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Boston College Introduction

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

The Director of Landscape, Athletic and Support Operations oversees three (3) major departments (60 employees) that have a broad and significant impact on the university mission. Landscape Services provides leadership in the administration, organization, and integration of facility planning activities as they relate to improvement, renovation, replacement or construction of campus landscapes and associated elements. In addition, the Director oversees the management and maintenance of the University Fleet and Capital Equipment, approximately 150 vehicles and $5 million in equipment.

The Athletic Maintenance department is responsible for all maintenance and operations for a NCAA Division 1 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) athletics program encompassing 13 men’s and 15 women's sports/teams with an annual operating budget of $83 million. It is responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and game staffing of 8 BC Athletics Facilities and numerous natural surface fields and other buildings.

The Support Services & University Properties department is responsible for University Mail and Package Services, Warehouse Operations, select Capital Project Management and three University peripheral properties in Dover, Weston and Cohasset, MA with operating and capital budgets totaling over $2.5M annually.

A successful candidate will have a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) with 10 years field experience. A Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, Plant Science, or Civil Engineering and five years’ experience in landscape/horticultural design applications can substitute for the required Landscape degree. Additionally, at least 10 years field experience in landscape/horticultural design applications including design, project management, maintenance operations and/or planning preferably in a campus setting.

This position is essential and requires the ability to periodically work outside under wide ranging weather conditions. The Director will frequently need to walk areas of all campuses and will respond to some campus emergencies.

Salary range for this role is 121-155K

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Required. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel. Requires strong interpersonal and analytical skills, including the ability to make sound decisions based on available information. Requires 10 years progressively responsible experience in supervision.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees

• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements

• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Low-Cost Life Insurance

• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans

• Paid Holidays Annually

• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay

• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity .

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .