Facilities Reliability & Maintenance Leader

Divergent; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity plan

Incentive bonus opportunities

Paid vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Health & wellness benefits

Life insurance & disability coverage

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Divergent is seeking a Facilities & Maintenance Leader in Los Angeles to plan, coordinate, and optimize facility, maintenance, and equipment programs. You will administer the CMMS, define priorities, and align with OSHA, ISO, and industry standards to ensure safe, reliable operations.

This role collaborates with EHS, Quality, Engineering, and Production, manages budgets and staffing, and leads continuous improvement initiatives across the plant.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of 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 experience a plus.
• Facility‑management, project‑management, safety, or relevant building‑systems certification preferred.
• Forklift or HVAC certification is a plus where applicable to oversight responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Develop annual and multi‑year facility, maintenance, and equipment‑reliability plans aligned with operational priorities.
• Administer the CMMS, including 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, 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 in audit‑ready condition.
• Partner with EHS, Quality, Engineering, Production, and others on OSHA, environmental, ISO 14001, AS9100D, IATF 16949, LOTO, 5S, and continuous‑improvement requirements.
• Develop contingency, shutdown, emergency‑response, and business‑continuity plans for facility systems and equipment.
• Plan critical‑spares and supply requirements, review inventory levels, and coordinate purchasing to balance availability and cost.
• Communicate facility status, risks, priorities, project progress, and performance results to leadership and stakeholders.
• Periodically inspect facilities and equipment to validate condition; assign hands‑on maintenance and repair work.

Skills

Export controls access

Facility management

CMMS administration

Contractor coordination

Manufacturing operations support

ISO 14001

AS9100D

ISO 9001

IATF 16949

Project management

Safety certification

Forklift certification

HVAC certification

Building systems certification

Education

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

High school diploma or GED

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Divergent is seeking a Facilities & Maintenance Leader in Los Angeles to plan, coordinate, and optimize facility, maintenance, and equipment programs. You will administer the CMMS, define priorities, and align with OSHA, ISO, and industry standards to ensure safe, reliable operations.

This role collaborates with EHS, Quality, Engineering, and Production, manages budgets and staffing, and leads continuous improvement initiatives across the plant.