Facilities Project Manager

SAIC; Alice Springs; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Facilities Project Manager with expertise in mechanical systems to support our mission in Alice Springs, AU. This position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

You will oversee the five phases of the project life cycle, focusing on electrical systems and other facilities projects while coordinating with government and contractor teams to ensure timely, on-budget delivery and adherence to safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
• Minimum 6 years in facility ops within IC/DoD or 10+ years in industry.
• 14+ years of professional experience overall.
• Knowledge of facility operations & maintenance activities.
• Experience with campus-wide water distribution and HVAC equipment.
• Ability to estimate ROM cost for planning and programming.
• Project management skills for budgets, schedules and control gates.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local codes.
• Strong interpersonal and team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the liaison, reporting to and coordinating with U.S. government representatives at multiple levels.
• Oversee the Site O&M support contractor or A/E during project execution to ensure requirements are met on time, within quality and budget.
• Coordinate with facilities O&M support contractor for resources and document control.
• Ensure government receives valid cost proposals.
• Develop and report metrics to support continuous improvement.
• Plan, monitor, coordinate and execute complex engineering tasks on multimillion-dollar projects.
• Develop mechanical engineering project plans and coordinate design approvals including RFIs and submittals.
• Develop status reports and modify plans to meet contract parameters.

Skills

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Facility operations experience

14+ years overall experience

Project management

Budget & scheduling management

Interpersonal skills

Government liaison

ROM cost estimation

Code compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or architecture

Job description

Job ID 2616666

Location Alice Springs, NT, AU

Date Posted 2026-09-09

Category Facilities

Subcategory Facilities

Schedule Full-Time

Shift Day Job

Travel Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None

Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Facilities Project Manager with expertise in mechanical systems to support our mission in Alice Springs, AU. This position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

US Citizenship is required by federal law.

SAIC provides full-service facility management support to a major organization in the Intelligence community. We conduct end-to-end project management and facility engineering functions for locations throughout the world. At the HQ-level we perform all manner of planning, programming, and execution oversight for a portfolio in the hundreds of millions per year.

In this role, you will serve as an interface between the on-site government facilities management organization, design and construction contractors, Site Operations and Maintenance (O&M) support contractor, local utilities and all other customers and stakeholders on matters related to customer requirements, project prioritization and execution. You will be responsible for overseeing the five phases of the project life cycle to include requirements development, programming, design, construction, and closeout. You will focus on the construction, recapitalization, and planning of electrical systems as well as other types of projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as the liaison, reporting to and coordinating with U.S. government representatives at multiple levels.
• Oversee the Site O&M support contractor or A/E during project execution to ensure that customer requirements are accomplished on time, to the specified quality and within budget.
• Coordinate with the facilities O&M support contractor for resource allocation and document control.
• Ensuring that the government receives valid cost proposals.
• Developing and reporting metrics to support the paradigm of continuous improvement.
• Plan, monitor, coordinate and execute complex engineering tasks including the technical and quality targets of multimillion dollar projects.
• Develop and manage mechanical engineering project plans, conduct design reviews, and coordinate design approvals including RFI's and submittals.
• Develop status reports and modify plans or schedules, as necessary, to ensure contract parameters are met.
• Supervise, plan and actively participate in the Factory Acceptance Test and Integrated Factory Acceptance Tests with customers.
• Participate in root cause analysis following a mechanical anomaly across the Enterprise.
• Create and monitor the adherence to facilities operations standards across the Enterprise.

SAIC is about Reaching Our Tomorrow. We are guided by passion, innovation, inclusion, integrity, and empowerment. We look for people who are willing to challenge themselves to find new solutions and lead the way creating state–of-the-art answers for today’s complex problems. Our culture gives you the freedom to expand your intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work and have fun along the way.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• A minimum of 6 years of experience with facility operations within the Intelligence Community or DoD or at least 10 years with industry.
• 14+ overall years of professional experience.
• Basic knowledge of the government organization and method of conducting business.
• Knowledge of facility operations & maintenance activities and procedures.
• Experience campus-wide water distribution systems (chilled, domestic, etc.), associated pumps, and other HVAC equipment.
• Understanding of Critical Infrastructure and ability to assess reliability based on reviewing historical data, reports, or interviewing technical/non-technical personnel familiar with such assets or components (i.e., power generators, utility production and distribution, chilled water plants, data centers, etc.).
• Ability to estimate and produce a rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost estimates for facility project planning and programming.
• Demonstrated experience with project and construction estimating.
• Demonstrated project management skills associated with managing performance, budget, schedules, and adhering to control gates.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local building and safety codes.
• Ability to manage multiple and competing resources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to team with industry partners.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or architectural field.
• Understanding of control systems for mechanical systems.
• Understanding of quality management principles to include quality assurance and quality control.
• Understanding of and experience in reliability centered maintenance, predictive maintenance principles and practices.
• Experience with data centers.