Principal Facilities Specialist

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

The Remote Sensing Laboratory is seeking a talented individual to join our staff in Las Vegas, NV on Nellis Air Force Base. We are searching for a highly motivated individual interested in supporting facilities operations for an organization specializing in emergency response operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides technical guidance over facilities administration and coordinates buildings and grounds maintenance and operating services with responsible parties. Develops and investigates facility maintenance and operating procedures, methods, standards, and techniques. Ensure work packages contain appropriate work instructions, proper forms, hazard identification and mitigation checklist, appropriate lessons learned, and other information as required to facilitate safe, secure, and quality work at the Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) Sites.  Also included is responsibility for staff leadership.
• Furnishes technical suggestions and advice on alterations and improvements to physical facilities, maintenance and repair work, and operating services.
• Assists in the development of an operating maintenance and repair program.
• Assists in negotiations with architects, engineers, and contractors.
• Assists in planning and coordination of comprehensive program for the operation, maintenance and repair of facilities and appurtenant structures.
• Inspects buildings and/or grounds to identify and recommend repairs needed.
• May be required to make engineering decisions in emergencies without engineering review.
• Determine job hazards, define appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to be used by workers, schedule tasks and project elements to eliminate interference and enhance the safe execution of work and to track and trend work packages for continuous improvement.
• Provides facility occupancy data, produces facility drawings and space detail listings.
• Oversees the maintenance of an accurate Real Estate Operations Permit (REOP) database.  Must be able to assist Facility Manager to maintain an accurate Real Estate Operations Permit (REOP) database. 
• Assists facility occupants with space planning.
• Conduct space validation facility inspections and assist facility occupants with space planning. Provide opportunities for improving the definition and planning of work as identified and implemented. 
• Interface with National Laboratory personnel, Maintenance personnel, Environmental Safety, Health and Quality (ESH&Q) personnel, project managers, and craft personnel as needed to plan Type I, 2, 3, and 4 work packages and control procedures.
• Interface with DOD/Nellis AFB Senior Leadership as needed to improve professional relationships while representing DOE/RSL interests as a tenant unit. 
• Provides project management support for all M&R projects under construction, including coordination with procurement, subcontractors, construction, engineering design, and Site Services management.
• Provides field and technical support in the development, validation, and justification of M&R projects.
• Performs various support functions in the planning process to determine maintenance long range costs, to get field data in support of proposed projects, and to help find alternative solutions that will affect cost and/or energy savings overall.
• Conducts space utilization evaluations, gathers field data requirements to perform analyses, and material purchases.
• Prepares reports