Facilities & Capital Projects Manager

Standard Bots builds industrial robotic arms that make automation accessible to every manufacturer. Were growing fast scaling from a lean startup into a high-volume production operation with tens of thousands of robots produced annually. Our Glen Cove facility is the operational heart of that ambition and were building it to last.

This role is on-site at our manufacturing facility in Glen Cove NY.

Were hiring a Facilities & Capital Projects Manager to lead the expansion of our primary manufacturing campus from a multi-thousand sq ft operation today to 200000 sq ft supporting 200 employees across production engineering and corporate functions.

Your headline mission is the build: planning contracting and delivering a continuous pipeline of expansions fit-outs and infrastructure upgrades as we bring advanced manufacturing processes in-house including CNC machining surface finishing and painting and potentially molten metal casting. Youll act as the owners representative on every project: directing architects engineers and general contractors on our behalf.

Youll also lead our facilities function as it grows. Youll inherit an existing facilities associate who runs day-to-day operations and youll coach and develop them while building the broader team. This is a player-coach role: run a contractor meeting in the morning present a capital roadmap to the executive team in the afternoon.

• Own the facility roadmap: plan and execute expansions tenant improvements and infrastructure upgrades as we scale to 200000 sq ft and beyond

• Lead all phases of construction and improvement projects scope definition bid solicitation contractor selection permitting construction oversight commissioning and close-out with multiple projects running in parallel

• Drive rigorous project management discipline: detailed schedules milestone tracking budget control risk identification and stakeholder communication from kickoff to ribbon-cut

• Coordinate facility requirements for new process introductions (NPI) ensuring space power utilities ventilation drainage and workflow are production-ready before equipment arrives

• Coordinate with IT and Engineering so new production zones are networked monitored and integrated before go-live

• Own the facilities capital budget; manage spend against plan with full transparency to leadership

• Maintain accurate facility drawings equipment layouts and utility documentation; run lessons-learned processes to improve execution speed and cost predictability

• Inherit coach and develop our existing facilities associate; build growth paths toward ownership of the maintenance function

• Build the facilities team ahead of expansions staffing plans that scale in step with the business

• Set clear performance expectations conduct regular 1:1s and foster a culture of safety-first accountability and continuous improvement

• Act as a player-coach: lead from the front on complex problems while developing the teams ability to solve independently

• Own the ecosystem of construction and facilities partners: general contractors specialty trades (electrical mechanical civil fire suppression HVAC) landlords and utilities

• Lead RFP bid and contract negotiation processes; establish clear SLAs scope-of-work standards and accountability across vendor relationships

• Build a qualified vendor bench that gives Standard Bots priority access competitive pricing and reliable execution as we grow

• Oversee day-to-day service vendors (janitorial security landscaping) through the facilities team

• Oversee the maintenance function preventive and corrective programs across production lab cleanroom and office spaces executed by the facilities team you develop

• Ensure readiness of mechanical electrical plumbing HVAC compressed air and utility systems for high-volume continuous manufacturing (production uptime is a KPI)

• Partner with Manufacturing Operations on floor layout material flow and 5S/lean environment standards

• Own EHS compliance strategy leveraging outside consultants for programs and audits and build toward a dedicated EHS hire as we scale

• Manage permitting and regulatory compliance for industrial processes CNC machining (coolant/chip disposal) spray painting (VOCs ventilation fire suppression) and casting (high-heat fume extraction)

• Ensure safety requirements are engineered into every project from design not retrofitted after

• 8 years delivering industrial or manufacturing construction projects with significant time on the owners side (owners rep plant engineering or corporate capital projects)

• Track record of on-time on-budget delivery across multiple large concurrent projects including capital projects of $5M

• Fluency with construction contracts (GMP lump sum T&M) change order management bid leveling and contractor negotiation

• Experience with facilities serving heavy industrial processes (machining painting/coating casting or equivalent) and their MEP demands

• Working knowledge of OSHA standards building codes fire and life safety systems and environmental permitting

• Ability to read and interpret architectural mechanical and electrical drawings

• Experience managing and developing people youve grown junior team members not just subcontractors

• Strong communicator equally credible with tradespeople and executives

• Experience taking a manufacturing facility from lease/shell through fit-out to operations

• Familiarity with spray booth design VOC permitting and NFPA 33 compliance

• Experience with cleanroom or controlled environment facilities (ISO 68)

• PE CCM PMP or CFM credential

• Experience in a high-growth scaling manufacturing or robotics company

• Ground-floor opportunity to build a world-class manufacturing campus literally

• Direct impact on the physical infrastructure behind a product thats changing how manufacturing works

• Collaborative technically serious team that moves fast and values ownership

• Competitive compensation equity and benefits

• On-site role at our Glen Cove NY headquarters

The salary range for this role is $160000 to $190000. We are open to a variety of seniority levels and will build compensation packages commensurate with seniority and skill level. Base salary is just one part of overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance life insurance disability insurance and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.

Required Experience:

Manager