Facilities Manager

About the role

The Facilities Manager will oversee the reliability, safety, cleanliness, and operational readiness of Starcloud's facilities as they scale from kilowatts to gigawatt capacity. The role involves managing facilities execution across various areas including manufacturing, engineering, integration, test, and office spaces.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day facilities operations for Starcloud’s manufacturing, engineering, integration, test, and office areas.
• Maintain high uptime for critical building and production-support systems, including HVAC, electrical distribution, compressed air, plumbing, fire protection, security, access control, janitorial, waste handling, shop infrastructure, and general building maintenance.
• Build and run preventive and predictive maintenance programs for facility equipment and production-support infrastructure.
• Lead facilities technicians, contractors, and third-party service providers; set priorities, track execution, and hold vendors accountable to cost, schedule, safety, and quality expectations.
• Support high-rate production by eliminating facilities-related blockers to manufacturing, integration, test, receiving, shipping, and materials flow.
• Manage site improvement projects, including layout changes, equipment moves, utility drops, office/lab/shop buildouts, and production-area upgrades.
• Implement facilities processes that scale: work-order intake, prioritization, spare parts, preventive maintenance schedules, inspections, dashboards, and escalation paths.
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, and leadership to ensure facilities plans align with company priorities.
• Maintain high standards for workplace cleanliness, organization, safety, and operational discipline.
• Manage facilities budgets, purchase requests, service contracts, and vendor negotiations.
• Provide on-call support for urgent facilities issues, including after-hours and weekend response when needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in facilities management, facilities supervision, maintenance management, plant operations, or industrial site operations.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, production, test, warehouse, or industrial operations.
• Hands-on understanding of building systems such as HVAC, electrical, compressed air, plumbing, fire/life safety, access control, and facility maintenance.
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, technicians, or maintenance personnel.
• Experience creating or operating preventive maintenance programs.
• Ability to work onsite in Redmond and Woodinville, WA.
• Experience in high-rate manufacturing environments such as automotive, food production, consumer goods, electronics, aerospace, or other mass production operations.
• Experience supporting 24/7, multi-shift, or high-uptime production environments.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing.
• Experience managing facility expansions, production-line moves, equipment installations, or rapid site buildouts.
• Strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting instincts.
• Experience managing budgets, negotiating service contracts, and comparing vendor proposals.
• Knowledge of OSHA, fire/life safety, hazardous materials, lockout/tagout, and general EHS requirements.
• Able to work onsite full-time.
• Able to respond to urgent facilities issues outside normal business hours when required.
• Able to walk, stand, climb ladders, access mechanical/electrical areas, and occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
• Able to prioritize multiple urgent requests while protecting critical-path company operations.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or eligible for authorization under U.S. export regulations.

Skills

• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to support critical project milestones.

Benefits

Starcloud offers a competitive total rewards package, including equity and benefits.

Pay

Annual salary: $105,000 - $170,000
Actual compensation will depend on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Schedule

Full time