Senior Facilities Project/Program Manager

PotomacWave•Washington, DC

1d•$100,000 - $150,000

About The Position

PotomacWave is seeking a Senior Facilities Project/Program Manager to support a Federal client in Washington, DC. The position provides integrated project management, space and workforce planning, design-requirements coordination, network and telecommunications infrastructure project coordination, and related advisory and assistance services. The manager supports construction, renovation, maintenance, facilities upgrades, infrastructure, and office-move projects. Work spans workforce planning, space programming, Directorate design requirements, architecture and engineering, construction, furniture and equipment, secure and nonsecure network and telecommunications services, physical security, records, logistics, and post-occupancy support. The role serves as the principal point of contact for assigned projects and provides a single integrated management capability, including decision-ready information on scope, schedules, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, changes, and performance. The manager coordinates facilities work with IT and telecommunications requirements across planning, design, construction, moves, testing, and occupancy, and supports completion on schedule, within authorized resources, and in accordance with approved requirements. The position also supports workforce and space planning, including validated personnel counts and rolling two-year forecasts, and coordinates and validates Directorate requirements. Using Government-approved assumptions, the manager assesses SCIF demand and capacity, supports allocation and occupancy options, and assists with evaluating potential satellite SCIF alternatives. The role coordinates secure and nonsecure network and telecommunications requirements with facilities plans and schedules, including installation, cutover, testing, rollback, contingency, and post-move issue resolution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in facilities management, engineering, architecture, construction management, information technology, telecommunications, project management, business administration, or a related field.
Minimum of 10 years of related experience.
Project management experience with office moves and facilities upgrades, including IT and telecommunications impacts.
Experience in a classified environment and with classified IT infrastructure.
Federal-government experience.
Skill in scope, requirements, schedules, resources, risks, issues, change, mitigation, briefings, and records.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage concurrent priorities.
Strong leadership, judgment, attention to detail, work ethic, research and root-cause analysis, written and oral communication, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Must have an active DOE Q or Top-Secret clearance.
Selection may be conditioned upon successful completion of a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

Nice To Haves

Technical knowledge of network and telecommunications design.
Understanding of classified and unclassified infrastructure dependencies.
SCIF project experience.
Federal facilities or real property experience.
Project Management Professional or comparable certification.

Responsibilities

Provide integrated management for assigned projects and timely, decision-ready information on scope, schedule, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, changes, and performance.
Coordinate facilities work with secure and nonsecure IT and telecommunications requirements throughout planning, design, construction, moves, testing, and occupancy.
Serve as principal point of contact for assigned projects; define objectives, scope, requirements, constraints, assumptions, deliverables, and acceptance criteria; and maintain fit-for-purpose project plans.
Manage schedules, resources, cost tracking, requirements, changes, risks, issues, stakeholders, communications, quality, records, transition, and closeout.
Maintain integrated schedules covering dependencies, milestones, decisions, responsible organizations, critical-path and long-lead activities, testing, acceptance, moves, and occupancy; monitor performance and report forecast variances.
Research root causes; document risks, issues, findings, actions, decisions, and changes; recommend solutions; lead mitigation and recovery planning; and adapt to approved changes in priorities, requirements, resources, and timelines.
Coordinate authorized stakeholders and vendors for construction, maintenance, furniture, equipment, telephones, networks, printers, audiovisual services, and other project needs, integrating activities into schedules without providing contractual direction.
Prepare management briefings and maintain complete project artifacts and records.
Maintain an accurate, Directorate-validated count of current personnel and a rolling two-year forecast of new employees, vacancies, contractors, and others requiring workspace; translate workforce information into seating, shared-space, support-space, and move requirements.
Gather, document, reconcile, and validate Directorate functional, technical, operational, adjacency, furniture, equipment, accessibility, IT, telecommunications, and security-related design requirements; coordinate reviews, document decisions and changes, and identify conflicts.
Assess validated SCIF demand against available capacity using Government-approved capacity and mission assumptions; support Directorate allocation and occupancy options and document operational, schedule, infrastructure, and workforce impacts.
Support authorized Government officials in identifying and evaluating potential satellite SCIF alternatives, developing requirements and comparative analyses, coordinating site assessments and design inputs, and maintaining implementation, readiness, contingency, and move plans.
Gather and document secure and nonsecure network, telecommunications, printer, audiovisual, cabling, pathway, power, cooling, testing, and service-date requirements.
Coordinate technology requirements with floor plans, furniture, construction, equipment, moves, security readiness, and occupancy; identify long-lead activities and dependencies; maintain deployment schedules; and coordinate authorized installation, cutover, testing, rollback, contingency, and post-move issue resolution.