Infrastructure Operations Manager

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Research and Exploratory Development Department (REDD) is seeking an Infrastructure Operations Manager to serve as the Department’s primary representative for large scale laboratory infrastructure and facility projects. This role partners with technical staff, program teams, and APL enterprise service departments to plan, coordinate, and deliver laboratory and infrastructure projects that enable cutting-edge research. The IOM will work alongside Business, Construction, and Facilities Department (BCFD) Project Managers, serving as REDD's operational representative throughout the project lifecycle. This includes defining project requirements, coordinating stakeholders, facilitating communication, resolving issues, and ensuring completed projects successfully support research objectives.

Requirements

Possess a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Facilities Management, Project Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Have 6+ years of experience supporting complex laboratory, infrastructure, engineering, research, or capital projects.
Have experience leading strategic infrastructure initiatives from concept and vision through planning, design, execution, commissioning, and operational transition.
Demonstrate strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build consensus across technical, operational, and enterprise organizations.
Have experience preparing and delivering executive-level briefings and coordinating with senior technical and organizational leadership.
Have proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Project (or equivalent).
Are able to obtain a Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Have experience supporting infrastructure, laboratory, or capital projects within a government, defense, or national security environment.
Have experience supporting laboratory, research, cleanroom, manufacturing, or other technically complex facilities.
Have experience with project financial planning, forecasting, and capital budgeting.
Have familiarity with facility planning, laboratory operations, and enterprise project delivery.
Have a Master's degree in Systems Engineering or a related field.

Responsibilities

Serve as REDD's primary representative for complex laboratory infrastructure and facility projects throughout planning, design, construction, occupancy, and project closeout, ensuring the successful realization of strategic research capabilities.
Partner with BCFD Project Managers, architects, engineers, contractors, enterprise service departments, and research teams to support the successful delivery of complex laboratory and infrastructure projects.
Serve as REDD's primary representative to BCFD and other enterprise departments, and prepare and deliver executive and sponsor-level briefings on project status, risks, and execution.
Lead cross-functional teams of researchers, engineers, program staff, and enterprise partners to translate technical requirements into practical facility solutions while supporting long-range planning for sponsor-funded laboratory capabilities and engaging early during proposal development to identify infrastructure requirements.
Coordinate and communicate across organizations through planning, programming, budgeting, design, procurement, construction, equipment installation, commissioning, occupancy, and closeout.
Review facility designs, laboratory layouts, equipment installations, and construction documentation to ensure technical, operational, research, safety, and readiness requirements are incorporated.
Partner with the BCFD Project Manager to monitor scope, schedule, budget, risks, milestones, and operational impacts, proactively identifying and resolving issues as they arise.
Develop strong partnerships across REDD and APL while serving as a trusted advisor on REDD laboratory infrastructure planning and project execution.
Support program-driven, indirect, and capital infrastructure initiatives.
Manage multiple concurrent infrastructure projects while balancing competing priorities, stakeholder needs, and operational impacts.
Coordinate laboratory moves, renovations, and construction activities to minimize operational impacts and enable continued research execution.
Partner with Department leadership to identify future laboratory and infrastructure needs, and support long-range facility strategies.