Project Overview:

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has a continuing requirement for Facilities Operations and Maintenance Support Services (FOMSS).

 

Position Overview:

The Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Engineer will monitor equipment and system performance, and initiate actions to resolve operational deficiencies, improve performance, increase reliability, and improve energy efficiency. The RCM engineer shall monitor the effectiveness of the Preventive Maintenance (PM), Conditioned Based Monitoring (CBM) and Predictive Testing and Inspection (PT&I) programs. The RCM Engineer shall manage and direct the implementation of the RCM program. The RCM Engineer shall also be involved in the facilities commissioning and retro-commissioning services. The RCM Engineer shall be a senior engineer in his or her primary discipline. Perform a variety of engineering assignments in planning and overseeing research, development, design, manufacture, test, installation, operation, and maintenance of diverse electronic/ mechanical equipment and systems and generally as a lead of a design, analysis, or review team on the most complex engineering assignments.

 

This opportunity is for a POTENTIAL CONTRACT award and is contingent upon the contract being awarded. Consideration for a potential contract may require a signed letter of intent. If the contract is awarded, another position posting will be available on the Company Careers portal.

 

Primary/Major Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

Supports and performs design reviews. Provide assistance and support in RCM and RCx activities. Coordinates and works closely with other engineering, logistics, financial, and program management disciplines to define system specifications and requirements. Establish and maintain a filing system or databases as needed for tracking project status. Develop, maintain, and produce technical documentation and system/subsystem specifications. Conduct site visits and experimental investigations and analyze engineering problems, propose solutions and alternatives, and provide recommendations. Verify and comply with engineering documentation standards, test procedures, and operations and maintenance activities. Prepare, deliver, and submit technical papers and perform engineering studies. Organize and supervise a group of employees for RCM related activities. Serve as technical expert and manager over systems, requiring expertise in diverse bodies of knowledge, such as environmental and safety requirements, systems integration, equipment monitoring, and utility metering. Maintain up-to-date technical expertise in assigned systems and knowledge of current trends in industry. Provide technical assistance, data entry, and administrative support, to support the work under the FOMSS contract. Monitor and analyze the RCM and CBM program, including PT&I data, to identify impending equipment failures, optimize maintenance quality, timeliness of maintenance, system reliability, and overall program effectiveness. Monitor equipment and system performance, and initiate actions to resolve operational deficiencies, improve performance, and increase reliability. Investigate equipment failures and determine the actions necessary to prevent or mitigate similar future failures. Perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and failure trend analyses on equipment. Review the RCM Plan and make recommendations for continuous improvements based upon equipment history, PT&I data, and current and emerging industry practice. Generate and provide ad hoc RCM-related reports to the Government, upon request. Ensure that all PT&I data and analyses are available to the Government upon request. Coordinate and assist with maintenance and update of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including PM schedules, PM job plans, PT&I plans and be proficient in the use of IBM MAXIMO. Assist with weekly email notification to building managers of upcoming PM and PT&I scheduled work. Provide to the Government the contract-required deliverables Annual Work Plan, Five-Year Maintenance Plan, Headquarters Metrics Data, Reliability Centered Maintenance Plan, and Reliability Centered Maintenance Report Coordinate and assist with preparation and maintenance of maintenance procedures in compliance with the requirements of the contract. Coordinate facilities commissioning and retro-commissioning services, including, but not limited to, systems testing for design and operational functional requirements, and identification of and coordination of adjustments and repairs necessary for correcting deficiencies discovered during retro-commissioning services. Perform all other position related duties as assigned or requested.