Vice President, Maintenance and Construction

Overview:

Job Status/Type: Full time, year-round

Position Level: Senior to Executive Level

Shifts/Schedule Requirements: Ability to work various shifts and days including nights, weekends and holiday periods to meet business needs.

This senior level executive will have 10-15 years’ experience in large-scale project management and facility management that includes design, construction, facilities, and grounds maintenance. Functioning as a strategic business partner to all Cedar Point Divisions, this leader will work to frame, prepare and lead capital projects on-going, achieving precise timelines and budget requirements.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Lead, design and guide a pipeline of diverse projects, recommending and tracking needed resources, dollars, and infrastructure.
• Collaborate in the planning and development of major capital project execution and manage annual capital plans.
• Partner with leadership and operations to define, implement and maintain a brand standard and quality standard for all projects.
• Develop a series of metrics and key performance indicators to measure performance of the portfolio and ensure regular assessments to measure the effectiveness of maintenance programs and proactively identify areas for improvement and investment.
• Lead, retain and coach a direct staff of leaders.
• Manage the productivity and performance of an indirect staff of 250 employees.
• Act as Cedar Point’s representative and liaison with all outside agencies, community leaders, manufacturers, vendors and state and county administrators.
• In partnership with Human Resources, manage, negotiate, and administer various trade agreements.
  
  

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• 10 years experience in the following areas:
• Managing large-scale construction projects.
• Managing maintenance and construction teams.
• Role bidding and negotiating for construction projects.
• Creation and management of construction documents, budgets, and infrastructure.
• Conducting financial analysis, budgeting, and planning for construction projects
• Executive level leadership competencies to include:
• Entrepreneurial spirit and compassion for role modeling, team building, coaching, mentoring, and developing future construction leaders
• Strategic mindset - seeing ahead to figure possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies
• Planning and execution
• Business partnership
• Influencing and facilitating alignment
• Motivational communication and presentation skills
• Resourcefulness – securing and deploying resources effectively
• Collaboration - building partnerships
• Accountability – holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Action Oriented – taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• Optimizes work processes - knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Decision quality – making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward
• Drives results – consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Courage – stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering or Business required
• A strong reputation and track record of building and maintaining relationships with architects, engineers, government entities and community leaders
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holiday periods to meet business needs.
• Ability to pass a mandatory (or random) drug test, per company policy, unless prohibited by state or provincial law.
• Ability to pass a background check, if 18 years of age or older, which may include, but is not limited to, credit, criminal, DMV, previous employment, education and personal references, per company policy, unless prohibited by federal, state, or provincial law.