Facilities and Site Manager, Space

Job description

Job responsibilities

• This role owns the day-to-day operation, readiness, and discipline of our Space Manufacturing lab spaces across three locations that support development and low-rate builds of spaceflight hardware — including…
• Build and lead the site support team — contamination-control, facilities/maintenance, and lab technicians and specialists: hire to plan, set direction and priorities, develop and mentor the team, and manage…
• Serve as the single site point of contact for facilities at each location: coordinate building services, maintenance and repairs, moves, space changes, and outside vendors, and keep each space configured for the work…
• Own the contamination-control program for each cleanroom (graded ISO 5–8): gowning protocols and throughput, continuous particle monitoring, cleanroom certification cadence, and consumables (garments, gloves, wipes)…
• Coordinate cleanroom and facility systems and their upkeep across sites — AHUs, environmental monitoring, compressed and specialty gases (including nitrogen purge), and building support systems — with…
• Serve as the day-to-day safety point of contact for each site: enforce safe work practices, coordinate hazardous-material and specialty-gas handling and storage, and interface with EHS on chemical handling, permits,…
• Manage lab equipment, assets, and material flow across the sites: check-in/check-out and asset tracking, calibration and metrology scheduling (in-house and vendor), preventive maintenance, tool/fixture readiness, and…
• Drive lab and facility standards and documentation: cleanroom operating procedures, gowning and contamination-control work instructions, safety procedures, and the certification/monitoring records that keep every space…

Job requirements

• 5+ years operating or managing a manufacturing lab, cleanroom, or comparable controlled production environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, a technical/science discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience operating or managing an ISO-classified cleanroom (ISO 5–8 or equivalent) or other contamination-controlled environment.
• 2+ years working with cleanroom facility systems — HVAC/AHUs, environmental and particle monitoring, gowning and air-shower discipline, and cleanroom certification requirements.
• Hands-on safety experience with hazardous-material and compressed/specialty-gas handling and storage, including 1+ year acting as a floor- or lab-level safety point of contact.
• Experience managing lab equipment, a calibration/metrology program, and asset tracking across 50+ tools/assets (or a comparable-scale lab), plus receiving/inventory/consumables flow.
• Experience owning facilities and readiness for 2+ distinct lab or cleanroom spaces (or a multi-room/multi-building site) at once, including coordinating moves and stand-up of new space.
• 2+ years leading or mentoring a team (formal management or team-lead), with the ability to operate as a working manager — hands-on in the day-to-day while hiring, developing, and building a team.