Global Facilities Director

Job Summary

CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future.We are proud to share that CECO was named one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies for 2025 and that Forbes recognized CECO as one of America’s Most Successful Small‑Cap Companies for 2026, marking our third consecutive year on the Forbes list. CECO Environmental is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker CECO, reflecting our strong growth, financial performance, and commitment to delivering value to shareholders.

As part of the CECO corporate team, you will play a key role in supporting the continued growth and success of our global family of brands. Whether working in finance, HR, IT, accounting, marketing, or another corporate function, your expertise will help drive efficiency and innovation across our organization. By joining CECO, you’ll be part of a company committed to protecting the environment and enhancing industrial operations, all while fostering a collaborative and purpose-driven work environment.

Job Summary

The Global Facilities Director provides enterprise leadership for the strategy, operation, maintenance, safety, compliance, and continuous improvement of the company’s global real estate and facilities portfolio. This role establishes consistent standards across offices, manufacturing locations, warehouses, laboratories, and other sites; optimizes lifecycle cost and service performance; strengthens business continuity; and ensures facilities support employee safety, operational reliability, growth, and effective workplace experience. The Director partners closely with business leaders and functions including Operations, EHS, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Security, Procurement, and Sustainability.

Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Develop and execute a multi-year global facilities and real-estate strategy aligned with business plans, operational requirements, workforce needs, and capital priorities.
• Establish enterprise standards, policies, governance, and performance measures for facility operations, preventive maintenance, workplace services, space utilization, physical security coordination, and site condition.
• Lead the global portfolio planning process, including site selection, lease administration, acquisitions, consolidations, relocations, expansions, and dispositions in partnership with Legal, Finance, and business leadership.
• Own operating facilities and capital budgets globally; develop business cases, establish project priorities, monitor forecasts, and deliver measurable cost, reliability, and service improvements.
• Direct major facility projects from concept through closeout, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, quality, permitting, stakeholder communication, and change control are effectively managed.
• Ensure sites comply with applicable building, fire, environmental, accessibility, occupational safety, and other regulatory requirements, working in close coordination with EHS and local leadership.
• Strengthen emergency preparedness, crisis response, property-loss prevention, and business-continuity capabilities for critical facilities and infrastructure.
• Lead energy, water, waste, and carbon-reduction initiatives and support the collection and governance of facilities-related sustainability data.
• Select, negotiate with, and manage landlords, brokers, architects, engineers, contractors, utilities, and facilities-service providers; establish service-level expectations and conduct regular performance reviews.
• Build and develop a high-performing global facilities organization through clear accountabilities, succession planning, coaching, and consistent operating rhythms across regions.
• Implement and maintain reliable portfolio data, dashboards, and systems for work orders, assets, space, leases, projects, costs, risks, and key performance indicators.
• Advise executive and business leaders on facility risks, investment needs, portfolio opportunities, and decisions that affect operational capacity and employee experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, engineering, architecture, construction management, business, or a related field; master’s degree preferred.
• Professional certification such as CFM, FMP, SFP, PMP, LEED AP, or equivalent is preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive experience in facilities management, corporate real estate, engineering, operations, or a related discipline, including at least 5 years leading global multi-site teams.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, maintenance programs, construction delivery, lease administration, life-safety requirements, workplace standards, and facilities risk management.
• Financial acumen sufficient to evaluate lifecycle costs, develop investment business cases, oversee budgets, and communicate portfolio tradeoffs to senior leaders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and experience with computerized maintenance management, integrated workplace-management, project-management, or related facilities systems.
• Demonstrated responsibility for a geographically dispersed portfolio that includes industrial, manufacturing, warehouse, office, or similarly complex environments.
• Proven experience managing substantial operating and capital budgets, complex construction or renovation programs, and third-party service providers.
• Experience establishing global standards while adapting execution to local legal, regulatory, cultural, and operational requirements.

Travel Requirements: Approximately 30%–40% domestic and international travel, with additional travel as required for major projects, site assessments, acquisitions, emergencies, or business-critical issues.

ADA RequirementsPositions in this function typically require typing, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.  

• Concentrated mental and/or visual attention. The work involves performing complex tasks to very close accuracy and quality specifications, or a high degree of hand and eye coordination for sustained periods. 

• The job is typically performed under comfortable working conditions; any disagreeable elements are generally absent during normal performance of job.  Visits to our manufacturing facility and suppliers’ facilities is required to monitor active projects and address design issues. 

• Compliance with company attendance standards.  

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met. 

We Offer: 

We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and much more.  

At CECO, we are committed to a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives. We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspires innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.  

ABOUT US 

CECO’s Commitment to Our People 

At CECO, our people are at the center of everything we do. Whether you’re a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring opportunities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with CECO. 

ABOUT CECO 

CECO Environmental is a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment across the globe, serving a broad landscape of industrial air, industrial water and energy transition markets. 

We serve these markets and our global customers through our key business segments: Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions. Learn more about CECO by visiting About Us. 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

CECO is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment. 

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