Director of Facilities

Director of Facilities – Walters Hospitality

Are you an experienced facilities leader who thrives on managing complex, multi-site operations and building high-performing teams? Do you have a strong background in hospitality, restaurant, or retail facilities and the ability to oversee everything from preventive maintenance and life-safety compliance to multi-million-dollar budgets and capital projects?

Walters Hospitality is looking for a Director of Facilities to lead the maintenance, compliance, and asset management of our growing portfolio of high-end hospitality venues. This is a senior leadership role that partners closely with executive leadership and Operations to ensure our properties are safe, well-maintained, financially responsible, and consistently meet Walters brand standards.

The ideal candidate is a strategic leader who can balance hands-on operational oversight with financial accountability, vendor management, team development, and long-term facilities planning.

NOTE:

Location Requirement: This is a remote position supporting all Walters Hospitality regions, including DFW, Houston, Hill Country, Atlanta, and Tennessee. Candidates based in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area are preferred. The role requires regular travel to Walters Hospitality venues and locations to work with teams in person as needed.

What Youll Do:

- Lead Facilities Operations: Oversee facilities operations across a geographically dispersed portfolio of hospitality venues, ensuring properties are maintained to the highest standards of safety, functionality, and appearance.

- Partner with Operations: Serve as a strategic service partner to Operations by proactively addressing maintenance needs, infrastructure concerns, and facility-related challenges.

- Own Department Budgets: Maintain full financial accountability for operational expenses (OpEx) and capital expenditures (CapEx), including budgeting, forecasting, project tracking, and reporting.

- Report to Executive Leadership: Provide regular updates to executive leadership regarding budgets, projects, facility performance, and strategic initiatives.

- Support Board Reporting: Prepare and present comprehensive facilities and financial reports to the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.

- Maintain Compliance & Safety: Ensure compliance with life-safety and facility requirements, including fire panels, extinguishers, hood systems, sprinklers, backflow testing, elevators, and other critical building systems.

- Protect Brand Standards: Conduct regular property and facilities audits to ensure venues consistently meet Walters standards for safety, appearance, functionality, and guest experience.

- Oversee Construction & Acquisitions: Support the transition of new construction and acquired properties into Operations, including punch-list completion, mechanical deficiencies, warranty management, and facilities integration.

- Build & Develop the Team: Lead, coach, and develop Facilities Managers, Technicians, and administrative support while establishing consistent expectations and processes across markets.

- Support New Market Growth: Develop cost-effective facilities staffing strategies as Walters expands into new geographic markets, balancing temporary, hybrid, and permanent resources based on property needs.

- Standardize Training: Establish consistent onboarding and training practices for facilities leadership, including department processes, CMMS systems, service expectations, and financial controls.

- Manage Vendors & Contractors: Oversee vendor relationships, RFPs, competitive bidding, contracts, service-level agreements, quoting, and invoice approval processes.

- Leverage Technology: Utilize Corrigo and other facilities technology to manage work orders, track assets, monitor maintenance trends, and measure departmental performance.

- Lead During Emergencies: Respond effectively to high-pressure facility emergencies, infrastructure failures, and business continuity situations.

Requirements:

- Mandatory: Previous Director-level experience within the hospitality, restaurant, or retail industry

- Proven experience overseeing facilities operations across a multi-site, geographically dispersed portfolio

- Extensive experience managing multi-million-dollar OpEx and CapEx budgets

- Strong financial, procurement, RFP, and vendor management experience

- Experience with compliance requirements and internal financial controls; SOX experience strongly preferred

- Demonstrated ability to prepare and present strategic plans, capital forecasts, and facilities reports to executive leadership and/or a Board of Directors

- Strong technical knowledge of commercial building systems, including MEP, HVAC, commercial refrigeration and kitchen systems, roofing, irrigation, and life-safety systems

- Experience implementing or managing an enterprise CMMS platform; Corrigo experience preferred

- Strong experience negotiating vendor contracts, SLAs, and competitive bids

- Proven ability to lead teams across multiple locations and develop effective facilities processes

- Strong crisis management and business continuity planning experience

- Excellent communication, organizational, analytical, and leadership skills

- Remote position with a strong preference for candidates located in Texas

- Must be willing to travel throughout the Walters Hospitality portfolio as needed

- Must be eligible to work in the United States; Walters Hospitality participates in E-Verify

Compensation & Schedule:

- Full-time, remote position

- Competitive compensation based on experience

- Travel required as needed across the Walters Hospitality portfolio

Benefits:

- 85% Employer-Subsidized Medical, in addition we offer Dental & Vision Insurance

- 401k plan with a 4% Match

- Unlimited PTO

- Device & Phone Stipend