Director of Facilities & Engineering

ISI Professional Services; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ISI Professional Services seeks a Director of Facilities & Engineering to lead the F&E business unit, translating federal client requirements into staffing, delivery, and growth strategies. You will partner with Business Development, Contracts & Compliance, Finance, People Operations, and Talent Acquisition to evaluate opportunities, pursue pricing, and align client expectations.

The role drives executive relationships with federal clients, ensures contract performance, and leads

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, facilities management, or a closely related technical field.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience delivering or overseeing federal facilities, engineering, construction management, program management, design, facilities management, or closely related services.
• Substantial direct experience with federal PM/CM or related F&E delivery and a demonstrated understanding of federal construction, funding, acquisition, and project lifecycles.
• Five or more years leading managers and professional or technical staff, including hiring, performance management, coaching, delegation, and employee engagement.
• Demonstrated responsibility for a business unit, portfolio, or multi-contract P&L, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, revenue and profit performance, and corrective action.
• Experience supporting federal captures and proposals, interpreting solicitations, developing executable technical or management solutions, and contributing to pricing and staffing strategies.
• Strong working knowledge of federal service and construction contracts and applicable acquisition regulations, including the FAR and relevant agency supplements.
• Ability to travel to client, project, partner, and company locations as business needs require.

Responsibilities

• Lead F&E business strategy, operational planning, performance objectives, and execution.
• Manage business-unit financial performance, forecasting, staffing investments, and corrective actions.
• Prioritize resources based on client needs, contractual requirements, risk, and financial objectives.
• Implement scalable processes, performance metrics, and succession planning.
• Provide executive oversight of federal contracts, programs, task orders, and projects.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, staffing commitments, quality standards, schedules, and customer expectations.
• Monitor contract health through staffing plans, forecasts, reviews, dashboards, and risk management.
• Lead corrective actions for underperforming contracts and support audit readiness.
• Serve as primary executive relationship manager for F&E clients and partners.
• Maintain awareness of client priorities, funding constraints, regulatory requirements, and organizational changes.
• Engage government stakeholders, contractors, and teaming partners to align expectations and resolve issues.
• Support negotiations involving scope, staffing, rates, modifications, and performance expectations.
• Lead and develop program managers and other direct reports.
• Maintain regular engagement with employees and contract leaders to support retention and development.
• Partner with People Operations on performance and employee-relations matters.
• Lead workforce planning and hiring strategies.
• Evaluate technical qualifications, support recruiting efforts, participate in technical interviews, and assist with candidate selection and client presentations.
• Partner with Business Development on opportunity evaluation and pursuit decisions.
• Support capture, proposal development, staffing strategies, technical solutions, transition planning, and pricing assumptions.
• Review solicitations for compliance requirements, risks, and evaluation criteria.
• Support proposal narratives and post-award transition activities.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, revenue, profitability, utilization, and staffing metrics.
• Partner with Finance on billing, reporting, subcontractor costs, and financial performance.
• Apply knowledge of federal contracting regulations and elevate issues requiring specialist review.
• Drive process improvements across operations, recruiting, quality, reporting, and knowledge management.
• The Director owns F&E outcomes while collaborating with corporate functional leaders: Business Development, Contracts & Compliance, Finance, People Operations & Talent Acquisition.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, facilities management, or a closely related technical field

Job description

The Director, Facilities & Engineering (F&E), leads ISI's F&E business unit and is accountable for strategy, contract performance, workforce planning, client satisfaction, business growth, risk management, and operational excellence. The portfolio includes federal program management, construction management, engineering, planning, design support, and related professional services.

This role translates federal client requirements into executable staffing, delivery, and growth strategies while partnering with Business Development, Contracts & Compliance, Finance, People Operations, and Talent Acquisition. The Director supports opportunity evaluation, capture, proposals, pricing, and client expansion but is not responsible for primary lead generation

Key Accountabilities

Business Unit Leadership & Strategy

• Lead F&E business strategy, operational planning, performance objectives, and execution.
• Manage business-unit financial performance, forecasting, staffing investments, and corrective actions.
• Prioritize resources based on client needs, contractual requirements, risk, and financial objectives.
• Implement scalable processes, performance metrics, and succession planning.

Federal F&E Delivery & Contract Performance

• Provide executive oversight of federal contracts, programs, task orders, and projects.
• Ensure compliance with contract requirements, staffing commitments, quality standards, schedules, and customer expectations.
• Monitor contract health through staffing plans, forecasts, reviews, dashboards, and risk management.
• Lead corrective actions for underperforming contracts and support audit readiness.
• Serve as primary executive relationship manager for F&E clients and partners.
• Maintain awareness of client priorities, funding constraints, regulatory requirements, and organizational changes.
• Engage government stakeholders, contractors, and teaming partners to align expectations and resolve issues.
• Support negotiations involving scope, staffing, rates, modifications, and performance expectations.

People Leadership & Recruiting

• Lead and develop program managers and other direct reports.
• Maintain regular engagement with employees and contract leaders to support retention and development.
• Partner with People Operations on performance and employee-relations matters.
• Lead workforce planning and hiring strategies.
• Evaluate technical qualifications, support recruiting efforts, participate in technical interviews, and assist with candidate selection and client presentations.

Business Development

• Partner with Business Development on opportunity evaluation and pursuit decisions.
• Support capture, proposal development, staffing strategies, technical solutions, transition planning, and pricing assumptions.
• Review solicitations for compliance requirements, risks, and evaluation criteria.
• Support proposal narratives and post-award transition activities.

Financial, Risk & Operational Governance

• Manage budgets, forecasts, revenue, profitability, utilization, and staffing metrics.
• Partner with Finance on billing, reporting, subcontractor costs, and financial performance.
• Apply knowledge of federal contracting regulations and elevate issues requiring specialist review.
• Drive process improvements across operations, recruiting, quality, reporting, and knowledge management.

Cross-Functional Leadership

The Director owns F&E outcomes while collaborating with corporate functional leaders:

• Business Development: Capture, proposals, pipeline visibility, and growth strategy.
• Contracts & Compliance: Contract administration, compliance, and audit support.
• Finance: Budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and reporting.
• People Operations & Talent Acquisition: Recruiting, workforce planning, employee relations, and talent development.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, facilities management, or a closely related technical field.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience delivering or overseeing federal facilities, engineering, construction management, program management, design, facilities management, or closely related services.
• Substantial direct experience with federal PM/CM or related F&E delivery and a demonstrated understanding of federal construction, funding, acquisition, and project lifecycles.
• Demonstrated federal services leadership experience, including accountability for multiple contracts, programs, task orders, projects, or geographically dispersed teams.
• Five or more years leading managers and professional or technical staff, including hiring, performance management, coaching, delegation, and employee engagement.
• Demonstrated responsibility for a business unit, portfolio, or multi-contract P&L, including budgeting, forecasting, cost control, revenue and profit performance, and corrective action.
• Experience supporting federal captures and proposals, interpreting solicitations, developing executable technical or management solutions, and contributing to pricing and staffing strategies.
• Strong working knowledge of federal service and construction contracts and applicable acquisition regulations, including the FAR and relevant agency supplements.
• Ability to evaluate F&E labor categories and candidates, translate technical requirements for recruiters and corporate partners, and assess qualifications beyond job titles.
• Ability to travel to client, project, partner, and company locations as business needs require.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PE, RA, PMP, CCM, CFM, DBIA, or similar credential.
• Advanced degree in a related discipline.
• Experience supporting federal planning, design, construction, and facilities management programs.
• Federal government experience or experience supporting federal owners.
• Experience with IDIQs, BPAs, task orders, joint ventures, and subcontractor teams.
• Familiarity with bid protests and federal acquisition environments.
• Experience supporting recruiting, compensation discussions, transition/start-up, and contract closeout.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands required of this position described here are of those that must be met by the selected employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job daily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to occasionally move and lift 20-30 pounds.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary computer position for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to walk up to 3 miles per day between buildings.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods
• Must be able navigate active construction sites containing uneven ground, debris, and active construction hazards such as sharp objects, electrical hazards, and potential fall hazards.
• Primarily remote, with regular virtual engagement across a nationally distributed workforce and client portfolio. It is highly preferred that candidates be located in the DC-Metro Area.
• Required to be on-site regularly in the DC-Metro Area at one or more of ISI’s client sites.
• Travel is required; and frequency may increase during transitions, client escalations, proposal efforts, team events, or other business-critical periods.
• Work is generally performed Monday through Friday during normal business hours, with flexibility required to support clients, employees, proposal deadlines, and urgent operational matters across time zones.

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