Operations and Maintenance Division Director

Job Description

The Operations and Maintenance Division Director is responsible for overseeing preventive, predictive, and responsive maintenance and repair operations for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, grounds, and custodial trades groups. The division manages a diverse set of County facilities and sites, including courthouses, administrative offices, fire stations, police precincts, libraries, senior centers, correctional facilities, and fuel sites, totaling more than 130 facilities and 3.5 million square feet. The division is innovative, forward‑thinking, and a leader in the County's environmental sustainability efforts.

Essential Duties

• Supervises staff, including prioritizing and assigning work, conducting performance evaluations, ensuring employees are trained, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures, maintaining a healthy and safe working environment, and making hiring, termination, and disciplinary recommendations.
• Oversees services to include housekeeping, landscaping maintenance, and comprehensive building maintenance—carpentry and finishes, electrical power and lighting, low‑voltage systems, HVAC systems, plumbing, and security and life safety systems.
• Governs administration of outsourced maintenance contracts and in‑house maintenance operations.
• Provides 24/7, after‑hours, and weekend emergency maintenance response; coordinates emergency response forces and planning for inclement weather and other emergency events.
• Ensures adherence to all applicable building and life safety codes and regulations.
• Manages Computerized Maintenance Management and Energy Accountability Systems.
• Conducts and contributes to the analysis of management information—identifies issues and discrepancies, conducts need analyses, projects consequences of proposed actions, formulates recommendations based on findings, implements priorities, work processes, and procedures, and trains individuals on established or modified organizational practices.
• Oversees data collection and processing—prepares and reviews reports, reconciliations, and statements; collaborates with internal and external agencies; ensures data accuracy through audits.
• Responds to requests for information and provides subject‑matter expertise and guidance to other departments, consumers, the general public, and outside agencies; directs safety, environmental, and customer service issues and programs.
• Manages and processes transactions across purchase orders, accounts receivable, accounts payable, invoicing, payroll, and related functions.
• Prepares bid specifications and invitations to bid; conducts bid openings; analyzes bids and selects vendors; administers funds; reviews and monitors professional service providers, agreements, contracts, grants, and regulatory compliance.
• Develops and administers budgets; allocates resources; approves expenditures; reviews financial statements.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Other Job Requirements/Information

• This job may require on‑call rotation and emergency after‑hours, weekends, and/or holidays.

Grade

Grade: 205. Salary will be dependent on education and experience.

Effective 4/11/2023, this position is eligible for the Employee Referral Program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, or a closely related field AND
• Nine years of progressively related experience related to one or more of the areas listed above, including two years as a manager OR
• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

Preferred Qualifications in addition to the above minimum qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Five to ten years of managerial experience.
• Professional Engineer license.

Gwinnett County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information regarding our hiring process, please click the links below:

Gwinnett County is committed to creating a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information (including sex), race, color, national origin (including ancestry), gender (identity and expression), sexual orientation, age, marital status, familial status (including pregnancy), disability, military or veteran status, religion, political affiliation, immigration status, homeless status, or any other category protected by law.

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