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Zipline is the world's largest autonomous drone delivery service, operating on four continents and completing millions of deliveries of blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. The company designs, builds, and operates the world's largest autonomous logistics system with over 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown.
As Senior Facilities Coordinator, you will own day-to-day facilities execution for Zipline's test sites, operations, and maintenance hubs outside of South San Francisco. You will reduce preventable downtime and keep spaces ready for engineering, logistics, manufacturing, and workplace operations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Prioritize repairs and maintenance across building systems, grounds, and site infrastructure based on safety, operational impact, reliability, cost, and urgency
- Coordinate technicians and external vendors; define work scope, track service KPIs, and address quality, schedule, or performance gaps
- Manage facilities, custodial, grounds, catering, valet, and workplace-service contracts, including purchasing, invoice reconciliation, service quality, and cost control
- Assess facility and infrastructure risks and improve preventive and corrective maintenance programs to protect site readiness
- Coordinate materials, equipment, and service providers for repairs, maintenance, and upgrades to interior, exterior, and grounds systems
- Supervise hazardous materials and hazardous waste compliance programs with EHS oversight, maintaining required records and regulatory adherence
- Coordinate facilities portions of capital improvements with internal partners (IT, Finance, Production) and external partners (contractors, consultants); maintain drawings, permits, project records, and documentation
- Provide occasional after-hours support, including responding to facilities emergencies and urgent operational needs
You will work onsite in South San Francisco with travel up to 10% to Half Moon Bay, Esparto, and Texas, plus remote facilities support for test sites and other locations outside California.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of facilities management experience in light-industrial, commercial, aviation/drone, or technology environments
- Hands-on experience coordinating repairs, maintenance, and upgrades for building systems, grounds, and site infrastructure
- Experience delivering or supporting facility capital improvement projects, including contractor coordination, documentation, permits, and project records
- Experience managing service vendors or contractors, including scope definition, performance evaluation, cost control, and issue resolution
- Working knowledge of preventive and corrective maintenance programs, facilities safety practices, and hazardous materials or hazardous waste compliance
- Ability to make sound maintenance-priority decisions across competing operational needs with minimal guidance in multi-site or operationally complex environments
- Ability to work onsite in South San Francisco and travel up to 10%
