Configuration Management Specialist
About the role
The Configuration Management Specialist serves as a lead technical professional responsible for directing configuration management services and managing technical documentation and configuration-control projects for critical leased-facility electrical and mechanical systems at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Computational Facilities Complex. Working within group and division goals, policies, procedures, and strategy, this position is responsible for establishing work objectives and technical approaches, coordinates across engineering disciplines and stakeholders, and provides recommendations that influence configuration priorities and technical decisions. The role ensures facility, equipment, and engineering records remain accurate, current, traceable, and accessible throughout the asset lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Lead configuration management services for critical facility electrical and mechanical systems, establishing priorities, technical approaches, and documentation practices consistent with group and division goals, policies, procedures, and strategy.
- Plan and manage medium-to-large configuration-control projects associated with facility construction, infrastructure modifications, commissioning, maintenance, and system upgrades; coordinate schedules, technical inputs, and deliverables across disciplines and organizations.
- Direct lifecycle configuration control of design basis documents, drawings, O&M manuals, startup records, test reports, vendor information, and other controlled technical records, ensuring revision status, traceability, and accessibility.
- Lead verification of as-built drawings, equipment records, and configuration data against installed field conditions; evaluate complex discrepancies, determine appropriate resolution paths, and coordinate corrective actions with engineering, maintenance, contractors, and other stakeholders.
- Manage facility equipment and asset information in the Facilities Service Center (FSC) and controlled repositories, including additions, modifications, relocations, renaming, retirement, document indexing, revision status, and