Senior Facilities Leader: Multi-Site Operations & Projects

Knobelsdorff; Minnesota; On-site; USD 97,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Knobelsdorff (KE) seeks a facilities operations lead to manage cross-site maintenance, space planning, and vendor contracts across KE offices, shops, and yards. You’ll drive preventive maintenance, safety readiness, and operational efficiency while coordinating with internal teams to support growth and reliability.

The role focuses on coordinating capital projects, space moves, and compliance, ensuring minimal disruption and safe, reliable workplaces that reflect KE’s values and standards.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of facilities management experience in a multi-site environment (industrial, construction, warehouse, or similar).
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel between KE locations as needed
• Working knowledge of building systems including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, fire/life safety, and security/access control systems
• Experience managing vendors, maintenance programs, facility projects, and budgets
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to build processes, maintain standards, and support a fast-paced, field-focused organization

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day facilities operations across offices/shops/yards: preventive maintenance, repairs, inspections, and vendor dispatch.
• Set and maintain consistent facility standards (organization, cleanliness, safety readiness, storage layout) to support productivity and recruiting/retention.
• Maintain building systems readiness (HVAC, electrical, plumbing, doors/locks, fire/life safety systems, security/access control) and coordinate service as needed.
• Serve as the point person for site issues, coordinating triage and communication so impacts to operations are minimized.
• Implement and manage a simple, repeatable work order intake, prioritization, and closeout process with clear service level expectations.
• Build a preventive maintenance calendar and inspection routines to reduce unplanned failures and improve reliability.
• Coordinate required inspections and testing (as applicable) such as fire/life safety, extinguishers, alarms, sprinklers, backflow, and similar systems.
• Manage service partners and contracts (HVAC, plumbing, electrical service, doors/locks, fire/life safety, janitorial, waste, snow/landscaping, etc.).
• Create clear scopes of work, track vendor performance, and ensure work quality, safety, and on-time completion.
• Support annual planning and ongoing tracking for facilities operating expenses; identify cost-saving opportunities without sacrificing reliability.
• Partner with the Assets team, Operations and Procurement to forecast facility and space needs and build capacity plans.
• Plan and coordinate internal moves, space reconfigurations, and onboarding of new spaces.
• Maintain space utilization insights and site maps/layouts that leadership can use for planning.
• Plan and deliver facility projects (renovations, storage optimization, yard improvements, expansions) with clear scope, schedule, and cost control.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external contractors to ensure minimal disruption to operations.
• Support permitting, inspections, and closeout documentation as required.
• Partner with Safety to keep facilities audit-ready and aligned with safety expectations, elevate risk and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain emergency preparedness basics and coordinate site-specific needs.
• Work closely with the Assets team, Procurement, Operations, Safety, IT, HR, and Finance to align facility operations with business needs.
• Bring an internal-customer mindset—service-oriented, responsive, and solutions-driven—while enforcing standards and accountability.
• Communicate proactively about planned work, outages, and facility impacts to keep teams informed and productive.

Skills

Facilities management

Vendor management

Budget management

Communication

Problem-solving

Multi-site coordination

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Knobelsdorff (KE) seeks a facilities operations lead to manage cross-site maintenance, space planning, and vendor contracts across KE offices, shops, and yards. You’ll drive preventive maintenance, safety readiness, and operational efficiency while coordinating with internal teams to support growth and reliability.

The role focuses on coordinating capital projects, space moves, and compliance, ensuring minimal disruption and safe, reliable workplaces that reflect KE’s values and standards.