Temporary Facilities Project Specialist

Sparks Group has partnered with a leading aviation manufacturer seeking a Facilities Project Specialist, In this role, you’ll guide enterprise efforts for the company's solar canopy project and other facilities construction projects, coordinating proponent groups and building committees to facilitate rational facility planning, budgeting, and scheduling.  Preparing requests for proposals and managing facilities capital expenditure budgets, while maintaining high client, customer, and user satisfaction with services provided.  Recommend and manage initiatives to increase and improve service delivery considering cost, schedule, and quality.  This assignment is temporary and could last up to 24 months.  Apply Now and call 703-620-6444

Primary Responsibilities:

• Coordinates with all stakeholders to include proponent groups, engineers, contractors, property owners, and building committees to facilitate rational facility planning, budgeting, and scheduling.

• Maintain high client, customer, and user satisfaction with services provided. 

• Support company Health & Safety program initiatives and ensure compliance to all assigned tasks and action items. 

• Ensures effective and timely written and oral communication with consultants and internal customers during all phases of design and construction. 

• Perform reviews and analysis of project controls (schedule and cost indexes and variances).. 

• Perform daily quality assurance inspections and reviews submittals, requests for information, change requests, and designs for adherence to project baseline documents.

• Recommend and manage initiatives to increase and improve service delivery considering  cost, quality, scope and schedule.

• Ensure understanding of and adherence to contract requirements, business management requirements, and procurement requirements across the Workplace organization. 

• Monitors and reports on all phases of planning and construction to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives.

• Prepares requests for proposals and conducts all necessary meetings to facilitate hiring architectural and construction management services.

• Prepares Statement of Work that describe projects and desired outcomes.  

• Write and evaluate proposals and quotes to ensure selection of best vendors to deliver service considering cost, quality, scope and schedule.

• Prepare, submit, and manage facility capitalized expenditure budgets and projects with the clients' goals and objectives addressed, track variances and ensure a smooth recovery process. 

• Partner with Workplace project resources to ensure leasehold acquisition, projects, build-outs, renovations and expansions are organized and limit disruption to the business. 

• Prepare project reports and control expenditures in accordance with budget allocations. 

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• Requirements:  

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Facilities Construction/Project Management/Engineering or related field.   

• 1 year in operations, maintenance, or construction of sizable solar generation site/project, electrical utility systems, or electric generation.

• 2 years in Facilities or Construction project management as a project manager, assistant project manager, or project controls specialist.  

• Up to 5% Domestic Travel involved

• Working knowledge and application of OSHA, NFPA, and ADA standards required. 

• Current knowledge of IBC and industry trends, best practices, technology.

• Ability to read blueprints, construction drawings, and experience with significant construction/renovation projects

• Ability to lead and motivate a diverse workforce.

• Ability to work without direct supervision/self-motivator.

• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English. 

• Ability to write detailed reports explaining project status

• Highly proficient in general office software systems, either Google Workspace or Microsoft Office Suite.

• Microsoft Project or similar Project Management software.

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in Facilities Construction/Project Management/Engineering or related field.

• 5 years in Facilities or Construction project management.

• 3 years as a field construction engineer or building design engineer.

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  • 3 years as a tradesperson or supervisor of a trade (electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or building construction).

• PMP Certification

• General knowledge of FAA, EASA, and ICAO standards. 

• Knowledge of estimating, budgeting, and scheduling practices.

• SAP knowledge

• AutoCAD knowledge

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This job is In-Person.

We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.

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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.