Facilities Manager   —  LED Lighting Assembly - Bay Area

Facilities Manager — LED Lighting Assembly - Bay Area

CONFIDENTIAL
JOB ORDER
Facilities Manager / Facilities Coordinator — LED Lighting Assembly

Client
CONFIDENTIAL — East Bay LED lighting manufacturer (name withheld)

Role Title
Facilities Manager (preferred) or Facilities Coordinator

Location
Richmond, CA — East Bay (live on-site at the Richmond manufacturing facility)

Reports To
Operations / HR partnership on EHS; interviews: (A) Martin, then (B) Sam (Operations)

Type
Full-time, on-site at Richmond facility

Compensation
Manager: $90,000–$115,000 | Coordinator: $80,000–$90,000

Experience Target
Manager: 7–10 years | Coordinator: 3–5 years

Budget Scope
Build and own a 3-year facilities budget shell (opex + vendor + building systems)

Urgency
High — plant startup; full ownership of physical plant needed immediately

Language Plus
Bilingual Spanish/English strongly preferred

Classification
CONFIDENTIAL JOB ORDER — internal use only

Company & Site Context

Confidential client designs and manufactures high-efficiency commercial and data-center LED luminaires (distributed low-voltage systems, remote driver units, mission-critical fixtures). The company is starting up its Richmond, East Bay manufacturing / assembly plant. This person works on-site at the Richmond facility and owns the physical plant Operations.
The site is a manufacturing plant with assembly lines, machinery, and heavy equipment, plus a contained (non-wafer-fab) clean room. Utilities coordination includes PG&E (electric) and water. Site occupancy will involve third-party vendors and element-based building systems (HVAC, electrical, security, life safety) as the plant is occupied and ramped.

Position Purpose

Own the physical Richmond plant end-to-end: vendor management, security, cleaning, repairs, electricity, water, and building systems. This is also an environmental / industrial facilities management role with a real Health & Safety and EHS component — not a remote corporate facilities desk. Hands-on during startup.

Key Responsibilities

- On-site ownership of the Richmond East Bay physical plant: access control, security, keys/badges, after-hours response, visitor and contractor control.

- Vendor management as a core duty — source, scope, schedule, and hold accountable janitorial, security, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, waste, pest, and specialty trades.

- Security, cleaning, and repairs as daily owned workstreams (not delegated and forgotten).

- Utilities: electricity (PG&E) and water — accounts, usage, outages, and landlord/utility coordination.

- Building systems / element-based facility ownership: HVAC, electrical distribution, lighting, plumbing, docks, doors, life safety, and related plant infrastructure.

- Build and manage a 3-year facilities budget shell (opex, vendors, repairs, utilities, small capex) and track spend against it.

- Health & Safety / EHS partnership: industrial housekeeping, forklift and equipment traffic, fire/life safety, SDS/chemical storage areas, incident readiness, and OSHA-ready floors. This is an additional environmental facilities management responsibility, not an afterthought.

- Support third-party occupancy and plant start-up: space readiness, work orders, punch lists with landlord, and coordination so assembly lines, machinery, and heavy equipment can run.

- Support the contained clean-room environment (assembly-grade, not wafer fab): cleanliness protocols, HVAC/filter awareness, restricted access.

- Schedule facility work around production so lines do not stop unnecessarily.

- On-call for facility emergencies (power, water, security, HVAC, EHS events) during ramp.

Required Qualifications

- Facilities Manager track: 7–10 years facilities, plant maintenance, or building operations in a manufacturing, warehouse, or industrial setting.

- Facilities Coordinator track: 3–5 years in the same environments with proven ownership of vendors and work orders.

- Hands-on comfort with building systems (HVAC, electrical distribution at a practical level, plumbing, security) and directing trades.

- Experience in a production or assembly plant with material handling (forklifts, docks, floor traffic) preferred.

- Able to work fully on-site at the Richmond, CA (East Bay) plant; valid drivers license; walk the floor and respond after hours.

- Comfort owning Health & Safety / EHS basics in an industrial plant (or clear willingness to partner tightly with EHS/HR on it).

- Able to build a simple multi-year facilities budget shell and manage vendors against it.

- Strong vendor management, written communication, and basic budget/spreadsheet skills.

- Right to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications

- Bilingual Spanish/English (plus — production and contractor workforce).

- Startup or new-plant standup / building commissioning / third-party occupancy experience.

- Health & Safety, EHS, or environmental facilities management experience in an industrial plant.

- Light industrial or electronics/lighting assembly exposure; awareness of clean-room housekeeping (contained room, not semiconductor fab).

- CMMS or work-order system experience; OSHA 10/30 or similar.

- CFM, FMP, or equivalent facilities credential.

Facilities Manager — LED Lighting Assembly - Bay Area