AVP, Infrastructure Capital

Job Duties

• Lead the development and execution of the Company’s infrastructure capital planning program, including HVAC, roofing, elevators, generators, electrical, plumbing, life-safety, and other major building systems.
• Develop and maintain processes for proactively identifying, evaluating, forecasting, and prioritizing infrastructure capital needs across the portfolio.
• Establish and administer capital prioritization methodologies that consider building condition, risk of failure, operational impact, tenant experience and retention, asset strategy, and financial considerations.
• Partner with Engineering, Construction Management, Redevelopment, Asset Management, Leasing, and Finance to develop annual and multi-year capital plans.
• Partner with regional and local teams to implement consistent infrastructure assessment, planning, and project-delivery practices across the portfolio.
• Drive the collection, maintenance, and analysis of equipment, condition, project, and operating data to support capital planning and investment decisions.
• Develop portfolio-level infrastructure investment recommendations and capital allocation strategies based on risk, business priorities, and asset objectives.
• Evaluate opportunities for programmatic bulk purchasing, pre-purchasing, and preferred pricing agreements based on forecasted infrastructure needs, equipment standardization, lead times, and financial considerations.
• Lead the planning and execution of significant or technically complex infrastructure projects, including scope development, budgeting, business cases to support capital approval decisions, procurement, construction oversight, and project closeout.
• Monitor project performance and capital spending, communicating progress, risks, forecast variances, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Establish measures for infrastructure program performance, including project delivery, forecast accuracy, and progress against approved capital plans.
• Support and mentor engineering personnel by providing technical guidance, project support, and professional development.
• Assist in developing standards, policies, reporting tools, and technology solutions that improve infrastructure reliability, capital planning, and project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, facilities management, architecture, business, or a related field.
• Significant progressive experience in building engineering, infrastructure capital planning, facilities management, construction management, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of major building systems and demonstrated experience evaluating and managing significant infrastructure capital projects.
• Ability to read and interpret architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other construction or engineering documents.
• Strong strategic, analytical, financial, project-management, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience supporting a geographically distributed commercial real estate portfolio or complex occupied facilities is preferred.
• Professional Engineer licensure, Project Management Professional certification, facilities-management credentials, or relevant technical certifications are preferred.