Job Summary: The Director of Facility Operations will manage the plant engineering activities for the hospital (MUHA) and academic (MUSC) buildings on the Medical University of South Carolina campus and the Charleston region, including 10 million square feet of occupied space. The Director of Facility Operations provides leadership within the department while maintaining high quality standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory and customer requirements, and meeting the financial objectives of the Facilities Department. The Director of Facility Operations manages a staff of 90+ maintenance personnel, coordinates a contracted maintenance program consisting of 30+ agreements totaling $5 million annually, and provides planning and leadership for a $10 million annual capital infrastructure renewal program.
Experience & Additional Skills:
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or an equivalent combination of training and work experience. • A minimum of 10 years of general maintenance experience with increasing levels of responsibility, including at least five years of recent managerial experience in facilities at an acute care hospital or higher education organization. • Broad knowledge of HVAC, mechanical and electrical repair and systems, utilities, and total building systems associated with the healthcare or higher education industry. • Experience managing design and construction for large facility capital infrastructure projects. • Knowledgeable regarding audit protocols and regulatory requirements. (Joint Commission, OSHA, etc.) • Strong understanding of energy benchmarking and management, with the ability to cut costs.
Founded in 1824, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) continues the tradition of excellence in education, research and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and nearly 800 residents in six colleges and has more than 17,000 employees. As the state’s only integrated academic health sciences center and largest non-federal employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective annual budgets in excess of $3.2 billion, with an annual economic impact of nearly $4 billion and annual research funding in excess of $284 million.
As the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care available, while training generations of competent, compassionate health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Comprising some 1,600 beds, more than 100 outreach sites, the MUSC College of Medicine, the physicians’ practice plan, and nearly 275 telehealth locations, MUSC Health owns and operates eight hospitals situated in Charleston, Chester, Florence, Lancaster and Marion counties. In 2020, for the sixth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina.
