Vice President of Capital Projects and Facilities Management

About the role

The Vice President of Capital Projects & Facilities Management reports under the Chief Operations Officer and is responsible for all aspects of capital project management, facilities management, operations, maintenance, and regulatory management at Oakwood locations.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the initial planning, process development, repair and/or replacement of Oakwood Village’s campus property, buildings, and grounds.
• Leads in the development and execution of strategic capital improvement projects that complement and support the organizational mission and goals.
• Develops Requests for Proposals for outside consultants, construction, and various other outsourced vendor services.
• Coordinates all key activities throughout the project life cycle, including clearly communicating project timelines and deliverables.
• Maintains a collaborative process with all key stakeholders, aligning expectations with project goals, schedule and budget.
• Monitors project progress, compliance with documentation, schedule and budget.
• Identifies and resolves project related issues, and proactively escalates to President & CEO and One Oakwood leadership as required.
• Works with regulatory agencies and all other entities related to the construction project, to ensure timely and complete compliance to all rules and regulations.
• Responsible for the effective and efficient operations of the campus properties, inclusive of construction and project management, building and facilities maintenance, grounds, housekeeping, dining services, horticulture, and transportation.
• Creates and oversees analyses of budgets, costs, operations, and forecast data to determine progress toward stated goals and objectives.
• Serves as a member of the Oakwood Operations Leadership Team.
• Evaluates, develops, mentors, coaches, counsels, and disciplines department staff.
• Represents Ministry to outside government or accreditation agencies on facilities management and construction management matters.
• Plans and directs the work of teams engaged in maintenance, upkeep, modifications, addition to and removal of Ministry capital assets and inclusive of capital construction projects.

Qualifications

• Must possess a comprehensive understanding of senior housing building maintenance, resident safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Comprehensive experience with overseeing budgets and financial management.
• Demonstrated experience leading $50M+ capital improvement projects from inception through completion.
• Action-oriented, have strong business acumen, manage conflict well, be customer-focused, exhibit excellent judgment and decorum, possess the flexibility to adapt to ongoing change, and have organizational agility.
• Possess interpersonal skills to drive collaboration, consensus, commitment, and productivity when working with cross-functional teams, customers, and end users.
• Comfortable functioning in a virtual, collaborative shared leadership environment.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with people from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and temperaments.
• Possesses a high degree of personal accountability, responsibility, and independent decision-making abilities with the skills to plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with proven ability to balance competing priorities.
• Ability to change and be flexible with work priorities.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated record of change management, supplemented by strong organizational and leadership skills.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to think through complex challenges, develop collaborative solutions, and execute in ways that align with the organization’s core values and strategic objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in negotiation of service requirements and contracts.
• Proactive, well-organized, and results-oriented with the ability to lead and participate in multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates superior written and verbal communication and presentation skills appropriate for audience comprehension.
• Able to communicate effectively with individuals and groups representing diverse perspectives.
• Able to research, analyze and assimilate information from various on-site or virtual sources based on technical and experience-based knowledge.
• Must exhibit critical thinking skills and possess the ability to prioritize workload.
• Exhibits critical thinking skills and possesses the ability to prioritize workload.
• Must be able to adapt to frequently changing work parameters.
• Primarily works inside with frequent sitting, walking, standing bending and occasional lifting of supplies not more than 25 pounds.
• Must understand and accept the possibility of exposure to environmental elements, such as inclement weather, dust, noise, chemicals and/or chemicals fumes, and infectious disease.