Maintenance & Operations Director - NASA
About The Position
The Maintenance & Operations Director leads maintenance and operational delivery for SIMO’s facilities, systems, equipment, and utilities (FSEU) portfolio. The role provides senior oversight of preventive maintenance, predictive testing and inspection, reactive maintenance, recurring facility operations, work control, technical staffing, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation across a complex multi-facility environment. The position is based in Merritt Island, Florida, and provides leadership for maintenance and operations work in on-site and office-based settings. It ensures services align with contract requirements, customer priorities, performance objectives, applicable NASA requirements, OSHA requirements, environmental regulations, and approved procedures. The Director leads technical teams and supervisors, coordinates with program leadership and NASA/customer stakeholders, and oversees responses to service interruptions, equipment failures, urgent facility needs, and other events requiring restoration of essential services or hazard mitigation.
Requirements
- At least 15 years of relevant experience in maintenance operations management, including leadership of technical teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- PMP certification.
- NASA or Kennedy Space Center experience.
- Experience with Maximo or a comparable computerized maintenance management/work management system.
- Experience leading complex, multi-site facilities or infrastructure maintenance programs and managing operational performance metrics.
Responsibilities
- Provide on-site and office-based leadership for maintenance and operations work, ensuring alignment with contract requirements, customer priorities, and performance objectives.
- Oversee preventive maintenance, predictive testing and inspection, reactive maintenance, service requests, recurring operations, and work-control activities for assigned FSEU.
- Coordinate work planning, estimates, schedules, labor, equipment, materials, and budgets to support timely and cost-effective delivery.
- Lead technical teams and supervisors; assign work, monitor performance, resolve barriers, and reinforce quality and productivity expectations.
- Coordinate with program leadership, NASA/customer stakeholders, and functional leads regarding status, priorities, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Prepare and present facilities-status, workload, performance, and resource reports.
- Ensure work is conducted in accordance with applicable NASA requirements, contract provisions, OSHA requirements, environmental regulations, and approved procedures.
- Oversee operational response to service interruptions, equipment failures, urgent facility needs, and other events requiring restoration of essential services or mitigation of hazards.
- Support operations involving power systems, electronic security, traffic signaling, fire and life-safety systems, HVAC and compressed air, elevators, plumbing, water and wastewater systems, stormwater infrastructure, structures, transportation infrastructure, heavy equipment, and control/monitoring systems.
- Coordinate operational readiness and support for special events or launch-related requirements, including watch-standing where assigned.
- Use performance metrics and trend analysis to identify risks, improve reliability and responsiveness, and reduce avoidable costs.
- Use Maximo or comparable work management tools to support work control, maintenance tracking, reporting, and performance management.
- Deliver safe, compliant, reliable, and timely maintenance and operations services.
- Manage work control, planning, scheduling, budgeting, and resources effectively.
- Lead technical teams to support productivity, service quality, and customer responsiveness.
- Maintain accurate reporting of facilities status, performance metrics, risks, and corrective actions.
- Ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, contract, and staffing requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
