Serves as the top facilities position and manages the Center’s operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year. Hands-on in overseeing the maintenance, modification and protection of all facilities and properties, and equipment necessary to provide a comfortable, healthy and safe environment for all faculty, staff, visitors and employees. Responsible for recruiting, training and developing staff and ensuring that effective performance management standards are met. Manages staff within functional units of Operations and Water Compliance, Plant Operations and Engineering, and General Maintenance. Assists in ensuring regulatory compliance of research animal housing facilities.

Collaborates with his or her counterparts on Tulane’s Main Campus to not only coordinate capital projects and facilities operations activities, but also to build a partnership between TNBRC’s Facilities Services and Tulane’s Facilities Services. Integrates Facilities, Capital Projects and other departments at Tulane and builds close links to the Downtown Campus where Tulane houses the Health Sciences.

Serves as a member of TNBRC’s Strategic Planning team and is instrumental in guiding TNBRC’s Strategic Site Master Plan to include coordinating activities with design professionals and construction contractors to ensure projects are completed within time, cost, and quality limits. Develops project plans, including review of time schedules and procedures, as well as provision of assistance in the bidding and review process. Prepares grant specifications and requests, and will play a major role in writing grant proposals in a timely fashion. Provides recommendations regarding the awarding of construction contracts. Resolves schedule issues, project scope changes, and budget issues.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related technical or administrative field, and at least eight years of relevant experience to include experience in plant operations or utilities, including oversight of a 6,000+ ton central plant and supervisory responsibility over a large, diverse workforce
• City of New Orleans First Class License in Boilers and HVAC
• Active 1st class Stationary Engineers License
• Louisiana Level 1 Water Operator License
• Demonstrated familiarity with local, state, and federal regulations and permitting requirements related to facility construction, renovation, utility infrastructure, and environmental compliance — including DEQ, OSHA, NIH, USDA, CDC, and Fire Marshal.
• Familiarity with city, state, and federal regulations/permits involved in construction/renovation projects and operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an academic environment.
• Master’s Degree or higher in Business Administration, Project Management, Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related technical or administrative field.
• Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Class A/B Underground Storage Tank Operator Certification
• EPA Universal Refrigeration Certification
• Certified Facilities Manager (CFM) – International Facility Management Association (IFMA).
• Certified Educational Facilities Professional (CEFP) – APPA.
• Proficiency in CMMS software systems such as TMA for managing maintenance, compliance, and asset lifecycle operations.
• Louisiana Level 2 or Higher Water Operator Licenses – both potable and wastewater systems
• Experience developing, managing, or contributing to NIH-funded capital projects or similar federally supported infrastructure initiatives.
• Demonstrated success in writing or contributing to grant proposals, facility modernization plans, or institutional infrastructure strategies.
• Knowledge of or certifications in FEMA Incident Response frameworks (e.g., ICS, NIMS) or related emergency preparedness and continuity planning systems.
• Experience managing or collaborating on multi-unit or campus-scale infrastructure systems, including centralized utilities, distributed energy systems, and research-intensive environment