Senior/Principal Facilities Technologist - Fire Protection Planner, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories; New Mexico; On-site; USD 63,800 - 123,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 compressed schedule

4/10 compressed workweeks

Telecommuting options

Relocation assistance

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a Facilities Technologist to plan and control fire protection maintenance, ensuring safe, compliant operations across multiple sites. You will build work packages, schedule resources, and coordinate with maintenance teams, engineers, and customers to optimize priorities and minimize downtime.

This role requires a strong background in CMMS (Maximo), scheduling, safety practices, and the ability to obtain a DOE L-level clearance. Onsite work is required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma plus three years of related experience.
• Experience with facilities fire protection systems and alarms.
• Planning and scheduling maintenance or construction-like activities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE L-level security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule maintenance activities and resources.
• Develop and publish maintenance job plans and estimates.
• Lead backlog reviews with maintenance team leaders.
• Coordinate planned outages and facility impairments.
• Review work orders with detailed scope, priority, and timing.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Customer service skills

Safety practices

Education

High School Diploma

Apprenticeship program (4-year)

Tools

Maximo CMMS

MS Office Suite

Job description

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting‑edge work in a broad array of areas.

Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide Extraordinary co‑workers Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world Career advancement and enrichment opportunities Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten‑hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part‑time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home) Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking a Facilities Technologist to perform work planning and control activities in support of fire protection systems. In this role you will apply facilities and project related knowledge and experience to ensure processes and priorities are followed, avoid overlapping work activities, address customer/facility availability conflicts, and achieve better resource utilization. You will support the integration of cross‑project elements including maintenance team leads, maintenance craftspeople, Facility Project Managers, engineering, responsible mission partners, and customers.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

Decide level of planning or field scoping needed based on identified area, asset, and/or task‑related hazards.

Perform technical work to support engineering and maintenance activities for construction, maintenance, inspection, and facilities and infrastructure system operations.

Be accountable for the Maintenance Planning Process and Corrective Maintenance Job Plans for an assigned team.

Build and publish scheduling models for each assigned maintenance team based on work type, priority historical data, and team role.

Lead monthly backlog reviews with Maintenance Team Leaders.

Work closely with key partners to ensure accurate and thorough work packages that are ready for scheduling and execution.

Review work orders and detail the orders (work type, priority, target start, Job Site Hazard Evaluation/Access codes, job plan, estimated time, labor, materials, etc.) in a timely manner.

Initiate and/or acquire permits and coordinate planned outages and impairments.

Perform tasks in asset identification management process, participate in Operations & Maintenance (O&M) strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), develop Maximo PMs, job plans, standards/estimates, and preventive maintenance tasks.

Identify area/site and equipment related ES&H hazards and advise Safety Engineer.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite 100% of the time.

Salary Range

$63,800 - $123,400

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

High School Diploma plus three (3) years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience with the following:

Facilities Fire Protection systems, to include practical experience dealing with commercial fire alarms, sprinkler systems, suppression tools, and back‑flow preventives.

Planning and scheduling work for maintenance or construction‑like activities.

Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software system for asset management and work order systems (Maximo for example).

Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L‑level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

Understanding of work hazards, safety practices, operating configurations, and lockout/tagout policies and procedures.

Experience and understanding of SNL/NM processes and procedures for fire protection, fire alarm, fire impairments and permits.

Completion of a 4‑year State approved apprenticeship program, or equivalent.

Experience with fire protection piping, life safety systems.

Knowledge of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes, specifically 13, 14, 20, and 7.2.

Ability to read and understand drawings, schematics, and operations manuals.

Experience using Maximo software system with proficiency in MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc).

Demonstrated success working in a multi‑disciplinary team.

Excellent oral and written communication and customer service skills.

Deep understanding of Facilities processes and procedures.

Active DOE/DOD Security Clearance.

About Our Team

The Maintenance Planning Team is responsible for planning and scheduling of all work for the Centralized Maintenance teams in the Infrastructure Operations Center, 4700. This includes creating a complete work package for each job to include a detailed scope of work, materials needed, hazards associated with the work and controls needed to mitigate the hazards. In addition, this group collects, trends, and analyzes predictive maintenance data to determine equipment condition and implementation of condition‑based maintenance work. They develop and analyze key maintenance performance indicators including quarterly dashboard, monthly department measures, and quarterly RTBF metrics.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre‑employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L‑level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug‑releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on‑site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.