Job description

As one of the great gardens of the world located just 30 miles outside of Philadelphia, Longwood Gardens is rooted in a steadfast mission of excellence in horticulture, education, and the arts. Across our many departments, each and every staff member creates the magic that makes our Gardens distinctive. Our team of dynamic professionals is what sets us apart, and our spirit of legacy, innovation, and opportunity is what guides us. While beauty is our heart, our people are our soul.

Longwood Gardens is seeking an Associate Director, Finishes Division to provide daily supervision, mentoring, training, project management, and a cohesive, consolidated approach to the carpentry, painting, glazing, welding, and fabrication activities in our facilities. Responsibilities include:

• Managing our architectural elements in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
• Supervising and directing others who perform building-trades repairs, and maintenance duties.
• Performing preventive maintenance inspections and repairs as mandated by local municipalities and per department requirements
• Conducting rapid response, investigation, and management of all building envelopes or other architectural element emergency situations.
• Managing all requests for building-trades service calls, evaluating requests and dispatching appropriate staff or contractors, follow-up and verifying completion of work, and expediting and approving payment for completed work.
• Using appropriate CMMS programs and ensuring staff have a complete working knowledge of creating, closing, and tracking requests.
• Reporting on opportunities for long-term or preventive maintenance, and other cost-saving measures necessary for the upkeep of LWG structures.
• Ensuring inventory of parts and supplies is appropriate.
• Reviewing specifications and bidding documents for required scheduled Service Contracts or contracted support for building-trades initiatives.
• Maintaining productive relationships with internal departments, vendors, and critical business partners who perform services related to systems within the scope of responsibilities.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering, or a related construction field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in supervising building-trades maintenance role.
• Proven leadership.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, strong interpersonal and professional writing skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Longwood Gardens is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that diversity, equality, and inclusion strengthen our institution and the world around us.

Job Type: Full-time

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