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Critical Facility Technician with Clearance and Polygraph.

ABM Industries

Falls Church, VAJob$38–50/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$38–50/hr
Location
Falls Church, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance

Job overview

The Critical Facility Technician is responsible for daily operations and maintenance of mission-critical facilities, reporting to the Critical Facility Manager. The role includes preventive maintenance, repairs, and subcontractor vendor management, with overtime as assigned or required to support facility uptime. ABM provides on-the-job training; no experience or degree is required. Applicants must have or be able to obtain a clearance with polygraph.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Rounds and ReadingsElectrical SystemsMechanical SystemsTechnical Diagram InterpretationHand Tools

Qualifications

Must Be 18+Clearance With PolygraphSimilar Work Experience

Full job description

Overview

The CFT is a non-exempt position with responsibility for the daily operations and maintenance of mission critical facilities. Reporting to the Critical Facility Manager (CFM), the CFT will interact effectively with the customers to ensure that all work is performed to the highest quality and without impact to internal/external customers while utilizing safe work practices and following all critical facility work rules and safety procedures. The CFT will perform preventative maintenances, emergency/scheduled repairs, vendor management of sub-contractors working in the facilities and have the flexibility to work overtime as assigned or required to help ensure the 99.999% uptime of the critical facilities infrastructure

Benefit Information: ABM offers a comprehensive benefits package. For information about ABM’s benefits, visit ABM Employee Benefits | Front Line Team Members (https://wpe-media.abm.com/wp-content/uploads/AnnualBenefitFlyers/Recruiting%20Flyer%20-%20Frontline.pdf)

Pay: $38.00-$50.00 Hourly

The pay listed is the hourly range or the hourly rate for this position. A specific offer will vary based on applicant’s experience, skills, abilities, geographic location, and alignment with market data.

A good job for someone just entering the workforce or returning to the workforce with limited experience and education. ABM is a military and veteran friendly employer, veterans and candidates with military experience encouraged to apply. Military Occupational Specialty Code: 91E, 91C, EM, HT, MK, DC, 1161, 1341, 3E1X1

Responsibilities

  • Perform “rounds and readings” (logging status of technical and other equipment), trending their results and searching for discrepancies or abnormalities, reporting as found.

  • Understand the function, purpose, nominal operating parameters, and how to operate/isolate: electrical and mechanical components, (UPS, generator, batteries, transfer switches, air conditioning/handling units, controls monitoring systems, and fire alarm systems.

  • Read and interpret wiring/technical diagrams, blueprints, operating and maintenance instructions, job specifications, and MOP/SOP/EOPs (Maintenance/Standard/Emergency Operating Procedures), helping to generate when necessary.

  • Use hand tools, test equipment, and perform basic operations to perform MOP/SOP/EOPs; also including to install, troubleshoot, and repair per documentation and established safety guidelines, then ensuring these activities are logged into tracking systems (e.g., CMMS).

  • Hold/obtain knowledge of electrical and mechanical theory, government regulations, etc.

  • Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Must be 18 years of age or older

  • No experience required and on the job training provided

  • No high school diploma, GED or college degree required

Must have or be able to obtain a clearance with polygraph.

Preferred:

  • One (1) year of similar work experience

REQNUMBER: 169141

ABM is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer qualified applicants without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law. ABM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance in completing the employment application, please call 888-328-8606. We will provide you with assistance and make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,220 open Facilities Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$38–50/hr
  • Virginia median$31–41/hr33 hourly ranges
  • US median$24–30/hr472 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $44/hr, is 22% above the Virginia median midpoint ($36/hr) — in the middle half of Facilities Maintenance hourly ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 44 open Facilities Maintenance jobs in Virginia and 1,220 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
Facilities Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (781 postings).
Education
28 of the 1,220 open Facilities Maintenance jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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