Operations Specialist

CEC is a privately-held engineering firm, serving both public entities and private developers. We offer extensive services, which allow us to be involved with projects from conception to design, to construction. Our focus is to eliminate aging infrastructure and drive community growth through innovative and collaborative engineering design. CEC is a Top Workplace that offers excellent benefits, professional development and growth opportunities for employees.

• Coordinates asset, facility, and fleet management programs.
• Coordinates the procurement process, including solicitation of materials, review of submissions, and maintenance of required records
• Assist and coordinates facility expansion and new construction
• Coordinates lifecycle planning of assets
• Assists in ensuring a safe work environment at all locations.
• Develops and maintain processes and procedures.
• Identifies customer needs and communicates effectively.
• Compiles information, generates reports, analyzes results and presents findings/suggestions.
• Solicits, negotiates, and maintains vendor contracts and updates vendors as needed.
• Supports CEC events conducted at the facilities.
• Keep up to date with the current market trends and industry forecasts.
• Participates in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Complies with all safety policies, practices, and procedures.
• Completes special projects and other duties as assigned.

• Humility and willingness to serve
• Positive and opportunistic attitude
• Excellent and professional communication skills
• High level of integrity
• Technical capacity
• Critical thinking and problem solving/analysis
• Accuracy and attention to detail

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field preferred.
• Three to Five years’ experience in relevant operations role, having managed physical assets.
• Property management and fleet management background preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Mechanically inclined with the ability to make minor repairs/adjustments to facilities/equipment as needed.
• Skilled in contract negotiation for both services and equipment.
• Ability to work independently.
• English language skills: ability to read and interpret documents such as correspondence, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to vendors, clients, coworkers, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical skills: ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Reasoning skills: ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc. Microsoft Office preferred.
• Organizational skills: ability to prioritize and organize tasks; ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously; ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Remote connectivity device with data plan sufficient for company requirements, such as multi‑factor authentication, time and mileage tracking, expense reimbursement, e‑mail, and virtual communications.

• Moderate physical activity performing somewhat strenuous daily activities of a primarily technical nature.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to reach/handle items, work with the fingers, and perceive…