Deputy Director, Facilities Management (Program Manager II) - 61111426

• Supervises staff to include preparing performance planning and evaluation documents and related personnel paperwork. Coaches, counsels and trains employees. Establishes and monitors work processes. Implements management policies and initiatives and promotes teamwork.
• Lead and manage all aspects of the administration, construction, and sustainment/maintenance of Veteran Nursing Homes and state Veteran cemeteries, real property, leased facilities, and land management (administration). Manages the department's Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan (CPIP) program, tasks and associated activities. Accompanies the Director of Veteran Homes and/or the Secretary to Joint Bond Review Committee and other legislative hearings (as required). 
• Oversees preventive maintenance (routine and non-routine) inspection of agency facilities at Veteran homes sites, State Veteran Cemeteries and other department facilities and real property. Provides advice on all matters pertaining to facilities and infrastructure, including facility planning and program development, capital repair, restoration, improvement planning, and development of budgetary resourcing requirements. Advises on all matters pertaining to physical plant maintenance: including repair program planning, support to construction, minor alterations and improvement, facilities condition inspection, energy management, facilities maintenance and repair service contracts, and grounds management. Develops, justifies, and submits fiscal resourcing input to the Director of Veteran Homes for annual and emerging facility requirements. Leads the Facility Management Division.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application will be required to bring a copy of college transcript to the interview.  A copy of the transcript may also be uploaded as an attachment to the application, if required by the hiring department or if desired by the applicant.  Please note that some areas of the Agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript prior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area, after hiring.  Failure to produce an official, certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination.

• The candidate must have a thorough understanding of the principles and best practices associated with construction and project management.
• The candidate must have an intimate knowledge of the federal construction grant programs of the US Department of Veterans affairs, to include that of the National Cemetery Administration.
• The candidate must be capable of managing multiple complex projects, with multi-source funding, simultaneously.
• The candidate must understand the state Comprehensive Permanent Improvement Plan process and its relationship to the Joint Bond Review Committee.
• The candidate must be able to effectively communicate project scope, scale, and status to a broad array of audiences in both written and verbal mediums.

The SC Department of Veterans’ Affairs is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application.  Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment.  Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education.  A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.

The SC Department of Veterans’ Affairs offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees: 

1. Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children. Click here for additional information.
2. 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
3. 15 days sick leave per year
4. 13 paid holidays
5. Paid Parental Leave
6. S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available (S.C. Deferred Compensation)
7. Retirement benefit choices * 
   1. State Retirement Plan (SCRS)
   2. State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)

*Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay. 

Salary : $68,397 - $126,547