Summary

CSU Spur in Denver is seeking a Director of Facilities Management to join the CSU Spur leadership team. The Director of Facilities Management works closely with various departments at CSU Spur to deliver smooth campus operations and a positive experience for visitors, students, tenants, and employees.

Description

The CSU Spur Campus is seeking a Director of Facilities Management to join the dynamic CSU Spur leadership team. The Director of Facilities Management (FM) works closely with various departments at CSU Spur to deliver smooth campus operations and a positive experience for visitors, students, tenants, and employees. The Director of FM will manage ongoing campus operations at this unique satellite campus, coordinating with an integrated team that includes event management, educational programming, visitor experience and exhibits, IT, administration, fundraising, and programs.

The CSU Spur campus is a public-facing campus, with over 100,000 visitors a year. Open year-round, CSU Spur hosts several research labs, service providers, veterinary care, equine care, educational offerings and events. The Director of FM will manage the operations of the facilities that support these various uses, including managing external partnerships and tenants within the buildings, working closely with IT and other departments, ensuring best-in-class management for sustainability principles including energy and water savings and occupant health, and managing budgets and contracts to keep the Spur facilities running smoothly.

The Spur Director of Facilities Management position is a unique opportunity for a positive, creative, and detail-oriented facilities professional to work with an integrated team to continue to advance the operations of this 3-year-old satellite campus of CSU. The Spur campus has a one-of-a-kind collection of amenities that include multiple types of laboratories, classrooms, a teaching kitchen, a food lab, a greenhouse, student living spaces, horse stables, a veterinary clinic, a flexible theater, and more. This unique position requires both creativity and attention to detail and is a chance to demonstrate expertise in both. The position is a salaried position, that will require duties during regular working hours as well as duties during extended hours for events scheduled at the campus.

About CSU Spur
The Colorado State University (CSU) System, along with its partners, has developed a unique and exciting public facility called CSU Spur at the National Western Center in Denver, Colorado. The CSU Spur campus houses three buildings focused on water, food and agriculture, human and animal health, and sustainability. Within the Spur buildings, CSU conducts research and convenes experts from around the globe; students of all ages engage with science and have opportunities for exploratory learning, transforming their thinking about food, water, and health, and the careers available in these fields; and partners join in programming the space and bringing evolving content to the year-round campus. CSU Spur is part of a larger 250-acre redevelopment project, which started in 2013 and reimagines what the National Western Center can be, creates a site that will support the National Western Stock Show long-term, and makes the location a year-round destination. CSU Spur was created with an Anchor Institution framework and is committed to supporting the surrounding communities through the programming and activities developed at the campus.More information about CSU Spur is available at www.csuspur.org.

Required Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Minimum of 5 years of oversight and management responsibility for building operations.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple buildings (e.g., corporate, government, or educational campus) together.
  • Demonstrated budget and financial acumen, including operating budgets of over $1M and management of real estate leases.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in facility management in areas including advanced energy systems, building performance, sustainability, energy and water use reduction, and healthy building materials and operations.
  • Demonstrated experience managing security teams and/or contractors.
  • Demonstrated strong organizational and detail-oriented administrative skills, including managing contractors, reports, contracts, and internal staff.
  • Ability to read and understand Construction Documents, including plans and specifications in a variety of formats, including Bluebeam.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams.
  • Demonstrated strength in interpersonal communication skills, and effective engagement of stakeholders, tenants, and visitors.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license or the ability to obtain a driver’s license or access to a licensed driver by the employment start date.

Preferred Job Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience convening, managing, and participating in effective cross-disciplinary teams.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience managing facilities in a university or similar institutional environment as a primary responsibility.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of advanced energy systems, central utility plants, boiler systems, water treatment, electrical, plumbing, painting, carpentry, building controls, maintenance and the tools and material used in the preventive maintenance of the facility.
  • Demonstrated experience with business continuity planning, contingency planning, emergency preparedness and management, emergency operation centers (EOC), or disaster recovery.

Proposed Annual Salary Range: $128,000-133,000
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on 5/5/2025

Colorado State University is not just a workplace; it’s a thriving community that’s transforming lives and improving the human condition through world-class teaching, research, and service. With a robust benefits package, collaborative atmosphere, and focus on work-life balance, CSU is where you can thrive, grow, and make a lasting impact.

Colorado State University (CSU) provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

For full position details and to apply, visit https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/159920

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