Senior Facility Site Accessor at The Building People in Wichita, KS

$135,000-$165,000

The Building People delivers integrated solutions that connect technology, buildings, and people to optimize real estate performance, facility operations, and workforce outcomes. With over 450 contracts delivered across 187 project locations, we manage more than 1,700 facilities and support $38.5B in federal and commercial assets. Leveraging AI-driven automation, data analytics, and platform-agnostic systems, we create high-performing, future-ready environments that reduce cost, improve efficiency, and enable mission success. Founded in 2012, we now have over 450 employees supporting 23 federal agencies—making us a trusted leader in delivering technology-infused building solutions across the public sector.

The Building People is committed to fostering a workplace where every employee can thrive. Using tools like the Predictive Index, we thoughtfully align individual strengths with team needs -ensuring the right fit, the right role, and long-term success.

Our culture is rooted in integrity, innovation, and service. Through our growing philanthropy program, we support communities by focusing on gratitude, giving back, partnerships, and mentorship.

Our Market Offerings Include:

• Real Estate & Workplace
• Facilities Management
• Facilities Operations & Maintenance
• Project Management & Engineering
• Workforce Transformation & Organizational Design
• Mission Support
• Smart Buildings & Energy Efficiency
• Technology Solutions

Join our rapidly growing team and help shape the future of real estate, facilities, and community impact.

The Building People, LLC, has a position open for a Senior Facility Site Accessor with an active Secret Clearance to support a federal client at a secure campus in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate is a well-rounded mechanical engineering professional with experience in building mechanical systems, facility condition assessments, energy assessments, building automation systems, cost estimating, and facility asset lifecycle management. This role requires strong technical judgment, quality-control discipline, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to work independently while coordinating closely with management, stakeholders, and multidisciplinary project teams, and will support our DoW, DHS, VA, and GSA portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and conduct inventories and condition assessments of building and infrastructure components across a variety of facility and infrastructure types, with emphasis on mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems.
• Identify, classify, and document deficient conditions for systems, subsystems, and components, and provide written narratives describing their general condition.
• Apply professional knowledge and judgment to recommend corrective actions for identified deficiencies in sufficient detail to support repair, renewal, modernization, lifecycle planning, and cost estimates.
• Exercise independent judgment and perform quality control of field surveys, data input, assessment findings, and report output.
• Independently schedule and lead regular communications with the management team regarding project schedules, progress, risks, findings, and status.
• Coordinate and prepare facility assessment and audit findings reports, including reports for standard and non-standard energy assessments.
• Review live Building Automation Systems (BAS) for performance information and extract, interpret, and document data relevant to energy assessments and mechanical system optimization.
• Review cost estimates produced by costing software and current cost databases; recommend and document database modifications based on collected real-world cost data and information.
• Apply engineering design, energy-management, and Facility Asset Management (FAM) lifecycle principles to define parameters for ongoing asset-performance technology and services development.
• Remain current in MEP building trades, including emerging technologies, systems innovations, applicable standards, codes, and industry terminology.
• Prepare training materials and conduct training sessions for team members on building mechanical systems, including HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection systems.
• Assist team members with the identification, classification, and assessment of building MEP systems and their components.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, facility managers, contractors, and project teams to translate operational needs and field findings into actionable engineering solutions.
• Report to the secure federal campus in Washington, DC, as required to conduct field investigations, validate existing conditions, participate in meetings, and support project execution.
• Travel at least 50% to support facility surveys, assessments, audits, training, and project coordination.

• Salary offered will be commensurate with the candidate's experience, qualifications, and certifications.

• Our positions may require a background screening and clearance directly from the Government.

• Please note that telework arrangements are subject to change based on customer requirements.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Competitive benefits for eligible employees include:

• Medical & Rx
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Life Insurance/AD&D
• Long Term Disability and Short-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay

All positions require a background check after acceptance of our offer. The selected candidate will be eligible to begin employment before the background check has been finalized. However, continued employment will be contingent upon the results of your reference/background check from The Building People, LLC. Your position may require special credentialing, clearance, and access as a condition of employment. In the event the government or client does not sponsor or approve your clearance, it may result in termination of your employment.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at reasonableaccomodation@thebuildingpeople.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.

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Required Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
• Ten or more years of relevant building construction industry experience, such as building mechanical systems design, mechanical contractor project management or superintendent work, design-build engineering, or general contractor MEP coordination.
• Demonstrated experience supporting federal facility condition assessments, engineering evaluations, asset management, or capital-planning programs, including work in secure or mission-critical environments.
• Experience using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) Sustainment Management System (SMS), including BUILDER, for facility condition assessment, asset inventory, data entry, quality control, and lifecycle or capital-investment planning.
• Broad working knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, controls, energy management, facility infrastructure, and related mechanical systems.
• Experience conducting facility condition assessments, engineering evaluations, technical reviews, cost-estimate reviews, technical writing, and stakeholder coordination.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound professional judgment, lead recurring project communications, and perform quality control of technical deliverables.
• Ability and willingness to report to a secure federal campus in Washington, DC, and travel at least 50% in support of project requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• ASHRAE certification, such as BEAP, BEMP, or BCxP, or AEE certification, such as CEM, CEA, EEP, CEP, BESA, or CBCP.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, including Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
• Working knowledge of Building Automation Systems (BAS), direct digital controls, energy-management platforms, and mechanical system optimization.
• Experience conducting facility condition and energy assessments and developing capital-improvement recommendations for federal or mission-critical facilities.