Facilities Manager: Maintenance & Operations Lead

Energy Jobline ZR; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Discretionary bonus

Health benefits

Paid vacations

Parental leave

Year-end shutdown

Job summary

Divergent in the greater Los Angeles area seeks a Facility Manager to lead planning, maintenance, and equipment-reliability programs for our complex production facility. You will administer CMMS, set priorities, manage budgets, coordinate internal teams and external contractors, and ensure safety and ISO/IATF compliance across HVAC, electrical, and utilities.

This role emphasizes planning and oversight with limited hands-on work, offering a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities to

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, facilities management, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of facility/maintenance/equipment-reliability experience; 7 years preferred.
• Experience administering a CMMS, coordinating contractors, and supporting manufacturing operations.
• Experience in ISO 14001, AS9100D/ISO 9001, or IATF 16949 accredited facility is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop annual and multi-year facility maintenance plans aligned with operational priorities.
• Administer the CMMS, asset records, 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; document preventive-maintenance setup.
• Coordinate and oversee maintenance employees, contractors, and vendors; define scopes of work, proposals, schedules, and documentation.
• Review inspection findings, work-order trends, root-cause information, and vendor recommendations; document risks and corrective actions.
• Maintain inspection, maintenance, permit, warranty, training, and compliance records for audit readiness.
• Partner with EHS, Quality, Engineering, Production on OSHA, ISO, IATF 16949, LOTO, 5S, and continuous-improvement requirements.
• Develop contingency, shutdown, and business-continuity plans for critical facility systems and production-support equipment.
• Plan critical-spares and supply requirements and coordinate purchasing to balance availability and cost.
• Communicate facility status, risks, priorities, project progress, and performance results to leadership.

Skills

CMMS administration

Maintenance planning

Budget management

Vendor coordination

OSHA/ISO compliance knowledge

Education

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

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Divergent in the greater Los Angeles area seeks a Facility Manager to lead planning, maintenance, and equipment-reliability programs for our complex production facility. You will administer CMMS, set priorities, manage budgets, coordinate internal teams and external contractors, and ensure safety and ISO/IATF compliance across HVAC, electrical, and utilities.

This role emphasizes planning and oversight with limited hands-on work, offering a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities to