Responsibilities

Chief of Facilities Engineering and Managment. Leads and Manages the design, planning, construction and maintenance of equipment, machinery, buildings, and other facilities in support of government operations. Leads a staff to cinclude a project engineering and drafting team, multidisciplinary engineering team, and facilities operations and maintenance team. The teams coordinate with government staff and building contractors to ensure continuity of operations, building safety, and adherence to applicable building codes.

Leads planning for major and minor remodeling, continuous upgrades to facilities infrastructure, space utilization and other facilities needs for the government. Leads plans, directs, and manages all phases of equipment, electrical, mechanical, and building systems maintenance, facilities modification and building projects from the design concept through implementation.

Ensures project requirements are defined, contract and contract changes are negotiated, operating budgets established, and financial terms/conditions of contract are identified. Maintains compliance with and abreast in changes regarding OSHA regulations. Manages the receiving and shipping warehouse function. May also have responsibility for some administrative services and mailroom. Manages and implements energy management/utility consumption improvement programs. Performs environmental hazard management/planning and remediation. Establishes and maintains equipment and system standards.

Leads a team that issues and negotiates competitive RFPs to building and maintenance contractors for equipment and systems maintenance. Leads large and small construction projects within the building envelope. Explores and solicits alternative options for products and services in support of facility operations and maintenance. Oversees construction and renovation projects to improve efficiency and to ensure that facilities meet environmental, health, and security standards, and comply with government regulations.

Ideal candidate:

Proven executive level leadership skills to enable multidisciplinary engineering teams to meet the customer’s performance objectives. Demonstrates strong personal leadership qualities and excellent interpersonal skills for coordinating and following daily interactions with multitudinous stakeholders in business, military, and civilian government -- at all levels within a large agency footprint. Works with corporate leaders and the government to establish agreed upon program objectives, requirements, concepts of operations, and deliverables. Demonstrates record to of satisfying the same -- within cost, schedule, and contract constraints and within a dynamic operational environment.

Qualifications

• 21 years of experience in leadership and management of facilities engineering, operations, and maintenance.
• Project Management Profession (PMP) certfied
• Master of Science degree in engineering or MBA in lieu of PMP certification
• Profession Engineering license a plus
• Graduate of military or government professional engineering training programs a plus

Target Salary Range