Remote Director of Facilities & Engineering (Federal)

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

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