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 an opening for a Design Management Support Specialist to support facilities management operations. The position provides facility-related control systems and cybersecurity compliance support for existing systems and equipment and for Minor and Major facility projects. The role works with customer personnel, contractors, and vendors to sustain system security authorization, documentation, and reporting requirements in an active medical-facility environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide facility-related control systems support for existing systems, equipment, and Minor and Major Projects, including the Building Automation System, Infant Monitoring System, Door Access Control System, Fire Alarm System, and Elevator Controls System.
- Assist the Information System Security Manager or equivalent security lead in maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of assigned facility information systems.
- Assist the customer with securing, managing, reviewing, and auditing technical settings required to maintain authority to operate and related system authorization requirements.
- Develop and maintain Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) supporting authorization and system lifecycle activities.
- Assist with Risk Management Framework (RMF) re-authorization when security-impacting changes occur and support development of new RMF packages.
- Coordinate with contractors, equipment vendors, customer stakeholders, and system owners to collect, validate, and submit required technical and cybersecurity information.
- Prepare detailed and complete weekly status reports for ongoing Minor and Major Projects.
- Attend customer-requested meetings and perform required site visits
Required Experience and Education
- Construction, engineering, facility controls, operational technology, or related technical experience sufficient to perform the assigned duties.
- Experience supporting facility-related control systems, such as building automation, access control, fire alarm, elevator controls, or comparable operational technology systems.
- Working knowledge of risk management framework processes, authorization maintenance, security controls, technical configuration review, and POA&M development.
- Ability to coordinate technical inputs across customer personnel, contractors, vendors, and system stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare accurate, detailed status reports and security authorization documentation.
- Experience or demonstrated ability to perform work in accordance with applicable facility-related control systems cybersecurity standards and guidance.
- Strong written and verbal communication, organization, documentation, and issue-tracking skills.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to satisfy contract personnel-security, site-access, system-access, and credentialing requirements.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated Tier 3 investigation or other investigation level required for assigned access.
- No specific degree is stated for this position in the PWS. Candidate qualifications must clearly document education and experience relevant to the assigned services.
Preferred Experience and Education
- Experience supporting medical, institutional, or federal facilities.
- Hands-on experience with eMASS or comparable RMF/authorization workflow tools.
- Familiarity with Controlled Unclassified Information safeguarding and NIST SP 800-171 requirements.
- Experience with system lifecycle documentation, configuration management, audit evidence, vulnerability remediation tracking, and vendor submittal coordination.
- Knowledge of facility project delivery and the interfaces among construction, commissioning, controls integration, cybersecurity, and ongoing operations.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Facilities Management, Building Automation, or a related field.
- Equivalent combination of relevant education, technical training, certifications, and directly applicable experience.
*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 [email protected] 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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Skills Required
- Construction, engineering, facility controls, operational technology, or related technical experience sufficient to perform assigned duties.
- Experience supporting facility-related control systems, including building automation, access control, fire alarm, elevator controls, or comparable operational technology systems.
- Working knowledge of Risk Management Framework processes, authorization maintenance, security controls, technical configuration review, and POA&M development.
- Ability to coordinate technical inputs across customer personnel, contractors, vendors, and system stakeholders.
- Ability to prepare accurate, detailed status reports and security authorization documentation.
- Experience or demonstrated ability to follow applicable facility-related control systems cybersecurity standards and guidance.
- Strong written and verbal communication, organization, documentation, and issue-tracking skills.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to satisfy contract personnel-security, site-access, system-access, and credentialing requirements.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated Tier 3 investigation or other investigation level required for assigned access.
- Experience supporting medical, institutional, or federal facilities.
- Hands-on experience with eMASS or comparable RMF and authorization workflow tools.
- Familiarity with Controlled Unclassified Information safeguarding and NIST SP 800-171 requirements.
- Experience with system lifecycle documentation, configuration management, audit evidence, vulnerability remediation tracking, and vendor submittal coordination.
- Knowledge of facility project delivery and interfaces among construction, commissioning, controls integration, cybersecurity, and ongoing operations.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Facilities Management, Building Automation, or a related field.
- Equivalent combination of relevant education, technical training, certifications, and directly applicable experience.
What We Do
The Building People provides integrated real estate, facilities, and building-technology solutions for federal, commercial, and institutional organizations. Its services span smart-building and energy systems, real estate and workplace services, facilities management and maintenance, project management, and workforce transformation. By combining technology, operational expertise, and people-focused services, the company helps clients improve building performance, reduce costs, modernize infrastructure, and support their organizational missions.
