Senior Facilities Leader: Commissioning & Reliability

Redwood Materials, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials is seeking a Senior Manager, Facilities to lead the operations, reliability, and readiness of its facilities. You will partner with Design Engineering, Construction, Operations, and EHS to ensure new buildings and systems are commissioned and transitioned into operations.

The ideal candidate applies hands-on leadership, technical judgment, and project-execution experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, delivering scalable infrastructure and continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in engineering or related technical field.
• Experience leading facilities operations in complex manufacturing environments.
• Strong focus on safety, compliance, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, performance, and day-to-day operations of Facilities to ensure safety, uptime, and site readiness.
• Oversee building systems, utilities, HVAC, lighting, grounds, and related infrastructure.
• Build and mentor a facilities team; manage priorities, contractor performance, and escalated issues.
• Drive continuous improvement to strengthen response time, asset reliability, and maintenance effectiveness.
• Manage capital and expense projects; oversee scope, budget, schedule, and contractor coordination.
• Partner with internal/external project teams for construction, tenant improvements, installs, and upgrades.
• Lead commissioning and startup readiness activities for facility systems and infrastructure.
• Develop turnover plans and readiness checklists for project handover to operations.
• Create handover templates and requirement lists for Construction/Design Engineering deliverables.
• Review turnover documentation: as-builts, O&M manuals, commissioning reports, training records, warranty docs, spare parts data.
• Ensure punch-lists are tracked to closure or ownership with clear action plans.
• Support CMMS readiness with asset information and preventive maintenance data.
• Develop and track KPIs for facilities performance and turnover quality.
• Maintain compliance with environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Travel: 30% to support multiple US sites.
• Oversee energy efficiency and sustainability initiatives across facilities.
• Serve as site safety leader and support EHS incident response plans.

Skills

Leadership

Facilities management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Redwood Materials is seeking a Senior Manager, Facilities to lead the operations, reliability, and readiness of its facilities. You will partner with Design Engineering, Construction, Operations, and EHS to ensure new buildings and systems are commissioned and transitioned into operations.

The ideal candidate applies hands-on leadership, technical judgment, and project-execution experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, delivering scalable infrastructure and continuous improvement