Facilities Manager

Samson Sky; Prineville (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Phantom Stock Bonus Program

IRA plan

Paid time off

Health insurance

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Samson Sky in Prineville, Oregon, seeks a Facilities Manager to lead a hands-on team ensuring safe, clean, and operational facilities for R&D and prototype work. You will plan maintenance, coordinate vendors, manage inspects, and maintain equipment records with a focus on safety, reliability, and documentation.

The role requires adaptability, strong leadership, and the ability to communicate technical details clearly across teams while prioritizing safety and quality in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Progressive experience managing people, teams, and projects in a technical, facilities, industrial, building operations, or related environment.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, and document preventive maintenance, repairs, vendors, and facility improvement work.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and practical troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, lighting, electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, and general building systems.
• Ability to evaluate facility needs, coordinate qualified service providers, and follow work through to completion.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, equipment documentation, blueprints, specifications, and schematics.
• Strong organization, communication, vendor coordination, recordkeeping, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, coordinate the work of others, and manage changing priorities in a dynamic R&D environment.
• Ability to perform physical work, lift reasonable weight, climb ladders, and work comfortably at heights when required.
• Computer literacy, valid driver's license, and reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and reinforce a culture of respect for others, promote a collaborative environment, and lead by example.
• Ensure facilities are maintained in a safe, clean, orderly, and operational condition in accordance with OSHA and company safety standards.
• Embrace changing priorities and approach facility needs with a can-do, solutions-focused mindset.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate facility inspections, preventive maintenance, repairs, corrective work, and improvement projects based on safety, operational needs, and the project plan.
• Monitor facility conditions and ensure identified safety, maintenance, cleanliness, and operational deficiencies are addressed and communicated to affected personnel.
• Manage facility maintenance plans, schedules, work orders, service histories, inspection records, equipment logs, and other required documentation.
• Coordinate qualified vendors and service providers for inspections, repairs, installations, and infrastructure work; provide facility access and on-site support as needed.
• Manage maintenance tools, spare parts, consumables, and inventory; identify replenishment needs and coordinate procurement or vendor support.
• Coordinate the setup, maintenance, and safe availability of shop-support equipment, facility utilities, workspaces, and equipment staging needed for prototype builds and R&D testing.
• Provide hands-on troubleshooting and repair support for mechanical, pneumatic, plumbing, lighting, and basic electrical systems within the manager’s training and authorization.
• Direct or coordinate facilities personnel, shop personnel, vendors, and contractors assigned to facility tasks and projects, while promoting timely completion, accurate documentation, and accountability.

Skills

People management

Team management

Cross-functional coordination

Facilities planning

Preventive maintenance

Deficiency identification

Mechanical aptitude

HVAC knowledge

Electrical systems

Blueprints interpretation

Vendor coordination

Work order management

Inventory coordination

Safety compliance

OSHA awareness

Documentation

Communication

Problem solving

Prioritization

Leadership

Computer literacy

Tools

Microsoft Project

Gantt charts

Kanban boards

Job description

Prineville, United States | Posted on 09/18/2026

• People, team, and project management
• Cross-functional coordination
• Facilities maintenance planning and prioritization
• Preventive maintenance management
• Facility inspection and deficiency identification
• Mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting
• Working knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, lighting, electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, and general building systems
• Ability to interpret technical manuals, equipment documentation, blueprints, specifications, and schematics
• Project planning and schedule management
• Vendor and service-provider coordination
• Work-order and maintenance-record management
• Facility inventory and procurement coordination
• Requirements compliance and technical documentation
• Workplace safety and OSHA awareness
• Strong organizational and recordkeeping skills
• Clear technical and operational communication
• Practical problem-solving and sound judgment
• Ability to manage changing priorities in a dynamic R&D environment
• Leadership, collaboration, and accountability
• Computer literacy

Job Description

Position Summary

The Facilities Manager supports Samson Sky operations bypromoting a respectful and collaborative workplace; ensuring safe, clean,orderly, and operational facilities; planning and coordinating preventivemaintenance, repairs, vendors, equipment support, inventory, and facilityimprovement projects; and providing hands-on assistance when needed. Theposition requires a can-do mindset, adaptability, leadership by example,accurate documentation, practical problem solving, and consistent attention tosafety, reliability, cleanliness, and work quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in and reinforce a culture of respect forothers, promote a collaborative environment, and lead by example.
• Ensure facilities are maintained in a safe, clean, orderly,and operational condition in accordance with OSHA and company safety standards.
• Embrace changing priorities and approach facility needswith a can-do, solutions-focused mindset.
• Plan, prioritize, and coordinate facility inspections,preventive maintenance, repairs, corrective work, and improvement projectsbased on safety, operational needs, and the project plan.
• Monitor facility conditions and ensure identified safety,maintenance, cleanliness, and operational deficiencies are addressed andcommunicated to affected personnel.
• Manage facility maintenance plans, schedules, work orders,service histories, inspection records, equipment logs, and other requireddocumentation.
• Coordinate qualified vendors and service providers forinspections, repairs, installations, and infrastructure work; provide facilityaccess and on-site support as needed.
• Manage maintenance tools, spare parts, consumables, andinventory; identify replenishment needs and coordinate procurement or vendorsupport.
• Coordinate the setup, maintenance, and safe availability ofshop-support equipment, facility utilities, workspaces, and equipment stagingneeded for prototype builds and R&D testing.
• Provide hands-on troubleshooting and repair support formechanical, pneumatic, plumbing, lighting, and basic electrical systems withinthe manager’s training and authorization.
• Direct or coordinate facilities personnel, shop personnel,vendors, and contractors assigned to facility tasks and projects, whilepromoting timely completion, accurate documentation, and accountability.

Valuable Final Product

Clean, orderly, safe, and operational facilitiesmaintained with maximum clean/up time and minimum dirty/down time, supported bycompleted facility tasks and accurate records.

Position Statistics

• Percentage of facility “clean/up time” compared with“dirty/down time.”
• Percentage of facilities tasks and improvement projectscompleted on time measured against the project plan.
• Completion and accuracy of required inspection,maintenance, equipment, vendor, and project records.

Performance and Workplace Competencies

• Personal and workplace cleanliness.
• Embrace change and a can-do mindset.
• Leadership by example and accountability forfollow-through.
• Respectful communication and effective participation incollaborative work.
• Practical problem solving and sound judgment.
• Perseverance, responsibility, and follow-through.
• Orderliness, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Calm and consistent performance under changing or stressfulconditions.
• Reliable attendance and readiness for duty.
• Initiative and a positive, solutions-focused attitude.
• Constructive feedback, fairness, empathy, and appreciation ofcoworkers.

Physical and Work Environment Requirements

This is a hands-on management position in an R&D, fabrication,vehicle build, and facility maintenance environment. The employee must be ableto perform physical work, lift reasonable weight, climb ladders, work atheights when required, safely use appropriate personal protective equipment andtools, and communicate on a technical and operational level. Duties andpriorities may change as facility, prototype, and operational needs evolve.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Progressive experience managing people, teams, and projectsin a technical, facilities, industrial, building operations, or relatedenvironment.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, anddocument preventive maintenance, repairs, vendors, and facility improvementwork.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and practical troubleshootingskills.
• Working knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, lighting, electrical,pneumatic, mechanical, and general building systems.
• Ability to evaluate facility needs, coordinate qualifiedservice providers, and follow work through to completion.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, equipmentdocumentation, blueprints, specifications, and schematics.
• Strong organization, communication, vendor coordination,recordkeeping, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently, coordinate the work ofothers, and manage changing priorities in a dynamic R&D environment.
• Ability to perform physical work, lift reasonable weight,climb ladders, and work comfortably at heights when required.
• Computer literacy, valid driver’s license, and reliabletransportation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing multi-disciplinary and cross-functionalprojects and/or teams.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Gantt charts,and/or Kanban boards.
• Technical mindset with the ability to understand, organize,and support requirements compliance.
• Experience managing or coordinating facilities inaerospace, automotive, manufacturing, fabrication, or R&D environments.
• Electrical or HVAC knowledge.
• Experience with preventive maintenance programs, work-order systems,equipment records, and inventory controls.
• Be part of a pioneering team building the future ofpersonal air mobility.
• Competitive compensation based on experience.
• Phantom Stock Bonus Program based on achieving milestones(a form of profit sharing).
• Flexible work environment with opportunities for growth.
• IRA plan with automatic deductions if desired, with afuture company matching IRA program.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Unique opportunity to contribute to a revolutionaryproduct.
• Near-future health insurance benefits and pilot training for those whodesire it.