Facilities Management Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Based in Falls Church, VA, MPS is a Small Business, dedicated to empowering our clients through innovative change management services, with a focus on organizational effectiveness. Founded by a former Peace Corps volunteer, our consultants have served executives in the federal sector for over a decade, working on several high-profile initiatives. We pride ourselves on being experienced consultants, trusted advisers, and reliable partners. As a designated Employer of National Service, our core value is a commitment to public service.

Role: Part-Time Facilities Management Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Duration: Approximately 4–6 months
Estimated Time Commitment: 8–15 hours per month
Location: Preference for Milwaukee / Southeastern Wisconsin (hybrid participation)

Facilities Management Subject Matter Expert (SME)

M Powered Strategies (MPS) is seeking a senior Facilities Management leader to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in support of a public-sector organizational redesign engagement. The SME will provide operational insight, peer benchmarking perspective, and structural feasibility testing to support a facilitated assessment and future-state organizational design process for a county Facilities Management Division. This is not an operational leadership role. The SME will not manage facilities or staff directly. Instead, they will serve in a part-time advisory capacity alongside a facilitation team, contributing senior-level facilities expertise throughout the project lifecycle. The engagement focuses on modernizing Operations & Maintenance (O&M) structure within a complex public-sector facilities portfolio that includes justice/public safety facilities, health and human services buildings, and other 24/7 operations. The project will assess current maturity, develop future-state organizational options, and produce a sequenced implementation roadmap. The SME will participate in structured workshops and advisory sessions to ensure recommendations are operationally grounded and feasible within real-world public-sector constraints.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in biweekly virtual Steering Team sessions (2 hours each)
• Participate in two half-day design workshops (in-person preferred)
• Provide operational perspective on preventive vs. reactive maintenance maturity
• Pressure-test proposed supervisory models and trade structures
• Advise on centralized vs. decentralized organizational models
• Identify implementation risks and transitional strain points
• Provide peer benchmarking insight from comparable public-sector or complex institutional portfolios
• Distinguish structural issues from process or staffing challenges
• Review draft findings and provide advisory feedback on operational realism

Ideal Background

We are seeking a former or current senior facilities leader, such as:

• Director / Assistant Director of Facilities
• Operations & Maintenance Manager
• Asset / Facilities Operations Manager

Strong preference for experience in

• County or municipal government
• Higher education
• Large healthcare systems
• Justice/public safety portfolios
• 24/7 operational environments

Experience with

• Civil service and/or unionized workforces
• CMMS and asset management systems
• Preventive maintenance program development
• Organizational change and structural redesign

What We Are Looking For

• Practical, experience-based judgment
• Ability to articulate trade-offs clearly
• Comfort advising without operational authority
• Willingness to engage collaboratively in a facilitation-led process
• Interest in short-term, strategic advisory work

Engagement Structure

• Part-time 1099 consulting arrangement
• 4–6 month anticipated duration
• Combination of virtual sessions and limited in-person participation
• Compensation commensurate with experience and time commitment

MPS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its business activities including recruiting and selection. We are committed to providing a diverse, inclusive and welcoming environment for employees, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.