Work Location Geyserville

Position Purpose

Acting on own initiative, the Director Facilities is responsible for establishing the methods, procedures, and technical requirements necessary to assure that winery infrastructure, buildings, and equipment are maintained to a high degree of reliability to support day to day winery operations across our Geyserville (Francis Ford Coppola Winery) and Napa sites (Black Stallion Estate Winery, Delicato Corporate Offices). This role is also responsible for assuring that all hospitality areas including restaurants, tasting rooms, retail and memorabilia displays, pool, pavilion, changing cabines, bocce courts, event space, grand staircase, guest houses, guest suites, etc. are maintained to a high standard to assure a visually impressive and safe experience for our guests. This includes establishing leadership and performance standards to which all applicable departments and vendors operate, and ensuring managers and teams are consistently performing to those standards. Strong cross-functional communication, collaboration and process improvement drive are required to keep pace with company growth, technology advances and changes in the industry.

Leadership and Team Culture

•  Oversees, directs, and manages departmental activities and team performance
•  Drives and models company culture and holds self, peers, and direct reports accountable for demonstrating a constructive company culture through influential, personal behavior and actions
•  Develops and implements clearly defined operational and individual goals to develop employees, achieve productivity levels, and to attain the company's strategic plan
•  Researches best practices, stays abreast of industry trends, and maintains awareness of regulatory changes to ensure compliance and continually improve operations
•  Executes departmental financial objectives by preparing budgets, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective action
•  Achieves departmental results to ensure the effective delivery of the strategic plan
•  Develops staffing needs; attracts, motivates, and retains a workforce with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities to achieve goals and objectives
•  Promotes and ensures a safe and healthy work environment for all employees
•  Leads the way and prepares departmental staff for success in a continually changing environment
•  Fosters a work environment that encourages creative thinking, promotes flexibility, and drives innovation
•  Addresses employee issues, concerns, and complaints in an objective and confidential manner; notifies HR Business Partner and keeps immediate manager informed as appropriate
•  Ensures compliance and consistent application of company policies, initiatives, and decisions
•  Coaches, guides, and develops direct reports; fully engages in the GPS (Performance Management) process; provides high-quality feedback, and ensures proper GPS documentation of employee performance, recognition, and deficiencies

Essential Duties

•  Oversees all facilities and production maintenance
•  Plans and executes all phases of preventative and reactive maintenance adhering to quality, productivity, customer, compliance, and budgetary standards
•  Ensures accurate regulatory reporting for all distribution and treatment of domestic water, process water, domestic waste , elevators, and restaurant compliance
•  Owns the capital budget to support the needs of winery operations and hospitality, including equipment and infrastructure are maintained to a high degree of reliability and overall functionality; management of Capital Expense Requests, project cost tracking, and timely completion of projects
•  Ensures continuous improvement processes are developed, maintained, and utilized to enable team collaboration, analysis, and problem solving in the pursuit of equipment reliability, quality, efficiencies, and lower operating costs
•  Communicates and coordinates with winemaking, cellar, bottling, compliance, and support functions to ensure wine quality focus, annual harvest processing delivery, project delivery where applicable, maintenance requirements and overall facility process/performance effectiveness
•  Enforces Safety, ISO, cGMP, and other applicable business critical standards
•  Promotes skill development programs to keep pace with current and future technology requirements

*Other duties may be assigned

Non-Essential Duties

*Other duties may be assigned

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience

•  AA/AS degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial maintenance and basic refrigeration and electrical a plus
•  7+ years mechanical experience in Industrial Maintenance
•  5+ years leadership/supervisory experience

Certificates and Licenses

•  Valid California Drivers License

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

•  Demonstrated knowledge of winery production or similar manufacturing background, project management, process improvement and team leadership
•  Strong computer knowledge is a prerequisite and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) skills are required with a strong emphasis and track record using Excel for data analysis
•  Excellent communication skills - both formal and informal with the ability to communicate within all levels of the organization
•  Knowledge of managerial finance

Working Conditions

•  General office environment with occasional travel
•  Required to drive automotive vehicle or equipment
•  Indoor and outdoor environment with exposure to the elements/temperature variations
•  Exposure to weather-related temperature & humidity extremes
•  Extended Hours
•  Work at protected heights of 50'
•  Exposure to varying levels of dust, chemicals, fumes, gases, and noisy equipment

Work Standards

•  Acts in a manner reflective of the Company culture of High Moral Standards, Innovation and Continuous Evolution, Trust in Team, Continuous Improvement, and Sustainable Relationships
•  Communicates, interacts, and works effectively with others...