Facility Operations Manager

About the role

The Facility Operations Manager will oversee daily facility operations and ensure safe, reliable, and efficient execution of operational, maintenance, radiological, security, and administrative activities. This role provides leadership and coordination across multidisciplinary teams supporting isotope production and laboratory operations within a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate day-to-day facility operations in accordance with approved procedures, operational requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Oversee operational support activities including maintenance coordination, facility readiness, work planning, logistics, material handling, and operational scheduling.
• Support implementation and continuous improvement of facility operations programs, industrial safety practices, radiological controls, and operational procedures.
• Career development and professional growth: Support radiological operations and ensure compliance with applicable site radiological controls, contamination control practices, and facility operational requirements.
• Ensure compliance with site security requirements, access controls, and operational safety programs.
• Support operational readiness, commissioning activities, emergency preparedness initiatives, and response to abnormal or emergent conditions.
• Maintain operational records, facility documentation, work tracking systems, and programmatic reporting.
• Support audits, inspections, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives related to facility operations.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships across operations, engineering, radiation protection, maintenance, and leadership teams.
• Promote operational discipline, procedural compliance, industrial safety, and a strong nuclear safety culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Industrial Technology, Nuclear Engineering, Chemistry, Health Physics, or a related technical discipline; equivalent operational experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting industrial facility operations, nuclear operations, radiological facilities, manufacturing operations, or related technical environments.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary operational activities in regulated or industrial environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of operational safety practices, facility maintenance coordination, work planning, and procedural compliance.
• Strong organizational, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Experience working with operational procedures, work control systems, and facility documentation.

Qualifications

• Passionate about unleashing beneficial isotopes.
• Committed to operational excellence, industrial safety, and nuclear safety culture.
• Willing and able to learn quickly.
• Eager to work on a dynamic team, receive constructive feedback, and grow with us.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment.
• Able to lead cross-functional operational activities and coordinate competing priorities.
• Detail-oriented and committed to procedural compliance and operational discipline.
• Excited to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about operational challenges.
• Able to propose novel and creative solutions to technical and operational problems.
• An excellent communicator who can effectively communicate technical content and operational priorities.
• Able to exercise sound judgment and decision-making in operational environments.

Skills

• Operational leadership and coordination.
• Facility operations management.
• Industrial safety practices.
• Radiological controls.
• Operational procedures and work control systems.
• Facility documentation and record-keeping.
• Project management and operations leadership experience.

Benefits

• Flexible time off.
• Equity.
• Bonuses.
• Competitive pay.
• 401(k).
• Health insurance (with employer contribution).
• HSA.
• FSA.
• Flexible work hours.
• Wellness credits.

Pay

$120,000 - $170,000

Schedule

Remote employees are required to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.