Director, Facilities

Job overview

The Director, Facilities role is onsite in Galveston, TX, with regular travel between Galveston, Port Arthur, and Corpus Christi as required. Compensation is not specified. Gulf Copper is modernizing its Texas shipyards to support U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and commercial new construction and repair. The director represents operations during modernization and ultimately owns the operation, maintenance, compliance, and repair of site infrastructure. The role ensures new and upgraded assets are ready for efficient operation and leads long-term reliability, maintenance planning, and regulatory compliance across the shipyard sites.

What you'll do

• Represent operations and maintenance on the modernization team
• review facility, civil, utility, and waterfront designs for maintainability, operability, safety, code compliance, and lifecycle cost
• support construction sequencing
• lead commissioning, acceptance testing, turnover, and operational readiness
• manage preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance
• establish a CMMS, asset register, and condition-based maintenance plans
• direct emergency repairs and storm response
• manage operating budgets and capital renewal plans
• lead facilities staff and contractors
• maintain regulatory compliance and coordinate audits and corrective actions.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

director of facilities

shipyard

facilities operations

galveston tx

gulf copper

modernization

maintenance management

cmms

regulatory compliance

capital renewal

on-call emergencies

travel between texas sites

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field, 12 or more years of facilities, plant engineering, or maintenance experience in heavy industry, including at least five years leading multi-craft maintenance organizations, and U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance. On-call availability for emergencies and severe weather is required.

About the employer

Gulf Copper LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: Boat Building. Sector: 33.