for staff at all levels in the department.
• Provides a measurable quality management program to include assurance, control and process improvement activities. Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Architecture, Facilities, Business or related field plus seven (7) years of experience as a manager in a facilities management related role.
• Directly related professional experience may be considered in lieu of the stated educational requirement on a year-for-year basis.
• This substitution applies only to the educational requirement and does not replace or count toward the separately stated minimum years of experience required for the position.
• Master’s and undergraduate in a relevant program.
• Seven years’ experience at a director level in an Academic Institution with significant research activity, especially where select agents are used in a BSL-2 through BSL-4 environment.