Global Facilities Director

Job Summary

The Global Facilities Director provides enterprise leadership for the strategy, operation, maintenance, safety, compliance, and continuous improvement of the company's global real estate and facilities portfolio. This role establishes consistent standards across offices, manufacturing locations, warehouses, laboratories, and other sites; optimizes lifecycle cost and service performance; strengthens business continuity; and ensures facilities support employee safety, operational reliability, growth, and effective workplace experience. The Director partners closely with business leaders and functions including Operations, EHS, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Security, Procurement, and Sustainability.

Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Develop and execute a multi-year global facilities and real-estate strategy aligned with business plans, operational requirements, workforce needs, and capital priorities.
• Establish enterprise standards, policies, governance, and performance measures for facility operations, preventive maintenance, workplace services, space utilization, physical security coordination, and site condition.
• Lead the global portfolio planning process, including site selection, lease administration, acquisitions, consolidations, relocations, expansions, and dispositions in partnership with Legal, Finance, and business leadership.
• Own operating facilities and capital budgets globally; develop business cases, establish project priorities, monitor forecasts, and deliver measurable cost, reliability, and service improvements.
• Direct major facility projects from concept through closeout, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, permitting, stakeholder communication, and change control are effectively managed.
• Ensure sites comply with applicable building, fire, environmental, accessibility, occupational safety, and other regulatory requirements, working in close coordination with EHS and local leadership.
• Strengthen emergency preparedness, crisis response, property-loss prevention, and business-continuity capabilities for critical facilities and infrastructure.
• Lead energy, water, waste, and carbon-reduction initiatives and support the collection and governance of facilities-related sustainability data.
• Select, negotiate with, and manage landlords, brokers, architects, engineers, contractors, utilities, and facilities-service providers; establish service-level expectations and conduct regular performance reviews.
• Build and develop a high-performing global facilities organization through clear accountabilities, succession planning, coaching, and consistent operating rhythms across regions.
• Implement and maintain reliable portfolio data, dashboards, and systems for work orders, assets, space, leases, projects, costs, risks, and key performance indicators.
• Advise executive and business leaders on facility risks, investment needs, portfolio opportunities, and decisions that affect operational capacity and employee experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in facilities management, engineering, architecture, construction management, business, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
• Professional certification such as CFM, FMP, SFP, PMP, LEED AP, or equivalent is preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in facilities management, corporate real estate, engineering, operations, or a related discipline, including at least 5 years leading global multi-site teams.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, maintenance programs, construction delivery, lease administration, life-safety requirements, workplace standards, and facilities risk management.
• Financial acumen sufficient to evaluate lifecycle costs, develop investment business cases, oversee budgets, and communicate portfolio tradeoffs to senior leaders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and experience with computerized maintenance management, integrated workplace-management, project-management, or related facilities systems.
• Demonstrated responsibility for a geographically dispersed portfolio that includes industrial, manufacturing, warehouse, office, or similarly complex environments.
• Proven experience managing substantial operating and capital budgets, complex construction or renovation programs, and third-party service providers.
• Experience establishing global standards while adapting execution to local legal, regulatory, cultural, and operational requirements.

Travel Requirements: Approximately 30%-40% domestic and international travel, with additional travel as required for major projects, site assessments, acquisitions, emergencies, or business-critical issues.

ADA RequirementsPositions in this function typically require typing, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

• Concentrated mental and/or visual attention. The work involves performing complex tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications, or a high degree of hand and eye coordination for sustained periods.

• The job is typically performed under comfortable working conditions; any disagreeable elements are generally absent during normal performance of job. Visits to our manufacturing facility and suppliers' facilities is required to monitor active projects and address design issues.

• Compliance with company attendance standards.

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

We Offer:

We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and much more.

At CECO, we are committed to a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.