Senior Facilities Project Manager

ABM Industries

Austin, TX

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
LOCATION
Austin, TX
POSTED
4 days ago

Overview

Pay:  $150K+ annually

The pay listed is the starting salary range  for this position.  A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.  

Benefit Information:  

ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package.  For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Staff & Management.

 

  • Support cutting‑edge semiconductor operations that power essential and future‑focused technologies
  • Join a company with deep facilities and engineering expertise and national scale delivered locally
  • Work in environments where your technical knowledge directly impacts safety, uptime, and performance
  • Be part of a team that values partnership, accountability, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

Project & Program Leadership
  • Lead end‑to‑end delivery of facilities, infrastructure, and MEP projects in active semiconductor fabs and support facilities
  • Manage simultaneous capital and maintenance‑driven projects ranging from system upgrades to lifecycle replacements
  • Develop project scopes, execution plans, schedules, cost estimates, and financial forecasts
  • Ensure projects meet client technical requirements, operational constraints, and compliance standards
Budget & Financial Management
  • Own and manage project and program budgets, including forecasting, cost tracking, change management, and financial reporting
  • Review and approve change orders, invoices, and cost impacts with a focus on cost control and value optimization
  • Perform feasibility studies, lifecycle cost analyses, and capital planning support for client stakeholders
Client & Stakeholder Management
  • Serve as the primary senior‑level point of contact for the client, including operations leadership and engineering stakeholders
  • Maintain strong client relationships through transparent communication on schedule, cost, risk, and technical performance
  • Lead project meetings, executive updates, and coordination sessions with internal and external teams
Team Leadership
  • Directly manage and mentor a team of four project managers and/or engineers
  • Set clear performance expectations, provide coaching, and support professional development
  • Foster a culture of accountability, safety, collaboration, and operational excellence
Technical & Engineering Oversight
  • Provide P.E.‑level oversight for engineering scope execution involving electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, and critical utility systems
  • Conduct site assessments, system evaluations, and field inspections to validate quality, safety, and compliance
  • Ensure proper integration of new systems with existing operations and maintenance programs
Contractor & Vendor Management
  • Lead contractor and vendor selection, bidding, contract negotiation, and performance management
  • Oversee construction activities, commissioning, punch‑lists, and turnover documentation
  • Ensure contractors adhere to cleanroom protocols, safety requirements, and client standards
Safety, Compliance & Quality
  • Ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA, building codes, environmental regulations, and client safety standards
  • Lead safety planning, hazard mitigation, permit reviews, and incident reporting as required
  • Ensure work is executed safely in live production and cleanroom environments

Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
  • 10–15+ years of experience in facilities engineering, project management, or capital project delivery
  • Proven experience managing large budgets and multi‑project portfolios
  • Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing teams
  • Strong background in MEP systems and critical manufacturing infrastructure
  • Experience supporting semiconductor, mission‑critical, or high‑tech manufacturing facilities
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and client‑facing skills
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working in active semiconductor fabs or cleanroom environments
  • Familiarity with critical utilities, high‑purity systems, exhaust systems, or specialty process support
  • Experience with CMMS platforms (e.g., Corrigo, Maximo)
  • Background in maintenance‑driven projects in addition to capital improvements
  • LEED, sustainability, or energy‑efficiency experience
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control
  • Ability to manage complex work in live production environments with minimal operational risk
  • High level of attention to detail, safety, and quality
  • Ability to balance technical depth with strategic leadership
  • Comfortable working in fast‑paced, high‑accountability client settings

About the Company

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ABM Industries

ABM offers a wide variety of service-related positions, including electricians, HVAC technicians, security officers, parking attendants, and cleaning jobs. ABM cares about your success.

We provide training so that you learn new job skills and take pride in the quality service you're giving to clients. You'll look like the trained professional you are when you wear a ABM uniform.For your health and safety, we use non-toxic cleaning products and up-to-date equipment.

Our internal training program focuses on teaching you the skills and processes that have helped many of our employees starting out as a janitor, cashier, security officer or building engineer grow into various management roles throughout the company. These jobs aren't your everyday at ABM; they are careers.

Thousands of commercial, industrial, government and retail clients look to ABM for consistent quality service that meets their specialized facility service needs including commercial cleaning and maintenance, facility engineering, energy efficiency, parking and security services.

With fiscal 2011 revenues of approximately $4.2 billion and nearly 100,000 employees, our 300+ offices across the U.S. and various international locales enable us to provide custom facility solutions to sites of all sizes — from neighborhood banks and schools to the largest and most complex facilities, such as corporate office parks and major airports.

With more than 300+ offices located throughout the country, we are always accepting applications for janitorial maintenance, landscaping gardeners, security guards, parking attendants, shuttle drivers and building engineers.

ABM IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER (MINORITY/FEMALE/VETERAN/DISABILITY)

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Business Services - Other
FOUNDED
1909
WEBSITE
http://www.abm.com/