Facilities Engineering LeadNew$100K–$160K
The opportunity
Location: Burlingame, CA, with relocation to Sacramento, CA by Q1 2027
What you'll do
Own the day-to-day operation, preventive maintenance, and repair of all: facility systems: HVAC and process cooling, electrical distribution (low- and medium-voltage), compressed air, plumbing, and building automation/controls.
Keep the building envelope, dock doors, cranes/hoists, and material-handling: infrastructure that support production lines in good working order.
Assist with the development and supervision of a skilled technician team to: support ongoing facilities technical needs.
Source, qualify, and manage relationships with outside contractors and: vendors — electrical, mechanical, fire/life-safety, pest control, janitorial, grounds, and waste/recycling — including scoping, quoting, and invoice review.
Serve as the primary on-call escalation point for after-hours facility issues.
Plan and execute facility capital projects: line expansions, utility upgrades, tenant improvements, and equipment installs — in partnership with manufacturing/process engineering, EHS, and outside architects/contractors.
What they're looking for
- Own the facilities operating and capital budgets and track spend against forecast.
- Identify and implement energy-efficiency and sustainability improvements.
- + years of progressive, hands-on experience in industrial facilities: maintenance, operations, or engineering within a manufacturing, industrial, or heavy-processing environment. Background in battery, electronics, chemical processing, automotive, or similarly regulated/utility-intensive manufacturing is a strong plus.
- Equivalent experience counts: time served through a trade apprenticeship, military technical training, or progressively responsible maintenance/facilities roles is weighed the same as a formal degree.
