Head of Facilities

RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Real Estate / Facilities
Remuneration: Exempt

The Head of Facilities will lead the company’s facilities function and serve as a strategic partner in delivering safe, efficient, and sustainable workplaces across the office portfolio. This leader will own the facilities operating model, ensure disciplined budget management, and drive service consistency, risk control, and workplace performance across all locations.

This role is responsible for stabilizing current operations, improving visibility and accountability, and advancing the company’s long-term workplace strategy, including portfolio optimization, utilization planning, employee experience, and sustainability. The successful candidate will be a hands-on leader with strong operational judgment, financial discipline, and the ability to influence across the business.

Role Responsibilities: 

• Lead all facilities and workplace operations across the company’s office portfolio, including New York, Chicago, Austin, and other regional sites.
• Ensure safe, compliant, and well-maintained workplaces with strong attention to life safety, business continuity, and risk management.
• Own the facilities operating model, including governance, service levels, escalation paths, reporting, and accountability.
• Manage annual operating and capital budgets, including forecasting, expense control, variance analysis, and spending discipline.
• Review, track, and manage facilities spend against budget, and ensure costs are aligned with business priorities.
• Oversee preventive maintenance, work order management, vendor performance, and issue resolution.
• Partner with senior office managers and business leaders to deliver consistent workplace support across locations.
• Use utilization, occupancy, and service data to inform space planning, portfolio decisions, and resource allocation.
• Support the company’s hub-and-spoke workplace strategy by helping optimize the footprint, reduce complexity, and improve utilization.
• Lead workplace standardization efforts across amenities, technology, service levels, and employee experience.
• Manage vendor relationships, service agreements, contract performance, and procurement-related processes.
• Advance sustainability initiatives, including energy efficiency, reuse of assets, waste reduction, and smart-building practices.
• Build reporting routines to track performance, risks, costs, service quality, and progress against strategic goals.
• Lead, coach, and develop the facilities team and related office operations partners.
• Support relocations, consolidations, office openings, closures, and special projects as needed.

Job Requirements and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in facilities management, workplace operations, real estate, or building operations.
• Minimum 3 years in a leadership role
• Experience leading multi-site office environments in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, maintenance operations, vendor management, and safety/compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated success managing operating budgets and capital spend with strong financial discipline.
• Experience using data and analytics to drive workplace and portfolio decisions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders and partner effectively across the business.
• Experience supporting workplace strategy, space optimization, and change management preferred.
• Sustainability, energy management, or smart-building experience strongly preferred.

Leadership Competencies

The successful candidate will bring the leadership range, operational discipline, and business judgment needed to build a mature facilities function and influence across a complex organization. Key competencies include:

• Strategic leadership, with the ability to connect facilities decisions to business priorities, workplace strategy, portfolio needs, and long-term operating goals.
• Strong financial acumen, including disciplined management of OPEX and CAPEX, forecasting, variance analysis, cost control, and tradeoff decisions.
• Operational excellence, with a track record of building reliable processes, clear ownership, consistent service standards, and controls that stabilize day-to-day operations.
• Risk and compliance judgment, including awareness of life safety, business continuity, regulatory requirements, documentation, controls, and escalation practices.
• Stakeholder management and influence, with the ability to build trust with senior leaders, office managers, vendors, Finance, HR, IT, Security, and other business partners.
• Data-driven decision making, translating utilization, service, vendor, risk, and financial data into practical recommendations and measurable improvements.
• Vendor and contract management discipline, including the ability to hold partners accountable for service quality, responsiveness, cost, and alignment with company standards.
• Change leadership, bringing structure, calm, prioritization, and follow-through during transitions, portfolio changes, operating model improvements, and special projects.
• Team leadership and development, with the ability to set expectations, coach team members and service partners, build accountability, and foster a culture of ownership, urgency, and service.

Success in the First 12 Months

Within the first 12 months, the successful candidate will have established a disciplined, visible, and trusted facilities function that delivers reliable day-to-day operations while advancing the company’s broader workplace strategy. Success will be demonstrated through:

• Clear governance, operating rhythms, escalation paths, and accountability across all offices.
• A complete assessment of facilities operations, vendor performance, open issues, critical risks, budget status, and service gaps.
• Stabilized day-to-day operations, with urgent issues addressed promptly and chronic process breakdowns resolved.
• A disciplined budget and forecasting process for OPEX and CAPEX, supported by stronger spend control, variance tracking, and financial transparency.
• Consistent reporting on spend, backlog, service performance, risks, vendor performance, and progress against priorities.
• Improved visibility into maintenance priorities, recurring workplace issues, and opportunities to standardize service levels across locations.
• Stronger partnerships with senior office managers, business leaders, Finance, HR, IT, Security, and key vendors.
• Measurable improvement in budget control, forecast accuracy, preventive maintenance discipline, backlog reduction, and issue resolution.
• A more mature facilities operating model that supports consistent service, clearer ownership, better responsiveness, and a stronger employee workplace experience.
• Meaningful progress on portfolio optimization, utilization insights, sustainability initiatives, and the company’s hub-and-spoke workplace strategy.
• Confidence from leadership that facilities is being managed as a strategic business function, not only as project or issue support.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. 

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

RWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE’s 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states. With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operates wind, solar and battery storage projects, along with natural gas-powered generation, that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. This is complemented by RWE’s energy trading business. RWE is also a major offtaker of American liquified natural gas (LNG). Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.

At RWE Americas, we foster a culture defined by our Essential Behaviors - Have Courage, Create Impact and Actively Collaborate. We encourage bold thinking and continuous learning, and we value ownership, resilience and inclusion in everything we do. When you join us, you become part of a team that supports your development, respects your contributions and celebrates shared success. This is a place where you can grow your career and make a meaningful difference.