Facilities Engineering Manager

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for a Facilities Engineering Manager at our Fort Walton beach, FL location. 

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Located minutes away from picturesque white-sand beaches and emerald green water, our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Fort Walton Beach location is home to our Defense Power business – a leading supplier of high-power solutions for aerospace & defense applications. You’ll join a trusted, dynamic organization that supplies prime defense manufacturers with custom radar, directed energy and electric warfare solutions for placement on innovative, next-gen military platforms. Join us and our growing business as we supply solutions that enable the latest defense technology! 

Job Summary:

Facilities Engineering Manger takes full responsibility to manage the engineering and planning of all facilities and production related projects and oversees all planning and project management efforts of facilities, production and office related moves, new equipment installations, building renovations and new building construction.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain efficient and reliable facilities system operations 

• Identify and investigate improved methods to reduce facilities operating costs

• Present projects to upper management

• Develop cost benefit analysis, capital equipment / expense requests and manage project to completion

• Provide project support for all internal functional groups and Industrial Engineering including production moves, office moves and new production equipment installation, and preparation of plans and specifications for facility and utility system modifications, preparation of detail bid specifications, and arranging bid meetings to obtain contractor costs

• Provide cost estimates (including internal work force and contractor costs)

• Manage approved projects including the coordination and scheduling of internal work force, outside contractors, regulatory agencies and internal customers affected by the work, budget management and final cost accounting

• Manage new facilities planning which includes preparation of requirements and specifications for building size and all utility requirements - power, water, sewer, HVAC systems, for both process and building

• Guide and direct Facilities Engineering staff

• Any other task assigned by supervisor or management

Non-Essential Functions:

• Participate as a member of the Emergency Response Team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience:  5+ years of experience in Facilities Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering

• Knowledge: Full understanding of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems), including how they operate and how they can best fit the needs of the Facilities department

• Skills/Abilities: Ability to make decisions quickly during crisis situations; Ability to plan, schedule and review the work and performance of subordinates; Excellent communication skills and tact

• Education/Certification: BA or BS degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Civil, or Facilities Engineering or equivalent

• Eligibility Requirement: This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government. Additionally, as a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Applicants selected could be subject to a Government security investigation and must meet the eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience managing people

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