Senior/Principal Facilities Technologist - Maintenance Planner, Onsite

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We are seeking a motivated and experienced Facilities Technologist to perform work planning and control activities in support of Center 4740 Maintenance Operations. 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. The selected candidate will serve to 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 model 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.

$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.

• High School Diploma plus three (3) years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience .
• Experience with the following:
  • Facilities heavy equipment operations, or grounds and roads/landscaping maintenance operations.
  • CMMS software system for asset management and work order systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE L-level security clearance.

• Understanding of work hazards, safety practices, operating configurations, and lockout/tagout policies and procedures
• Experience and understanding of SNL/NM processes and procedures for excavation and penetration and obtaining permits, development of traffic control plans, requesting Air Force Permits
• Ability to read and understand drawings, schematics, and operations manuals (for utility spotting activities)
• Experience with the following:
  • Using Maximo software system with proficiency in MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Hoisting/rigging, critical lifts, road grading, erosion repair, water delivery, etc.
  • Irrigation repair, concrete cutting, asphalt cutting and repair, installation of signs, planting trees/shrubs, 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 L-level or DOD equivalent security clearance.

The Maintenance Planning Team is responsible for planning, scheduling, coordinating, and control of maintenance work activities for the Maintenance Services Department 4740. 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. We are also responsible for the process of developing, implementing, managing, and maintaining the master equipment list (MEL) to meet DOE requirements. In addition, we collect, trend, and analyze predictive maintenance data to determine equipment condition and implementation of condition-based maintenance work.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

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.

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.

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