Facilities & Maintenance Leader

Divergent; Long Beach, Torrance (CA, CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Discretionary bonus

Paid time off

Health benefits

Parental leave

Learning & development

Job summary

Divergent is building the new industrial age in the U.S. Through integrated engineering and manufacturing, we deliver production-ready systems and trusted solutions.

The Facility Manager leads planning, CMMS governance, and multi-year maintenance programs to ensure safe, compliant operations across HVAC, electrical, and building systems. The role coordinates internal teams, contractors, and vendors, develops budgets, and partners with EHS, Quality, and Engineering to meet ISO and IATF

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible facility, maintenance, or equipment-reliability experience; 7 years preferred.
• Experience planning work, administering a CMMS, coordinating contractors or projects, and supporting a manufacturing operation.
• ISO 14001, AS9100D/ISO 9001, or IATF 16949 accredited facility experience is a plus.
• Facility-management, project-management, safety certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual and multi-year facility, maintenance, and equipment-reliability plans aligned with operational priorities.
• Administer the CMMS, asset records, work-order standards, preventive and predictive maintenance schedules, backlog review, equipment history, and reporting accuracy.
• Establish maintenance priorities, service levels, KPIs, and review routines for uptime, schedule compliance, response time, recurring failures, cost, and backlog.
• Prepare and monitor operating budgets, capital requests, project schedules, forecasts, and business cases.
• Plan and coordinate equipment installations, relocations, upgrades, commissioning, and handoff to operations, including documentation and preventive-maintenance setup.
• Coordinate and oversee maintenance employees, contractors, and vendors; define scopes of work, solicit proposals, schedule, and verify completion.
• Review inspection findings, work-order trends, root-cause data, and vendor recommendations; document risks and corrective actions.
• Maintain inspection, maintenance, permit, warranty, training, and compliance records in audit-ready condition.
• Partner with EHS, Quality, Engineering, Production on OSHA, ISO, IATF, LOTO, 5S, and continuous-improvement requirements.
• Develop contingency, shutdown, emergency-response, and business-continuity plans for critical facility systems.
• Plan critical-spares and supply requirements, review inventory levels and usage, coordinate purchasing for availability and cost.
• Communicate facility status, risks, priorities, project progress, and performance results to leadership.
• Periodically inspect facilities and equipment to validate condition and support planning; assign hands-on work appropriately.

Skills

CMMS governance

Maintenance planning

Budgeting

Vendor management

Facilities management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, facilities management, engineering, or related field

Job description

Divergent is building the new industrial age in the U.S. Through integrated engineering and manufacturing, we deliver production-ready systems and trusted solutions.

The Facility Manager leads planning, CMMS governance, and multi-year maintenance programs to ensure safe, compliant operations across HVAC, electrical, and building systems. The role coordinates internal teams, contractors, and vendors, develops budgets, and partners with EHS, Quality, and Engineering to meet ISO and IATF