Fixed Facilities Manager - Operations & Maintenance

LAX APM project is seeking a Fixed Facilities Manager for the operations and maintenance of the Automated People Mover (APM). The LAX APM is LAWA's first public-private partnership (P3) project. The project includes a total of six stations, five of which Fluor is building, that connect a new consolidated rental car facility, intermodal transportation facilities, expanded airport parking and Metro transit to the airline terminals. The project will transform the experience for travelers at one of America's busiest and most iconic airports, while bringing jobs and workforce development opportunities to the local community. The Fixed Facilities O&M Manager will report into the O&M Organization and will be responsible for oversight of maintenance and capital replacement activities of the Project related to the APM Fixed Facilities. This position is responsible for managing small and/or less complex maintenance projects or managing multiple site managers overseeing multiple small and/or less complex sites/projects within the Operations & Maintenance function. Responsibilities may include; mobilization, operational sales, and marketing targets. • Maintain client relationships by regular communication to better understand project operations, this communication should; appraise of Fluor activities, advise of potential improvements, assess changing needs, develop teamwork and ask for client feedback on performance • Manage the work to the terms of the contract by eliminating leakage and optimizing returns • Identify profit share/bonus opportunities by ascertaining whether a value added incentive program should be implemented to reward employees for performance excellence • Manage risk as assigned by director of operations by reviewing risk on a regular basis and identifying significant business risk for Fluor • Identify future client requirements and up selling opportunities by developing on-site assessments of client operations and proposing project plans • Apply appropriate analytical tools and techniques by assessing client organizations, acquiring client engagements with significant profitability potential and transforming the client organization from the current state to the proposed future state • Other duties as assigned• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and seven (7) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to eleven (11) years if non-degreed• 10 years of progressive experience in daily maintenance and capital replacement activities for operating rail or transit systems for operating rail or transit systems of comparable scope and complexity, including airport facilities or transit related projects such as, stations, elevated guideway structures, pedestrian walkways, elevators, escalators and maintenance and storage facilities • Jobsite experience and understanding of construction and O&M safety programs • Requires five (5) years of experience as Project Engineer or Specialist, or a project role of significant capacity such as Project Controls Lead, Contracts Lead, etc. and three (3) years experience as a design or construction engineer on projects • Project or area management experience in international locations and diverse cultural environments is recommended • Demonstration of successful performance as a Project Manager on one (1) small job or assistant Project Manager or a significant role on medium sized engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction/construction management (EPFC/CM) project • Typically degreed, preferably in engineering or business field of study with minimum seven (7) years O&M Home office or Site experience and five (5) years experience managing small to medium somewhat complex Operations & Maintenance (O&M) sites or projects • Experience in an operating commercial plant • Minimum seven (7) years in a supervisory/management position • Experience in heavy industrial environment, as a Maintenance Manager or Senior Supervisor • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customer, and the general public • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form • Experience managing budgets • Experience in conflict resolution• Act as the first line of contact to the Client Plant Manager by conducting quarterly interviews and maintaining close client relationships • Manage and execute maintenance, modification and outage activities in accordance with the requirements of the prime contract • Ensure maintenance planning and scheduling activities are fully integrated with plant operation • Provide maintenance planning services including estimates for work orders • Provide maintenance planning, scheduling and estimating for planned outage work • Perform work in conformance with plans, specifications, schedules, and cost control estimates • Control change/scope creep, ensuring that all scope changes are quickly and properly documented, and that change orders are approved prior to the performance of work • Ensure that the duties and responsibilities of the contract are clearly defined, documented and understood, and complied • Establish and maintains practices and procedures that ensure maximum efficiency in the execution of work • Provide resource plans, addressing overall resources, costs, scheduling and other details appropriate for the safe and efficient execution of work • Establish and maintain an effective maintenance cost control program to ensure that reported work order costs accurately reflect the costs incurred, that variances from the estimate or plan are identified in sufficient time to permit management intervention, and that accurate projections and forecasts of expenditures may be made as needed by client • Administer contracts with regard to cost, schedule, safety, and other project controls; furnish and maintain project billing instructions • Establish and maintain practices and procedures that ensure maximum efficiency in the execution of work, including analysis of historical data to assist client in providing equipment reliability at optimum costs • Perform annual review of contracts and negotiate any change orders approved by company management • Establish goals and objectives each year for assigned projects with division management • Approve salaried rate changes and renegotiate craft wage rate changes annually with owners • Review existing drawings and old project for accuracy and determine additional engineering design needed • Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and other stakeholders • Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job • Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines • Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner