Director of Facilities Operations Sustainability

The Director of Facilities Operations Sustainability provides leadership for sustainability programs and initiatives within the Facilities Services department as well as the campus community. The position also serves as the Manager of the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling (OWRR) and provides leadership and management of waste diversion and zero waste strategies to the unit and campus community as a whole. The Director strives to place the University as a leader in sustainability, waste diversion, and solid waste programs and strategies through innovation and collaboration. This position develops and manages multiple programs simultaneously, including comprehensive environmental programs, sustainable building operations, ecologically sound maintenance practices, efficient transportation, waste reduction, recycling, compost, reuse, green chemical usage, and outreach. Programs and services are provided to academic, administrative and research departments and those units that support campus activities including Housing, Dining, Campus Recreation, Athletics, Energy Services, and Transportation and Parking.

Duties include supervision, leadership, and direction for all OWRR programs and operations, coordination of waste management, education, program branding, and behavior change; and management of program expansion, development opportunities, and budget. This position will develop new and innovative ideas and programs to maximize sustainable operations, waste diversion, and engagement, and establish a vision and plan for future program needs. This position directly supports the Sustainable Carolina initiative, Solid Waste Advisory Group of Orange County (elected officials,) and serves as the main campus resource for campus facilities operations sustainability issues. This work includes coordinating the development and implementation of short- and long-term comprehensive sustainability management practices, recycling, composting, outreach, and preventive maintenance plans through the development of partnerships and program strategies with employees, students, faculty, staff, and the community. The position will collaborate with other campus units to set programmatic and operational development goals and ensure compliance and movement toward zero waste and sustainable building operations.

This position will also provide interactive training in sustainability programs to all branches of Facilities Operations. This includes training for 24 Housekeeping zones (370 employees), nine Groundskeeping zones (77 employees), and Building Services shops (217 employees). The position will be responsible for training Facilities Operations users in waste diversion, zero waste strategies, waste reduction, recycling, composting, and green chemical use.