Facilities Management Infrastructure Director - Columbia, MD

Job Summary

Job Summary:
The Infrastructure Director position provides strategic leadership for capital infrastructure investment and enterprise facilities operations across the health system. The role is responsible for overseeing long-term capital planning, project execution, and alignment with organizational priorities, while driving operational excellence through asset management, resource optimization, technology integration, and data-driven decision-making.
Strategic Capital Job Duties:
•    Lead the health system's long-term critical infrastructure replacement strategy. 
•    Manage the system-wide deferred maintenance program. 
•    Lead the annual capital infrastructure planning and prioritization process. 
•    Develop capital replacement recommendations based on asset conditions, risk, lifecycle, and regulatory requirements. 
•    Establish system-wide infrastructure replacement standards and lifecycle strategies. 
•    Coordinate feasibility studies, engineering designs, cost estimates, and project scopes for capital projects. 
•    Develop executive capital investment recommendations based on operational priorities, construction schedules, and available funding. 
•    Ensure capital investment strategies align with health system strategic initiatives and hospital priorities. 
•    Lead the Project Management team in executing infrastructure renewal projects across the health system. 
•    Oversee the complete capital project lifecycle, including planning, procurement, budgeting, scheduling, construction, commissioning, and project closeout. 
•    Develop executive dashboards and presentations summarizing capital investments, deferred maintenance, infrastructure risks, and project portfolio performance.
Strategic Operational Job Duties
•    Develop enterprise asset management strategies to improve infrastructure reliability and lifecycle performance. 
•    Evaluate maintenance staffing models, workforce capabilities, and purchased services across the health system. 
•    Develop recommendations to optimize staffing, resource utilization, and operational efficiency. 
•    Assist with the strategic sourcing, procurement, and management of system-wide maintenance service contracts. 
•    Direct the RFP process, contract negotiations, master agreement execution, and vendor performance management. 
•    Develop corrective action plans to improve vendor quality, service delivery, and contract compliance. 
•    Expand digital facilities capabilities through asset mapping, life safety documentation, space utilization, and project management technologies. 
•    Develop system-wide operational benchmarks, KPIs, and data analytics to support executive decision-making. 
•    Identify emerging operational risks, infrastructure trends, and strategic initiatives requiring executive attention. 
•    Collaborate with Regional Director and hospital leadership to develop and implement system-wide Facilities Management strategies. 
•    Provide strategic operational support for regulatory surveys, hospital start-ups, acquisitions, operational assessments, and other Division initiatives.
Qualifications: 
•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field preferred; 
•    3-5 years of project and asset management, overseeing multiple services within the critical infrastructure environment;
•    Experience managing teams;
•    Must be able to analyze large data sets and communicate complex, technical data in a clear and concise manner;
•    Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered;
•    The ability to read, comprehend, and transmit complicated detailed instructions orally and in writing;
•    Must be advanced in Microsoft applications.