February 17, 2026 —The January job surge surprised government officials, economists, employers and employees alike. While it was released five days later than usual due to the partial government shutdown, it was worth the wait. Stabilizing the job market and recording a slightly lower unemployment rate inspires companies to consider filling positions where current employees are stretched and doing more than their share.
According to Indeed, the positions were mostly in the health care and social assistance sectors. While it will be a few months until we know if the 2025 hiring recession is ending (only 181,000 jobs created for the year, according to federal data), there are indications that the built environment has openings from technical/mechanical to executive positions in facility management. The FMLink Career Center is showing over 1,500 opportunities.
The McMorrow Reports + FMLink team has selected a few hot positions from the FMLink Job Board, presented here:
- Global Security—Critical Facilities Protection Specialist—VP, JPMorgan Chase, New York
- Senior Director, Real Property Management & Development (Real Property & Asset Management) LA Metro, Los Angeles
- Manager, Facilities Management, News Corp., New York
- Director of Facilities & Capital Planning, Department of Public Health, City & County of San Francisco
- Senior/Principal Facilities Systems Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA
- Academic Professional Associate & Facilities Manager, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Visit the FMLink Job Board, a career center that connects facility managers, planners and related planning and design professionals across all disciplines and career stages with employers offering career opportunities. It is powered by YM Careers, provider of job websites and career centers for organizations that serve specialized members.
“Providing our readers with opportunities for professional development and career growth are core to our mission to serve the facility management profession,” says Eileen McMorrow, Editor-in-Chief of FMLink, powered by The McMorrow Reports. “Our readers are highly appealing to employers because they’ve demonstrated a commitment to their current employers, seeking the highest levels of integrity and training.”
In addition to serving as a robust source of up to thousands of facility management professional job opportunities, the FMLink Job Board will be set apart by a number of benefits it offers to facilities management professionals and employers.
