Facility Manager

generalmatter; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

General Matter in Paducah, KY is bringing a roughly 87-acre site back into service for nuclear-industry fabrication. As Facility Manager, you’ll build and lead the facilities function, restoring power, utilities, HVAC, and safety systems while forming a team of about 15 people and deciding in-house versus contracted services.

You’ll sequence work, manage budgets, and ensure readiness for production, with a focus on compliance, nuclear readiness, and site-wide maintenance processes, reporting to

Qualifications

• Evidence of exceptional ability (portfolio of work, completed projects, etc.).
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to perform trade studies and make recommendations from first principles.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, facilities management or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years in facilities management for industrial or manufacturing sites, including 3+ years leading teams.
• Hands-on knowledge of industrial electrical distribution, HVAC, compressed air, water/wastewater and fire protection systems.
• Experience restoring, renovating or recommissioning older industrial buildings or bringing a facility back into service.
• Proven ability to manage capital projects and contractors: scope, bids, budget, schedule and closeout.

Responsibilities

• Assess and restore legacy power distribution, water, compressed air, natural gas, HVAC, fire protection and building envelope across every manufacturing and support building; build and execute the infrastructure restoration plan.
• Plan and manage facility capital projects and renovations, including the office building build-out: scope work, select and manage contractors, control budget and schedule, and close out projects.
• Sequence work across buildings so each is ready ahead of its production or occupancy date.
• Manage utility service, metering and energy use, and coordinate with providers on capacity for production equipment, welding power and cranes.
• Maintain roads, rail and truck access, laydown and storage yards, drainage, snow removal and the site perimeter across the property.
• Run custodial, waste and recycling, pest control and space services across all manufacturing and support buildings.
• Keep fire protection, egress, emergency lighting and pressure systems inspected and compliant; work with EHS on permits, environmental requirements and emergency response.
• Support site readiness for a nuclear quality and safety program (10 CFR Part 70), including controlled changes to facilities and the records that go with them.
• Recruit and develop facilities technicians and utilities, grounds and custodial staff; make in-house vs. contracted service recommendations.
• Set up the facilities preventive maintenance and work order process in the site's maintenance management system, working closely with Maintenance on shared assets.
• Build and manage the facilities operating budget and service contracts; track KPIs on cost, work order backlog and response time.

Skills

Exceptional ability

Engineering fundamentals

Trade studies

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Equivalent education & experience

Job description

About the Company

General Matter is enriching uranium in America.

Our goal is to design, build, and operate the world's lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States.

Our mission is to restore America's ability to produce nuclear fuel-fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors.

Ultimately, our work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society.

We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production.

We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.

Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.

About This Role

As Facility Manager at General Matter, reporting to the Site Manager, you'll build and lead the facilities function for a roughly 87-acre industrial site in Paducah, Kentucky, that we're bringing back into service for nuclear-industry process piping and steel fabrication. The site has several manufacturing buildings plus support buildings for offices, storage, utilities and shop services. Much of its infrastructure needs to be assessed, restored and recommissioned before production can start.

Most facilities managers inherit a running plant and keep it running. This role is different: it's a start-up. You'll restore legacy power, water, compressed air, natural gas, HVAC and fire protection systems, and sequence the work so each building is ready before production or occupancy arrives. You'll also build a facilities team of about 15 people from the ground up and decide with site leadership which services stay in-house and which are contracted. Your decisions on utility capacity and building readiness will directly set how fast the site can deliver the hardware behind America's new enrichment capacity.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure Restoration & Capital Projects

• Assess and restore legacy power distribution, water, compressed air, natural gas, HVAC, fire protection and building envelope across every manufacturing and support building; build and execute the infrastructure restoration plan.
• Plan and manage facility capital projects and renovations, including the office building build-out: scope work, select and manage contractors, control budget and schedule, and close out projects.
• Sequence work across buildings so each is ready ahead of its production or occupancy date.

Utilities, Grounds & Site Services

• Manage utility service, metering and energy use, and coordinate with providers on capacity for production equipment, welding power and cranes.
• Maintain roads, rail and truck access, laydown and storage yards, drainage, snow removal and the site perimeter across the property.
• Run custodial, waste and recycling, pest control and space services across all manufacturing and support buildings.

Compliance & Nuclear Readiness

• Keep fire protection, egress, emergency lighting and pressure systems inspected and compliant; work with EHS on permits, environmental requirements and emergency response.
• Support site readiness for a nuclear quality and safety program (10 CFR Part 70), including controlled changes to facilities and the records that go with them.

Team, Budget & Systems

• Recruit and develop facilities technicians and utilities, grounds and custodial staff; make in-house vs. contracted service recommendations.
• Set up the facilities preventive maintenance and work order process in the site's maintenance management system, working closely with Maintenance on shared assets.
• Build and manage the facilities operating budget and service contracts; track KPIs on cost, work order backlog and response time.

Basic Qualifications

• Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio of work, completed products, etc.).
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals, even with partial information.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, facilities management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years in facilities management for industrial or manufacturing sites, including 3+ years leading facilities teams and contractors.
• Hands-on knowledge of industrial electrical distribution, HVAC, compressed air, water/wastewater and fire protection systems.
• Experience restoring, renovating or recommissioning older industrial buildings or bringing a facility back into service.
• Proven ability to manage capital projects and contractors: scope, bids, budget, schedule and closeout.
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