February 8, 2024

The University of Vermont is currently seeking its next Executive Director of Facilities Management

The Executive Director of Facilities Management is a critical leadership position that helps to ensure the success of the University by providing strategic leadership and management oversight for all aspects of facilities, transportation, utility infrastructure, capital construction, and preventative/deferred maintenance. This includes establishing and implementing short- and long-range department goals, objectives, strategic plans, policies, and operating procedures.

The Executive Director will monitor and evaluate programmatic and operational effectiveness and implement changes as needed; establish best practices and standard operating procedures for all aspects of facilities management; and collaborate with campus and community stakeholders to further institutional strategic and operational goals to ensure safe, efficient, and well-maintained facilities.

The Executive Director will be a strategic leader with outstanding collaboration and communication skills, and will develop a culture of process improvement, customer service, transparency and accountability. The Executive Director reports to Vice President for Finance and Administration.

About UVM Facilities

Facilities Management is a diverse and dynamic team of approximately 450 employees in service-oriented, skilled trades, technical and professional positions. The team maintains and enhances over five million square feet of facilities across 140 buildings on a picturesque 460-acre campus and is committed to providing safe, efficient, well-maintained, comfortable, and inspiring spaces for students, faculty, and staff to learn, teach, research, work, live, and play.

Built Assets & Infrastructure

  • The UVM main campus is located in the City of Burlington, Vermont on ~460 acres.
  • Other university landholdings incude ~490 acres of agricultural, woodlands, and natural areas located just outside Burlington and several research properties (forests, horse farm, natural areas) located throughout the State of Vermont.
  • The main campus includes over 5.0 million gross square feet of facilities, comprised of ~160 buildings and structures including 19 LEED-certified buildings
  • Building portfolio ranges from historic wood-frame houses to large modern technically complex laboratory research facilities…and everything in between.
  • A campus district energy (steam and chilled water) system supplies heating and cooling to over half the campus. System includes:
    • 5 dual-fuel boilers; 2 steam-driven chillers and 2 electric chillers
    • Over 5 miles of underground steam distribution lines and 3 miles chilled water piping
    • Satellite steam boilers and chillers in other locations provide peaking and redundancy
  • Five (5) large-scale Stormwater Management facilities which treat and detain runoff from approximately 250 acres.

Fleet Assets

  • 212 fleet vehicles including:
    • 21 electric vehicles (EVs)
    • 9 hybrid and alternate fuel buses
  • Goal to reduce overall fleet to 194 or fewer by 2030
  • Goal to transition 100% of light-duty vehicles to electric by 2040.

Points of Pride

Dedicated Workforce

  • Our employees and teams care about student success and are committed to providing safe, comfortable, accessible and well-maintained facilities for all 

Technology

  • Mobile technology deployed for entire front-line maintenance workforce.
  • Recent implementation of entirely new Integrated Work Management System (IWMS) for space, asset, and maintenance management.  
  • Plant Integration (PI) project merging data from our three BAS controls systems 

Energy & Utilities

  • Longstanding commitment (spanning three decades) for energy efficiency projects.
  • Recent (2017) expansion of central chilled water system
  • 9 solar array installations on campus

Collaboration and Engagement

  • Collaborative work culture among Facilities Management units and peer groups regarding planning, project coordination and scheduling, program logistics.
  • Strong working relationships and customer-satisfaction among campus partners and stakeholders 
  • Completion of a Campus Plan (2021) and Campus Sustainability Plan (2022)
  • Our units regularly engage students through internships, class projects, student clubs, academic connections, etc. 

Recent Capital and Major Renewal Projects

  • Renovation and renewal of former agricultural college building into Leahy Institute
  • Completion of Firestone Hall

Interested applicants must apply through the uvmjobs.com portal

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