Engineering Project Manager / Senior Engineer (Secret Clearance)

The Building People; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Building People is seeking an Engineering Project Manager / Senior Engineer in Washington, DC to lead a mission-critical federal campus operations and facilities program. You will manage projects, provide senior engineering input across campus infrastructure, and guide modernization, O&M, and regulatory compliance efforts.

Day-to-day duties include coordinating with COR and stakeholders, developing schedules, reviewing designs, performing technical guidance, and delivering reports and

Qualifications

• Experience leading federal campus facilities programs.
• Ability to manage complex projects, schedules and deliverables.
• Hands-on senior engineering expertise in facility systems and FCA is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day point of contact for COR and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary resources and conduct stakeholder meetings.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Technical leadership

Job description

The Building People, LLC is seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager / Senior Engineer to support a mission-critical federal campus operations and facilities management program in Washington, DC. This full-time position combines project management leadership with senior-level facility engineering responsibilities in support of complex federal facility operations, infrastructure assessment, planning, modernization, and operations and maintenance (O&M) initiatives.

The successful candidate will serve as a day-to-day point of contact for Government stakeholders while also providing hands-on senior engineering expertise across campus infrastructure and facility systems. The role requires someone who can effectively manage projects, schedules, stakeholders, and deliverables while independently evaluating technical facility conditions and developing engineering recommendations.

The underlying Project Manager requirement includes coordination, communications, strategic planning and execution, technical design guidance, troubleshooting, and demonstrated campus O&M experience. The Senior Engineer requirement adds hands-on federal facilities engineering, facility condition assessments, technical design, compliance, and multidisciplinary infrastructure expertise.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Program Management

• Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and other project stakeholders.
• Manage and coordinate day-to-day project activities across multiple task areas.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, work plans, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Coordinate contractor resources and multidisciplinary subject matter experts.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings and develop agendas, meeting materials, minutes, and action items.
• Track actions, project milestones, risks, issues, and deliverables through completion.
• Provide project status reporting and technical updates to Government stakeholders.
• Support transition-in and transition-out activities and operational transition planning.
• Support strategic planning and development of technical and operational roadmaps.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, facilities management, O&M, planning, and other project disciplines.

Senior Engineering & Technical Responsibilities

• Conduct technical assessments of facility infrastructure, including mechanical, electrical, civil, and structural systems.
• Evaluate existing site and facility conditions and recommend improvements, repairs, modernization, and corrective actions.
• Develop and review engineering designs, plans, specifications, and technical recommendations supporting renovations, modernization, and infrastructure improvements.
• Provide technical design guidance consistent with industry best practices.
• Independently troubleshoot facility and infrastructure issues and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Support Facility Condition Assessments (FCA) and functional testing of critical facility systems.
• Support the integration and assessment of building automation, controls, and energy systems within campus operations.
• Prepare technical reports, engineering recommendations, cost estimates, briefings, and presentations for stakeholders.
• Ensure engineering recommendations and project activities comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, codes, and standards, including ADA, fire/life safety, and environmental requirements.
• Collaborate with planners, engineers, facilities professionals, and other team members supporting master planning and space utilization initiatives.