Senior Director of Capital Planning & Facilities

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13707135 SUMMARY At the direction of the Senior Administrative Officer, the Senior Director of Capital Planning & Facilities provides strategic leadership for the planning, development, operation, maintenance, and long-term stewardship of the bank's physical assets, including branches, administrative offices, operations facilities, and other real estate and facility investments. The position develops and maintains the bank's multi-year capital plan and directs construction, expansion, renovation, relocation, consolidation, and major facility improvement initiatives across the organization. As the bank's primary owner representative for capital projects, the Senior Director oversees projects from business case development and budgeting through design, construction, occupancy, and closeout. In addition, the position provides leadership and oversight for facilities management functions, including maintenance operations, asset lifecycle planning, vendor management, occupancy planning, facility standards, and environmental sustainability initiatives. The Senior Director of Capital Planning & Facilities Management ensures the bank's existing facilities remain safe, efficient, reliable, and aligned with the banks strategic objectives. All employees are expected to protect the information and assets of the organization through heightened awareness of information security, cybersecurity, and risk management best practices, as well as complying with all applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies. ESSENTIAL DUTIES Develop, maintain, and present the Bank's multi-year capital plan for branches, administrative facilities, major building systems, and other significant physical asset investments. Partner with Executive Management and business leaders to prioritize capital investments and align projects with strategic, operational, market, and financial objectives. Develop business cases, feasibility analyses, conceptual budgets, schedules, risk assessments, and investment recommendations for proposed capital initiatives. Monitor and manage the capital project portfolio, adjusting priorities based on business needs, asset conditions, customer impact, risk, cost, and resource availability. Establish and maintain project governance standards, approval processes, documentation requirements, and executive reporting practices. Evaluate facility needs related to new locations, renovations, expansions, relocations, consolidations, acquisitions, dispositions, and market growth initiatives. Lead site selection, property due diligence, and facility assessments associated with leased properties, purchases, mergers, acquisitions, and expansion opportunities. Utilize facility condition, space utilization, security requirements, customer accessibility, and asset lifecycle data to support capital planning and investment decisions. Develop and maintain facility, design, construction, and finish standards that promote brand consistency, operational efficiency, security, accessibility, and customer experience. Direct the planning, design, construction, renovation, relocation, consolidation, and implementation of capital improvement projects across the organization. Define project scope, objectives, budgets, schedules, quality standards, deliverables, stakeholder responsibilities, and success measures. Oversee all phases of project delivery, including programming, design, permitting, construction, commissioning, occupancy, and project closeout. Manage multiple concurrent projects across geographically dispersed locations while balancing cost, schedule, quality, operational impact, and risk. Prepare and manage annual capital budgets, multi-year expenditure forecasts, project cash-flow projections, and unding requirements. Monitor project commitments, expenditures, forecasts, contingencies, and variances, and implement corrective actions as needed. Identify value-engineering opportunities and cost-saving measures while maintaining safety, security, functionality, quality, and long-term asset performance. Develop procurement strategies and lead the selection, contracting, and performance management of architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and other vendors. Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk Management, Vendor Management, and other stakeholders to ensure contractual, regulatory, security, insurance, and performance requirements are met. Serve as the Bank's owner representative throughout project delivery, leading project meetings, conducting site visits, resolving issues, and ensuring successful execution. Oversee inspections, testing, commissioning, occupancy approvals, warranty administration, and confirmation that completed work meets approved standards and operational requirements. Provide strategic leadership and oversight for Facilities Management, including maintenance operations, vendor management, asset lifecycle planning, workplace services, sustainability initiatives, and space utilization. Direct and support Facilities Management leade