Site Manager

Amentum is seeking an experienced Site Operations Manager for our operations and maintenance team in Long Beach, CA. 

Typical work schedule is Monday-Friday, 7:30am – 4:00pm; various hours may be required based on business demand. 

This position directs a workforce of technicians and professionals engaged in a variety of facilities related activities and ensures established company goals are realized while maintaining client relations that will enhance future business.  

Responsibilities: 

• Provide team leadership utilizing facilities knowledge and experience to administer a predictive and reliability centered equipment maintenance program. 

• Supervise a staff that performs a variety of tasks related to facility maintenance (hard and soft services), safety, building automation, and maintenance projects. 

• Utilize Maximo to monitor facilities maintenance related work and evaluate work performance/productivity. 

• Analyze and troubleshoot complex building utility systems and equipment and provide recommendations for corrective actions. 

• Provide oversight of the building automation system to adjust, track, and trend building conditions. 

• Mentor team. 

• Improve technician knowledge and certification. 

• Drive safety processes. 

The Site Manager reports to the Amentum Director of Operations and works to develop and maintain close working relationships with business leaders/stakeholders throughout the organization.

This position is responsible for the overall Integrated Facility Management program across the client’s site which includes twelve (12) buildings totaling approximately 1.8 million square feet on a 151-acre site. This includes preserving the safety and well-being of our employees, safeguarding company funds and property, and generally representing the company with respect to the client.

The scope of work includes but not limited to technical maintenance (electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and general maintenance of the facility), central utility plant operations and maintenance, janitorial, landscaping and grounds, water treatment, fire and life safety equipment, pest control, and subcontractor management, specialty equipment maintenance, move/add/change activities, and workplace experience.  

The scope also includes project work and project management activities.

Work requires knowledge of cost estimating, planning and scheduling techniques.

This position ensures that established company goals are realized while maintaining client relations that will enhance future business and has total responsibility for managing all aspects of the site.

Responsibilities:

Safety & Compliance

• Provides leadership ensuring accident-free workplace. Walks the Talk.
• Ensures safety of employees and tenants of facility
• Is knowledgeable of portfolio safe work requirements and ensures work is performed in accordance with safety procedures.
• Provides leadership to ensure Amentum and client EH&S programs are 100% compliant.

People & Communication

• Creates inclusive, high-performance work environment.
• Manages human capital to ensure work activities exceed customer’s expectations.
  • Promotes employee personal development plans.
  • Oversees employees on-boarding and ensures they are qualified to perform duties expected of them.
  • Provides mentoring to team members as needed.
  • Creates/maintains a succession plan.
• Maintains program of self-development
• Uses technology tools to improve technician knowledge and certification.
• Maintains consistent communication with management on key issues, potential client issues, and approach to resolutions.
• Effectively communicates project’s vision.
• Communicates with integrity and candor.
• Maintains daily communication with client ensuring “no surprises.”
• Maintains sense of urgency about customer response and addressing issues
• Initiates and communicates variety of personnel actions (e.g., employment, termination, performance, and salary reviews, disciplinary actions, scheduling and/or approving overtime)
• Establishes and maintains effective two-way communications to understand needs and concerns of employees; communicates employee attitudes and expectations to higher management; manages employee personal information.
• Performs annual employee assessment and performance review.

Operational Excellence

• Manages all aspects of contract with client.
• Understands critical nature of client’s work environment including particulars of production facility.
• Ensures 24 x 7 operational availability of critical facility systems (HVAC, steam plant, electrical, compressed air, chilled and process cooling water systems)
• Ensure 24 x 7 operational availability of emergency life support systems and critical data center systems.
• Oversee implementation of planned, preventative, and predictive maintenance programs
  • Ensures workload is effectively prioritized, assigned, tracked, and executed.
  • Ensures workflows are defined, implemented, and effective.
  • Ensures predictive technologies are effectively used and results are used to drive Reliability Center Maintenance
• Drives project continuous improvement, set goals and objectives, and meets schedule commitments.
  • Ensures plans are aggressively monitored and requirements are enforced.
  • Delegates effectively
  • Anticipates operation’s needs and provides good direction; takes initiative.
• Meets or exceeds KPI’s.
• Oversees effectiveness of following soft services:
  • Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance
  • Janitorial Services
• Manages multiple subcontractors supporting the operations and maintenance functions.
• Delegates effectively

Cost

• Develops detailed budget with labor, materials, and subcontract costs identified by month across the portfolio.
• Controls costs by planning work, effectively using resources, and executing to budget.
• Identifies and implements cost savings initiatives in all areas of the project.
• Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.