Project Manager (MEP) - Registered Professional Engineer
About the role
The role involves leading end-to-end delivery of facilities, infrastructure, and MEP projects in active semiconductor fabs and support facilities. Responsibilities include managing project scopes, execution plans, schedules, cost estimates, and financial forecasts, ensuring projects meet technical requirements, operational constraints, and compliance standards.
Responsibilities
Project 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 a primary point of contact for the client, including operations leadership and engineering stakeholders.
Lead project meetings, executive updates, and coordination sessions with internal and external teams.
Technical & Engineering Oversight: Provide P.E.-level oversight for engineering scope execution involving electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, and critical utility systems.
Mechanical & Thermal Systems: Make-Up Air Units (MUA), Air Handling Units (AHU), Chillers, Cooling Towers, Process Cooling Water (PCW), Facility / Industrial Cooling Water (FICW).
Controls & Automation: Building Management Systems (BMS), Facilities Monitoring Systems (FMS).
Electrical Power Systems: Medium and low-voltage distribution, Transformers, switchgear, busways, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), Emergency and standby generators.
Utilities & Support Systems: Lift stations and drainage systems, Water treatment and distribution systems, Exhaust and environmental control systems.
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
10+ years of experience in facilities engineering, maintenance, or project management.
Bachelor’s degree (e.g., Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, etc.) or equivalent experience.
Strong technical expertise in electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems.
Solid understanding of facilities operations, asset lifecycle management, and reliability concepts.
Proven ability to work safely in cleanroom and live production settings.
Strong leadership, communication, and client-facing skills.
Commitment to safety and a working knowledge of OSHA safety standards and regulations.
Ability to adjust work schedule as needed to support the operation.
Solid business acumen and basic accounting principles.
Passion for excellence backed by a track record of accountability, collaboration, and integrity.
Experience supporting semiconductor manufacturing or advanced technology facilities.
Familiarity with critical utilities, high-purity systems, exhaust systems, or specialty process support.
Background working in environments where uptime, contamination control, and safety are paramount.
Benefits
ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM 2025 Employee Benefits | Staff and Management Team Members.