Junior Facility Engineer

Bethesda, MD
6700A Rockledge Dr
Suite 301
Bethesda, MD 20817, USA

At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. That’s why we’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long-term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people-first approach to problem solving. It also means that each member of our team has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high-impact career—and they’ll receive great total rewards along the way.

Salas O’Brien is seeking a Junior Engineer with Facility, Maintenance or Operations experience with mechanical systems to join our facility system and asset verification and documentation efforts of industrial buildings on government installations. This is an exciting role, giving you the opportunity to see significant labs and research areas and how those building's mechanical systems run.

• Participate in the quality assurance aspects of mechanical systems with facility asset verification, tagging, and documentation using client server and web-based technologies
• Apply verification methodology, knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
• Perform quality assurance efforts to support development projects and enhancements to production database systems
• Provide onsite verification support including creation, execution, and installation of asset identification
• Communicate results of quality analysis to project lead
• Quality representation in baseline project management activities
• Report project status Quality Metrics
• Identify and document mistakes and update production data in database based on field observations
• Support continuous improvement of project(s) to improve quality, efficiency, customer satisfaction, and program profitability
• Enrich asset and space data by applying applicable risk flag assignment as asset and space data changes

• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience; facility systems, maintenance or operations experience preferred
• Bachelor's degree from accredited college in related discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering, or equivalent experience/combined education
• Knowledge of the project development life cycle
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.), particularly Excel
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency with database management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate at multiple levels, including: engineers, project managers, business analysts, and customers
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Effective organizational skills, demonstrated by ability to set priorities, coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, and be attentive to detail
• Self-starter, work well within a team environment with minimal direction
• Excellent knowledge of health and safety standards
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Good team player and leadership skills, focused and motivated, problem-solver
• Ability to work hybrid, with some on-site presence in the office located in Raleigh (NC)

• Background in facility engineering or installation of large-scale mechanical/electrical systems
• Inventory tracking and database quality assurance experience
• Experienced at reading drawings/schematics
• Familiarity with formatting and handling of documentation is desired
• Familiarity with engineering drawings and documentation is desired
• Previous experience with NUVOLO IWMS Software would be a plus
• Construction experience is a plus
• Detailed oriented

• Must be a US Citizen for Security Clearance requirements
• Ability to pass government background checks
• Ability to obtain government campus credentials

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable…