Section Supervisor – Building Operations; FMN

Description

Do you enjoy leading technical teams responsible for the safe, reliable, and continuous operation of critical facility infrastructure? Are you passionate about developing people, improving operational performance, and ensuring building and utility systems are ready to support mission needs around the clock? Do you thrive in an environment where safety, reliability, customer service, and continuous improvement are essential to mission success?

If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

We are seeking a Section Supervisor for Building Operations to lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for the continuous operation, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization of critical building and utility systems across the Laboratory. The section includes Operating Engineers and Building Automation System (BAS) technicians who work together to maintain reliable facility operations and respond to changing operational conditions.

As Section Supervisor, you will provide leadership and direction for 24/7/365 building operations, central utility plant operations, building automation and controls, operational response, and associated maintenance activities. You will partner with maintenance organizations, engineering teams, project managers, contractors, and facility customers to ensure building and utility systems are operated safely, reliably, efficiently, and in support of APL's mission.

As the Section Supervisor, you will work with the Group Supervisor to establish the vision, priorities, and performance expectations for the Building Operations Section. You will be accountable for the people, processes, and resources necessary to support continuous facility operations while strengthening operational reliability and resiliency.

You will develop the section's workforce, establish operating priorities, improve business and maintenance processes, manage resources, strengthen partnerships, and ensure the organization is prepared to respond effectively to planned and unplanned operational events. Your leadership will directly contribute to the reliability and stewardship of APL's facilities infrastructure and the success of the Laboratory's mission.

• Provide technical and administrative leadership for a multidisciplinary workforce consisting of Operating Engineers and BAS technicians supporting continuous facility operations.
• Provide leadership and oversight for 24/7/365 building and utility operations, including shift operations, nights, weekends, holidays, planned outages, utility interruptions, emergency response, and other operational contingencies.
• Oversee the safe and reliable operation of central utility plant equipment and associated building systems, including boilers, chillers, pumps, cooling towers, compressed air, HVAC systems, and related mechanical and utility infrastructure.
• Provide oversight of Building Automation Systems and associated controls used to monitor, command, troubleshoot, and optimize building mechanical and utility systems.
• Ensure appropriate operating rounds, system monitoring, equipment inspections, alarm response, operating logs, and other activities are performed to identify abnormal conditions and maintain reliable operations.
• Establish expectations for the safe isolation, shutdown, startup, changeover, and restoration of building and utility systems during planned maintenance, construction activities, outages, and emergency events.
• Coordinate closely with maintenance sections, engineering organizations, project managers, contractors, and facility customers to plan work, resolve operational issues, and minimize impacts to Laboratory operations.
• Provide leadership…