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Salary: USD 165,000 - 247,000 / annual
Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting growing demand for launch capacity. The company operates a 1 million square foot headquarters in Long Beach that functions as 20 mini factories under one roof, with complex manufacturing, integration, testing, machining, warehousing, laboratory, and office environments.
The Director of Facilities will lead all facilities engineering, maintenance, utilities, and infrastructure operations across the site, ensuring facilities support Terran R production and operational objectives. This is a people-management role responsible for building and scaling a high-performing Facilities organization, including defining organizational structure, developing leaders, hiring skilled trades, establishing staffing and shift coverage models, and fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning the reliability and performance of critical facility systems: HVAC, process cooling, electrical distribution, compressed air, industrial gases, plumbing, building automation, and fire and life safety systems to minimize downtime and ensure business continuity.
- Developing and executing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, leveraging CMMS platforms, asset management programs, and performance metrics to improve equipment uptime and long-term infrastructure reliability.
- Leading facilities capital planning and infrastructure improvements, including utility expansions, system upgrades, and production readiness initiatives, while managing multimillion-dollar budgets, contractors, and project execution.
- Partnering cross-functionally with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Design and Construction, EH&S, Quality, and Supply Chain to support production growth, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement.
The role offers significant opportunity to shape a state-of-the-art work environment during rapid expansion and development of the facility.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of experience in facilities engineering, maintenance, or infrastructure operations, including 5+ years leading managers, supervisors, and skilled trades within a complex manufacturing or industrial environment.
- Demonstrated experience building and scaling facilities organizations, including developing staffing strategies, establishing operational processes, and growing technical teams and leadership capabilities.
- Strong technical understanding of industrial HVAC, electrical distribution, mechanical systems, and manufacturing utilities, with ability to evaluate system performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and make informed maintenance and infrastructure decisions.
- Proven experience managing multimillion-dollar operating and capital budgets, delivering large-scale infrastructure projects, and balancing facility investments with production demands and business priorities.
- Experience implementing maintenance and reliability programs, utilizing CMMS platforms, developing operational KPIs, and driving continuous improvement in safety, equipment uptime, and maintenance performance.
NICE TO HAVES:
- Experience leading facilities operations within aerospace, defense, automotive, or other high-volume, high-precision manufacturing environments.
- Familiarity with Cal/OSHA, NFPA, NFPA 70E, environmental regulations, and industrial safety programs.
- Professional certifications such as PMP, CCM, or LEED AP, and experience with project management tools such as Procore, Smartsheet, or Bluebeam.
- Experience supporting rapid manufacturing expansion, facility commissioning, utility capacity planning, and infrastructure development in an evolving production environment.
