Application Deadline | 5/9/2024 | Category | Facilities | Company | Seattle Aquarium | Job Locations | US-WA-Seattle |
Dive into an exciting opportunity at the Seattle Aquarium as the visionary Director of Facilities! Join us in shaping the future of our organization, where every aspect of our physical facilities contributes to inspiring marine conservation. As a leader, you'll foster an inclusive workplace culture, championing growth and mentorship. Collaborating seamlessly across departments, you'll ensure safety, security, and efficiency while promoting regenerative and equity practices. If you're passionate about sustainability, innovation, and team empowerment, come aboard and help us create a world-class experience for visitors and staff.
Another Source's client, Seattle Aquarium, is recruiting a Director of Facilities to join their team onsite in Seattle, WA.
Here's a little about Seattle Aquarium and the position they are recruiting for:
Our lives depend on the ocean, the life support system for our blue planet. The Seattle Aquarium's physical facilities and associated equipment in concert with the departmental personnel provide foundational infrastructure to facilitate delivery of the aquarium's mission: Inspiring conservation of our marine environment. The facilities team works diligently to safely maintain, operate, and secure the Aquarium's campus and offsite facility to support our shared of ocean conservation - starting here on Seattle's waterfront.
All positions at the Aquarium support and advance our SALISH Values (Sustainable, Awe-Inspiring, Learning and Improving, Inclusive Community, Scientific Integrity, Honoring Place). As a part of our values, the Aquarium is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization. We adopted a DEI strategic plan and Regenerative Plan. We envision a future in which ocean and coastal communities survive and thrive, where we can meet the needs of the present while building more resilient and equitable systems for the future.
Learn more about the Seattle Aquarium here: https://www.seattleaquarium.org/who-we-are
About the role:
The Director of Facilities at the Seattle Aquarium is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing safety, security, habitats (exhibits), maintenance and efficient operations of our facilities. The position reports to the Vice President of Facilities and Operations, and has four direct reports (Facilities Operations Manager, Safety Manager, Security Manager, and Exhibits Technician), with an overall team of 32 staff members. The facilities department collaborates closely with all other Aquarium departments and partners to deliver infrastructure, systems and processes that facilitate mission-delivery across a wide range of organizational functions.
The anticipated yearly salary range for this position is: $98,000 - $125,000 based on experience.
How you will spend your time:
Team management and collaboration:
Facilities operations, safety, security, and exhibits:
Strategic thinking, planning & development:
Minimum Qualifications:
What's in it for you:
Full-time staff are eligible for the Seattle Aquarium's comprehensive benefits package to include medical, vision, dental, an employer-funded health reimbursement account, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, 403b retirement fund with employer match, access to a subsidized ORCA pass, a Seattle Aquarium Family Plus membership and generous paid time off.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination:
The Seattle Aquarium is committed to expanding a diverse, equitable, and inclusive conservation movement. We are invested in building an Aquarium with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, languages, cultural ways of knowing, and life experiences. We know research shows that society has conditioned communities of color, trans and gender non-conforming people, immigrants, people with disabilities, and other marginalized candidates to more frequently not apply to a job because they don't feel that they meet all of the qualifications listed even if they are qualified. If you meet some of the requirements and you are passionate about our mission and our ocean, we encourage you to apply and look forward to learning more about you.
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