Junior Facility Engineer

Remote, USA
Posted Jun 14, 2026
Full-time

Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for clients and the world. They are seeking a Junior Engineer with Facility, Maintenance or Operations experience to assist in the verification and documentation of mechanical systems in industrial buildings on government installations.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the quality assurance aspects of mechanical systems with facility asset verification, tagging, and documentation using client server and web-based technologies
  • Apply verification methodology, knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements
  • Perform quality assurance efforts to support development projects and enhancements to production database systems
  • Provide onsite verification support including creation, execution, and installation of asset identification
  • Communicate results of quality analysis to project lead
  • Quality representation in baseline project management activities
  • Report project status Quality Metrics
  • Identify and document mistakes and update production data in database based on field observations
  • Support continuous improvement of project(s) to improve quality, efficiency, customer satisfaction, and program profitability
  • Enrich asset and space data by applying applicable risk flag assignment as asset and space data changes

Skills

  • Minimum 1 year of relevant experience; facility systems, maintenance or operations experience preferred
  • Bachelor's degree from accredited college in related discipline such as Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering, or equivalent experience/combined education
  • Knowledge of the project development life cycle
  • Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite of applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.), particularly Excel
  • Demonstrated experience and proficiency with database management
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate at multiple levels, including: engineers, project managers, business analysts, and customers
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills
  • Effective organizational skills, demonstrated by ability to set priorities, coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, and be attentive to detail
  • Self-starter, work well within a team environment with minimal direction
  • Excellent knowledge of health and safety standards
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Good team player and leadership skills, focused and motivated, problem-solver
  • Ability to work hybrid, with some on-site presence in the office located in Raleigh (NC)
  • Must be a US Citizen for Security Clearance requirements
  • Ability to pass government background checks
  • Ability to obtain government campus credentials
  • Background in facility engineering or installation of large-scale mechanical/electrical systems
  • Inventory tracking and database quality assurance experience
  • Experienced at reading drawings/schematics
  • Familiarity with formatting and handling of documentation is desired
  • Familiarity with engineering drawings and documentation is desired
  • Previous experience with NUVOLO IWMS Software would be a plus
  • Construction experience is a plus
  • Detailed oriented

Company Overview

  • Salas O'Brien is a national leading Facilities Planning, Commissioning, Construction Management and Mechanical, Electrical. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.salasobrien.com/about/.

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