Project Manager

Description/Job Summary:

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a full-time  Project Manager  for a facility engineering program to support a federal Agency in the Reston, Va area. The position will support Agency-related activities, including assisting the government with day-to-day operations on the local contract and will be responsible for conducting random quality control checks on equipment and periodic maintenance (PM) jobs. The PM will possess experience in Federal, commercial, and/or corporate realty laws, regulations, and practices or more designated functional and/or domain areas. As a minimum, the PM shall be capable of the accomplishment of requirements that include, but are not limited to expertise in performing operations project management for low-rise commercial office The position also requires utilizing the internal procurement process using the established accounts and creating accounts for the project. The position requires O&M facilities Management type experience and a working knowledge of commercial HVAC systems and boilers.

Responsibilities/Duties:

The candidate must have a minimum of ten (10) years of O&M/Facilities Management type experience, with at least 5 years updating and operating the FMMS system (within the past 10 years).

Functional responsibilities will be that of a Project Planner and Quality Control person with a broad-based knowledge of facility maintenance including custodial operations, material procurement, PM cycles, and weekly, quality control and verification, and monthly reports, in an administrative support capacity:

• Strong experience in updating, operating and maintaining a facility CMMS system
• FMMS experience should include knowledge of entering work orders, running reports, updating and operating the facilities system to ensure the daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly Operation & maintenance and Custodial duties. Duties include but are not limited to setting up new users, removing users, and updating the FMMS System to include any new requirements
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office tools required.
• Must be knowledgeable of facilities management disciplines, service contracts
• Broad-based understanding of material purchasing, procurement, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Capable of independent decision-making, and be able to function with no supervision.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with strong leadership, project management, team building, and presentation skills required.
• Customer service experience
• Strong experience in updating, operating and maintaining a facility FMMS system
• FMMS experience should include knowledge of entering work orders, running reports, updating and operating the facilities system to ensure the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly Operation & maintenance and Custodial duties. Duties include, but are not limited to, setting up new users, removing users, and updating the FMMS System to include any new requirements.
• Help develop and incorporate the PM inspection program plan, schedule, track equipment, and create a report via FMMS.

Required Skills:

• As a minimum, the Project Planner and Quality Control Manager shall possess at least two (2) years of recent experience (within the past five (5) years) performing similar duties as those required by this contract.

Preferred Skills:

• Good administrative skills, communication and ability to prioritize work orders.

Required Experience:

• Ten (10) years of management experience serving in roles of facilities maintenance administration, quality control support, and CMMS operations.
• Experience in resource management, schedule management, and contract management for federal contracts. experience in maintenance management, maintenance, and reliability management with industrial equipment or research facilities.
• Knowledge of FMMS, FMMS KPI creation, Microsoft Office

Preferred Experience:

• Five (5) years’ management experience serving in roles of facilities maintenance administration support and FMMS operations.
• Experience in resource management, schedule management, and contract management for federal contracts. experience in maintenance management, maintenance and reliability management with industrial equipment or research facilities.
• Knowledge of FMMS, FMMS KPI creation, Microsoft Office

Required Education:

• High school diploma