Senior Facilities Project Leader – Manufacturing & Labs

Neros; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros in Torrance, CA is seeking a Senior Facilities Project Manager to lead design and construction of facility infrastructure for manufacturing, lab, and office operations. You will own projects from scope through commissioning, coordinating with manufacturing, engineering, EHS, IT, security, and landlords.

Responsibilities include budget control, schedule, permits, vendor management, and closeout. The ideal candidate has 5+ years delivering facilities or capital projects, strong construction

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required and related field.
• 5+ years delivering facilities or capital projects.
• Experience managing architects, MEP consultants, contractors.
• Ability to read architectural, structural, and mechanical drawings.
• Experience with budgeting and cost forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Own facilities projects from initial requirements through design, permitting, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Define project scope, requirements, deliverables, schedule, budget, and execution strategy.
• Manage project cost tracking, forecasting, change management, schedule performance, and project risk.
• Coordinate project sequencing to minimize disruption to manufacturing and facility operations.
• Communicate project status, decisions, risks, costs, and impacts to internal stakeholders.
• Manage third-party architects, MEP engineers, contractors, and specialty vendors.
• Develop scopes of work and RFPs and lead design reviews, coordination, constructability reviews, and VE.
• Review drawings, specifications, calculations, and design packages for alignment with requirements.
• Own permitting strategy and coordinate submissions, inspections, and approvals.
• Prepare and manage landlord RFAs and coordinate landlord reviews.
• Manage general contractors, subcontractors, equipment installers, and specialty vendors.
• Lead preconstruction meetings, site walks, coordination, and progress reviews.
• Review contractor schedules, submittals, RFIs, proposals, and change orders.
• Resolve field issues and coordinate technical decisions between parties.
• Monitor construction quality, schedule, cost, safety, and compliance.
• Coordinate startup, commissioning, training, punch-list, turnover to Facilities Operations.
• Own project budgets and maintain cost forecasts.
• Lead or support bidding, selection, and commercial evaluation.
• Coordinate procurement of long-lead equipment with schedules.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Stakeholder coordination

Reading drawings / specifications

Field construction experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Job description

Neros in Torrance, CA is seeking a Senior Facilities Project Manager to lead design and construction of facility infrastructure for manufacturing, lab, and office operations. You will own projects from scope through commissioning, coordinating with manufacturing, engineering, EHS, IT, security, and landlords.

Responsibilities include budget control, schedule, permits, vendor management, and closeout. The ideal candidate has 5+ years delivering facilities or capital projects, strong construction