Sr. Director, Facilities

Job summary

The Senior Director of Facilities will lead the strategy, reliability, and protection of infrastructure across Canadian operations. This includes overseeing capital planning, maintenance systems, EHS, sanitation, and physical security to ensure regulatory compliance and operational performance.

Job details

Village Farms International (Nasdaq: VFF) is a vertically integrated global leader in cannabis and plant-based consumer packaged goods, driven by sustainable innovation. As one of North America's longest-standing produce operators built on decades of expertise, we're a company where growers, innovators, and creators come together to shape the future of high-performing plant-based brands around the world. Joining Village Farms means joining a global team built on purpose, integrity, and ambition. Here, we grow people, ideas, and possibilities. The Opportunity As Senior Director, Facilities, you will lead the strategy, reliability and protection of the infrastructure that enables our Canadian operations to perform. You will bring facilities, maintenance, sanitation and physical security together under one integrated operating approach, strengthening reliability, compliance, risk management and readiness for growth in GMP environment. This is an opportunity for a senior operational leader who knows what strong infrastructure and technical operations look like, can build the systems and capabilities to get there, and can translate strategy into disciplined execution across multiple sites. What You'll Do Shape the Facilities and Capital Strategy * Set the Canadian facilities strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligning infrastructure, utilities, space and asset capability with operating priorities and growth plans. * Lead capital planning and execution for expansions, renovations, equipment installations and critical utilities, supported by disciplined governance, investment prioritization and strong vendor partnerships. Drive Reliability and Operational Performance * Build a consistent maintenance operating system across sites, including preventive, predictive and total productive maintenance practices that improve uptime and asset life. * Strengthen CMMS, work-order and spare-parts discipline, using lifecycle data and root-cause analysis to reduce recurring failures and improve overall equipment effectiveness. Protect Our People, Products and Operations * Set enterprise standards for environmental health and safety, industrial hygiene and regulatory compliance across cultivation, manufacturing, warehousing and maintenance environments. * Lead governance for incident investigations, safety committees and corrective and preventive actions, building a proactive culture of risk reduction. * Represent the organization during regulatory inspections and third-party audits relating to infrastructure, maintenance, safety, security, sanitation, and hygiene. * Provide strategic direction for sanitation and hygiene programs that protect product quality and meet GPP, GACP and GMP requirements. * Oversee physical security, access control, surveillance and loss-prevention frameworks that safeguard people, products and facilities. Build Capability and Accountability * Lead and develop functional leaders across facilities, maintenance, safety, sanitation and security, establishing clear expectations, decision rights and performance standards. * Own budgets and performance measures and partner across Operations, Quality and Supply Chain to anticipate constraints, prioritize investment and resolve enterprise risk. * Ensure infrastructure, maintenance, safety, security, sanitation, and hygiene are performing at a level that ensures renewal of all certifications. What You Bring * Bachelor’s degree in engineering, facilities management, operations, environmental health and safety, or a related discipline ; an advanced degree or relevant professional designation is an asset. * 12+ years of progressive experience leading facilities, engineering, maintenance or technical operations, including senior leadership responsibility across multiple sites. * Experience in a highly regulated manufacturing, food, pharmaceutical, agriculture or cannabis environment, with working knowledge of GPP, GACP and/or GMP requirements. * Strong knowledge of maintenance and reliability systems, including CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance, root-cause analysis and equipment lifecycle management. * Commercial and financial strength, with experience leading environmental health and safety, sanitation, security, budgets, vendors and performance through accountable functional leaders. * A practical, visible leadership style that connects strategy to execution, builds strong teams and influences across functions. * Alignment with our VILLAGE values: Versatility, Innovation, Leadership, Loyalty, Accountability, Grit and Entrepreneurship. Life at Village Farms * At Village Farms International, you're part of something bigger — a global organization where you can grow your career across brands, functions, and countries. * We believe It Takes A Village®, and we mean it. * Our values guide every decision we make: Versatility | Innovation | Leadership | Loyalty | Accountability | Grit | Entrepreneurship * What you do here matters — to our people, our products, and the customers we serve around the world. * We've got you covered with company-paid comprehensive benefits and education assistance to support your continued growth. * We embrace meaningful opportunities, collaboration, and continuous improvement as we expand our global footprint. Ready to Grow With Us? If you're passionate about quality, compliance, and bringing world-class products to international markets, we'd love to hear from you.

What you’ll do

The Senior Director of Facilities will lead the strategy, reliability, and protection of infrastructure across Canadian operations. This includes overseeing capital planning, maintenance systems, EHS, sanitation, and physical security to ensure regulatory compliance and operational performance.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 12 years of progressive experience in facilities, engineering, or technical operations within a highly regulated manufacturing or agricultural environment. A bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field is required, along with strong knowledge of maintenance systems and financial management.

Benefits

• Company-paid comprehensive benefits • Education assistance

Listed skills

• Facilities Management · Preferred
• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Root Cause Analysis · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Facilities management
• Capital planning
• Maintenance strategy
• Reliability engineering
• Environmental health and safety
• Regulatory compliance
• GMP
• GPP
• GACP
• CMMS
• Root-cause analysis
• Budget management
• Vendor management
• Physical security
• Sanitation and hygiene
• Operational leadership
• Facility Repair And Maintenance
• Cleaning and Sanitation Protocols
• Operational Performance Management
• Supply Chain
• Accountability
• Compliance Risk Management
• Cannabis
• Access Controls
• Agriculture
• Budgeting
• Auditing
• Good Manufacturing Practices
• Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA)
• Capital Budgeting
• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems
• Regulatory Compliance
• Fast Moving Consumer Goods
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Operating Systems
• Facilities Engineering
• Facility Management
• Governance
• Leadership
• Innovation
• Occupational Hygiene
• Innovation Leadership
• Loss Prevention
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• Operations
• Pharmaceuticals
• Physical Security
• Predictive Maintenance
• Predictive Analytics
• Sanitation

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Security & Safety
• Agriculture
• Director of Facilities
• Facilities Manager
• Business Services and Administration Managers Not Elsewhere Classified
• Facilities Managers