Facility Engineer

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.

Job Summary: Work tasks will be extremely varied and requires flexibility and versatility in the facilities engineering field. Examples of type of work to be performed includes operations and maintenance management planning, populating and updating computerized management and maintenance systems (CMMS), tracking and reviewing facility maintenance trouble tickets, reviewing design engineering (plans, specifications and schedules) for facility maintenance and repair projects.

The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented professional with facility operations and maintenance experience. Mechanical Engineering experience is a plus. Work will be conducted in Raleigh, NC. Other travel locations will be required on a limited basis.

Responsibilities:

Work tasks will be varied and require flexibility and versatility in the facility operations and maintenance field. Examples of the type of work to be performed include:

• Work collaboratively with a team of multi-discipline engineers to produce high quality reports and specification documents within an established schedule and budget.
• Manage field operations in unconditioned mechanical and electrical spaces.
• Review as-built documents and develop repair/replacement cost estimates.
• Perform regular site visits to understand existing conditions while developing specifications, updating design or construction documents.
• Perform facility condition assessments and capital asset management planning.
• Detailed cost analyses and material take-offs of a variety of building types throughout the US.
• Coordinate and manage teams performing onsite facility condition assessments.

Qualifications and

Experience:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Management or Engineering (or related) Field required from an ABET accredited program.
• 2-5 years of professional experience in facility operations and maintenance.
• Proficient in computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software.
• Proficient in Microsoft suite applications.
• Effective interpersonal skills and strong communication (written and verbal).
• Confident and ambitious problem solver.
• Creative and innovative – Self-directed initiative.
• Detail-oriented.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Field required from an ABET accredited program.
• Preferred: FE Certification (preferred) with the ability to obtain PE Certification within two years

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

• Must be a US Citizen for Security Clearance requirements.
• Ability to obtain clearance from the Defense Security Service and other Federal Government Agencies.
• Primary work is performed in an office environment.
• Field validations require trips to mechanical and electrical operating facilities and potentially active construction sites.

Physical Demands

• Regularly spend long hours sitting and using office equipment and computers.
• Regularly move from sitting to standing positions effortlessly.
• Occasionally perform site inspections will require climbing ladders and stairs and accessing spaces such as roofs, basements, crawl spaces or utility tunnels.
• Industrial site investigations…