Senior Space & Facilities Support Specialist - NASA Goddard

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Position Summary

The Engineering and Technology Directorate (Code 500) is looking for a Space & Facilities Support Contractor to provide essential logistical, facilities, and organizational coordination across the directorate. This role fills a critical gap in managing physical office and technical space needs, facilitating facility modification processes, and supporting Facility Operations & Maintenance (FOM) activities. The contractor ensures efficient space utilization, timely processing of facility-related actions, and smooth operational support for both office and laboratory environments.

Key Responsibilities

Physical Office, Laboratory, and Technical Space Management

• Assess, coordinate, and track office space assignments, including moves, relocations, and temporary workspace allocations.
• Support planning and allocation of laboratory and technical spaces to meet program, project, and directorate needs.
• Conduct space walkthroughs to identify requirements, constraints, and opportunities for reconfiguration.
• Monitor ongoing space usage and implement adjustments to maintain functional and safe work environments.
• Coordinate with Facilities Management Division and building administrators to resolve space-related issues efficiently.
• Address safety issues in the labs
• Address technical modifications and priorities from the branches on technical updates
• Collect budget input on those proposals
• Lab management and use reporting Lab Quality Management System (LQMS)
• COOP planning

Facility Modification (FM) Processing

• Serve as the primary conduit for initiating, tracking, and coordinating facility modification requests across the organization.
• Work with civil servant facility leads, building managers, and engineering personnel to move FM requests through review and approval workflows.
• Ensure all facility change requests adhere to NASA policies, safety requirements, and operational constraints.
• Maintain status logs, foresee potential bottlenecks, and provide regular updates to directorate management on FM progress.

FOM (Facility Operations & Maintenance) Support

• Assist facility operations staff with routine and emergent maintenance coordination.
• Track maintenance tickets, follow up with FOM teams, and ensure issues are resolved promptly.
• Support planning around scheduled outages, repairs, or major facility upgrades.
• Provide updates to directorate management regarding FOM activities affecting personnel or mission work.
• Serving as the Center’s super FOM (overseeing all FOMs, unless Code 200 appoints somebody different)

Organizational & Logistical Support

• Provide cross-organizational logistical support spanning meeting coordination, distribution list updates, building access support, and operational notifications.
• Collaborate with project and program teams to ensure their facility and space needs are met throughout evolving mission phases.
• Coordinate with directorate leadership to model this role after similar positions in other NASA organizations, as requested.

Communication & Reporting

• Serve as the point of contact for all space and facilities-related inquiries within the directorate.
• Prepare summaries, updates, and briefings for leadership regarding facility status, space assignments, FM activity pipelines, and FOM actions.
• Engage with internal teams (e.g., Logistics, IT, Safety, Records, and Facilities units) to ensure alignment across operational activities.

Required Qualifications

• Experience supporting facilities, space planning, operations, or logistics in a complex technical or government environment.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to multitask across multiple operational areas.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical, administrative, and leadership personnel.
• Familiarity with NASA facility processes (FM, FOM) preferred but not required.
• Individual must meet government NAC and citizenship/permanent residency requirements for access to NASA GSFC. Extensive background investigation will be performed as a requirement of the job.

Desired Attributes

• Proactive problem-solving and ability to anticipate operational needs.
• Skilled at navigating multi-stakeholder environments and managing competing priorities.
• Comfortable performing both independent tasks and collaborative coordination roles.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree and seven or more years of experience. Eleven years of experience in lieu of degree.