Associate Director for Custodial & Landscaping Services

Associate Director for Custodial & Landscaping Services

Facilities Management

University of California, Santa Barbara

Summary of Job Details:

The Associate Director of Custodial & Landscaping Services provides overall Facilities leadership, direction and consultation to the campus physical and environmental planners, campus Landscape Committee, Facilities Management and staff, and Design and Construction Services project managers. Incumbent provides leadership and guidance over the Facilities Management Landscape Planning program, encompassing 30.0 FTE and 400 acres of state supported landscaped spaces. Consults with faculty, staff and other members of the campus community with regard to facilities landscape and environmental concepts, construction and environmental plans, campus development, plant material selections, costs and renewals of the physical and environmental environment, including reinvestments in the permanent landscape, hardscape, trees, and irrigation and storm water drainage infrastructure. The Associate Director also provides leadership and guidance over the Facilities Management Custodial Services program, encompassing 125.0 FTEs and 4.1 million square feet of state supported building spaces. Provides oversight and direction for the development of a short- and long- range comprehensive custodial maintenance program that includes analysis of existing conditions, developing procedures and guidelines, and establishing unit goals and performance measures to meet those goals.

Required Qualifications:

• BA/S degree in engineering, construction, architecture, planning, management, public administration, or other relevant field.

• 7-9 years- Relevant experience in Custodial and/or Landscaping Services

• 3-5 yrs of relevant management experience

• Demonstrated commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards.

• Demonstrated experience providing leadership to a large, diverse, skilled staff with the skills necessary to develop and implement a strong customer service approach to work efforts, motivate staff in a fluid environment, promote team building, establish consensus and support for decision making, and foster cooperation.

• Strong planning, organization, and project management skills.    

• Strong understanding of industrial cleaning and commercial landscaping.

• Strong commitment to and proven leadership in exceptional customer service.

• Experience managing a variety of personnel which could include trades, landscape, custodial, engineers, stockroom and administrative workers.

• Demonstrated experience in providing sound guidance to supervisory staff concerning performance evaluations, disciplinary actions and employee / labor relations in both a collective bargaining and non-represented environment.

• Demonstrated experience collaborating and communicating with partners to resolve problems.

• Strong knowledge of organization, system-wide and governmental policies and procedures and any related applicable laws and regulations.

• Demonstrated experience developing and promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace through concrete practices.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull-Notice Program

• Satisfactory conviction history background check

• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $162,000-$182,000/yr. 

Full Salary Range: $116,000.00-$224,200.00/yr.  

Days/Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

Benefits Eligibility: Full Benefits 

UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.

For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination. 

Application review begins:  8/8/2024

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job #71142