Overview
ABM is searching for a Vice President of Engineering to lead engineering operations across a multi-site portfolio, ensuring consistent, high‑quality delivery of maintenance, reliability, HSE, asset performance, energy optimization, and client outcomes. This role is responsible for executing established engineering standards, operating procedures, and performance expectations across all regions. The Vice President ensures adherence to standardized workflows, KPIs, digital tools, and governance routines, while developing strong technical talent and driving operational excellence.
The Vice President of Engineering holds full P&L accountability for a complex, multi-site regional portfolio. This role leads a team of Engineering leaders and oversees service delivery in dense, high-risk urban markets (including NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington DC), ensuring safety, operational continuity, standardized execution, margin performance, and client retention at scale.
Pay: $215,000 - $315,000
The pay listed is the salary range for this position. Any specific offer will vary based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.
You may be eligible to participate in a Company incentive or bonus program.
Benefit Information:
ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Staff & Management
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
1) Financial & Operational Accountability
- Own full regional P&L including revenue growth, operating margin performance, cost control, cash flow, and AR management.
- Protect and expand the portfolio through disciplined retention strategies and operational excellence.
- Drive margin improvement through productivity gains, labor optimization, energy initiatives, standardized execution, and disciplined cost management.
- Partner with Sales, APS, and ATS leaders to support expansion in key metro markets and adjacent asset classes, contributing to profitable growth.
- Ensure accurate forecasting, escalation realization, working capital discipline, and alignment with contractual service levels.
2) Safety, Risk & Compliance
- Champion a safety-first culture across all engineering teams; execute enterprise HSE processes, training, and protocols.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, NFPA, local/state codes, and regulatory standards; lead audit responses and corrective actions.
- Implement safety programs, credentialing requirements, and field-based safety initiatives.
- Lead safety performance across high-density, union-dominant urban markets with zero tolerance for compliance failures or safety shortcuts.
3) Operational Leadership & Standard Execution
- Execute the established engineering operating model, standardized field playbooks, and technical procedures across the region.
- Ensure compliance with defined workflows (plan–schedule–execute), QA/QC processes, and performance expectations.
- Drive adoption of standardized KPIs and dashboard routines (e.g., MTBF, MTTR, PM compliance, audit readiness).
- Implement required reporting practices, field processes, and operational governance across sites.
- Identify operational feedback and improvement opportunities based on field experience.
- Execute regional strategy in alignment with Engineering’s Five Strategic Pillars:
- Talent for Enduring Success
- Operational Excellence
- Enablement through Simplification
- Trusted Advisory (data-driven insights)
- Future-Proofing the Business through Partnerships
4) Field Service Delivery & Asset Performance
- Lead daily engineering operations across multiple sites to ensure reliability, safety, occupant comfort, and contract performance.
- Implement the Strategic Maintenance Management Plan for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire/life safety, and building automation systems.
- Drive the use of RCM, root cause analysis, preventive/predictive maintenance, and defect elimination programs.
- Oversee capital project execution and provide design review, equipment recommendations, and technology input within established standards.
6) Technology, Data & Tool Adoption
- Ensure consistent use and adoption of CMMS, mobile tools, analytics platforms, and digital QA systems.
- Promote data accuracy and dashboard-driven decision-making across all engineering levels.
- Use analytics to identify underperformance, guide interventions, and improve operational outcomes.
6) Talent Leadership & Workforce Development
- Implement standardized onboarding, training, credentialing, and certification programs.
- Develop regional engineering leaders and build succession plans for technical positions.
- Foster a technician-empowered, collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture.
- Drive simplification initiatives that reduce administrative burden on Engineering Managers, improve workflow efficiency, and standardize reporting practices across the region.
7) Client Partnership & Operational Excellence
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients by providing insights into asset performance, regulatory compliance, operational risk, and energy optimization to strengthen long-term client value and retention.
- Serve as a senior technical resource for large, strategic accounts during transitions, onboarding, and issue resolution.
- Align engineering operations with client outcomes across verticals such as aviation, education, manufacturing, healthcare, and others.
- Support commercial teams in operational solutioning, pricing models (fixed fee, shared savings), and integrated service delivery strategies.
- Lead the operational rollout of new engineering programs, tools, and service offerings.
- Execute energy-management strategies, audits, BAS/EMS optimization, demand reduction initiatives, and efficiency programs.
- Support and manage energy savings projects, renewable energy initiatives, and energy-focused capital improvements.
- Track and report energy KPIs through established dashboards and reporting tools.
5) Energy, Sustainability & Operational Efficiency
Success Measures (KPIs/OKRs)
- Safety: EMR/TRIR, safety audit scores, corrective action closure rates.
- Reliability: MTBF, MTTR, uptime/availability, backlog health, PM compliance.
- Energy: Energy intensity, demand reduction, verified energy savings.
- Quality: QA audit performance, SLA attainment, transition/onboarding success.
- Financial:
- Regional operating margin
- Revenue growth within portfolio
- Client retention rate
- Escalation realization
- AR aging / DSO performance
- OPEX variance and CAPEX execution
- People: Retention, internal promotion rate, certification completion, employee engagement.
- Client: NPS/CSAT, renewal rates, issue resolution cycle time.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Required
- Demonstrated executive presence and ability to operate effectively within a matrixed enterprise structure.
- 15 or more years of experience in facility engineering, technical operations, or multi-site field service leadership, including 5 or more years in senior leadership roles.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Facilities Management, or related discipline.
- Experience leading engineering teams in both union and non-union environments.
- Strong expertise in HVAC/BAS, electrical, plumbing, energy systems, and fire/life safety.
- Demonstrated ability to execute standardized operating models and drive KPI performance at scale.
- Proficiency with CMMS, mobile tools, dashboards, and engineering analytics.
- Strong business acumen with operational P&L responsibility.
- Excellent communication, planning, leadership, and organizational skills.
Preferred
- Advanced degree or professional certifications (PE, CFM, CPE, LEED).
- Experience with RCM, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization strategies.
- Familiarity with ISO 55001, ISO 9001, or similar asset and quality management frameworks.
- Experience supporting fast-growth regions, large portfolios, or complex transitions.
- Experience supporting M&A integration activities and operational readiness.
