Facilities Engineer

Manufacturing

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• Collaborate with SMDC leaders and stakeholders to identify, prioritize, plan, and execute facility improvements supporting safe, reliable, and efficient operations.
• Manage improvements from concept and scope development through purchasing, implementation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Maintain regular alignment with leadership with increasing independence as knowledge, judgment, and capability are demonstrated.
• Coordinate with the campus facilities maintenance team for select facility and infrastructure repairs. Routine maintenance tickets remain with the campus support organization under the current operating model.

• Facility Improvements and Project Management: Identify, prioritize, and execute capital and expense-funded improvements in collaboration with SMDC leaders and stakeholders. Manage scope, schedules, estimates, spending, risks, documentation, implementation, and closeout.
• Vendor, Contractor, and Financial Coordination: Develop scopes of work, evaluate proposals, coordinate contractors, and manage purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices, receiving, forecasts, and actual spending.
• Facilities and Infrastructure Coordination: Identify facility needs, develop practical recommendations, and coordinate select repairs with the campus facilities maintenance team, contractors, engineers, or other technical resources.
• Operational Support and Integration: Coordinate facility work around Engineering, Prove Design, testing, and Endurance activities to minimize disruption and support business priorities.
• 5S, Assets, and Continuous Improvement: Coordinate facility-related 5S improvements and manage applicable supplies, materials, spare parts, and assets to support reliable operations.
• Safety, Compliance, and Communication: Ensure work complies with applicable safety, environmental, security, purchasing, and contractor requirements. Communicate project status, spending, risks, open actions, and decisions needed.

• Accuracy and Attention to Detail: Maintains accurate project, purchasing, asset, and contractor records and understands the impact of errors.
• Effective Communications: Clearly communicates (oral and written) requirements, priorities, progress, risks, and decisions needed to employees, contractors, technical resources, and leaders.
• Engineering in a Manufacturing Environment: Understands how facilities, infrastructure, utilities, and support services affect engineering, testing, and product-development operations.
• Plant Facilities Management: Coordinates facility improvements, vendor services, and campus maintenance support to meet operational needs.
• Problem Solving: Uses structured methods to investigate facility needs, evaluate alternatives, recommend solutions, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Project Management: Collaborates with leaders and stakeholders to establish priorities and manage scope, schedules, costs, risks, resources, and deliverables with increasing independence.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Performs initial assessments, gathers relevant information, and engage the appropriate maintenance, engineering, contractor, or technical resources.

• Degree or equivalent experience in facilities,…