Salary: $95,000.00 - $120,000.00 Annually
Location : Lewis County - Centralia, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Job Number:Department: Dept. of Social and Health Services
Division: FTAA
Opening Date: 07/07/2026
Closing Date: 7/21/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
DescriptionLead all campus facilities operations for the , overseeing a 244,000-sq-ft campus with 34 buildings across 40 acres. As the senior on-site authority for maintenance and operations, you'll manage infrastructure, life-safety systems, environmental systems, and grounds for a 24/7 behavioral health environment where reliability directly impacts patient safety and regulatory compliance.
Reporting to the Southwest Regional Operations Administrator, you'll serve as the primary leader for fire protection coordination, emergency preparedness, utilities, regulatory compliance, and local public-safety partnerships. You'll also act as the operational liaison with Capital Programs, IT, and agency leadership to align infrastructure planning and capital investments with statewide priorities.
This role shapes outcomes across institutional programs and regulated environments, ensuring safe, strategic, and resilient facility operations for vulnerable populations.
Under the direction of the Maintenance Operations Division (MOD) Regional Operations Administrator, you will hold campuswide accountability for maintenance policy implementation, operational standards, and long-range stewardship of all facilities operations supporting BHTC-MLC. The position exercises delegated authority for interpreting and applying MOD and DSHS policies, including AP 14.07 Control of Capital Assets, and for making operational decisions that directly affect the reliability, safety, and compliance of critical institutional infrastructure across the 24/7 campus.
Some of what you will do:First 6-12 months: 1) Get to know the campus infrastructure top to bottom; 2) Learn your teams' strengths and understand what gaps need to be supported; 3) Learn the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to support our service requests for the campus.
- Campus infrastructure oversight - Lead all maintenance and operations for electrical, mechanical/HVAC, plumbing, boilers, life-safety systems, structural maintenance, and grounds.
- Maintenance strategy - Direct preventive/predictive maintenance programs, resource allocation, and standards that ensure uninterrupted clinical and residential operations.
- Operational liaison - Advise campus leadership on system performance, risks, and operational impacts; communicate early warnings and mitigation options.
- Supervisory leadership - Full authority over hiring, performance management, discipline, and local policy development.
- Fiscal oversight - Manage the facilities budget, authorize expenditures, and ensure financial controls support operational sustainability.
- Budget development support - Provide data-driven projections, lifecycle insights, and operational metrics for MOD's biennial budget.
- Capital governance - Oversee data integrity and operational inputs for enterprise systems supporting statewide capital planning ($80M-$100M biennially).
- Daily operations - Oversee campuswide reliability, safety programs, and skilled-trade workforce management in a 24/7 care environment.
- Inspection readiness - Lead preparation for DOH, CMS, L&I, DOE, and Fire Marshal inspections; manage corrective actions.
- Capital planning partnership - Provide operational insight for facility condition assessments, lifecycle planning, and capital strategy.
- Project prioritization - Identify and communicate capital needs aligned with regulatory risk and long-range goals.
- Construction coordination - Serve as MOD liaison for all capital work, ensuring service continuity, safety, and operational mitigation.
What We're Looking For:- A minimum of nine years of progressively responsible experience in facility maintenance, facility management, institutional operations, or a closely related field. At least five years must be in a leadership, supervisory, or management capacity overseeing multidisciplinary technical teams or complex facility operations.
- Education/Experience Substitution: Relevant higher education-such as coursework or degrees in project management, construction management, engineering, business administration, information systems, or computer systems management will substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
Preferred Experience:
- Strong CMMS experience
- Personnel development
- Understand building systems, including life safety and emergency power and water quality
Questions? If you have questions about job number 05470, please contact , or phone (360) 725-5810.
Supplemental InformationPrior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle.
Updated 01-07-2026
