Manager of Facilities and Safety

Manager of Facilities and Safety

Optimax is experiencing exciting growth and expanding our team! Whether you are starting your career or looking for a new challenge, we offer a dynamic work environment, opportunities for advancement, and the chance to contribute to creating cutting-edge optics for a wide range of industries. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where innovation and teamwork thrive. We are looking for motivated individuals who are eager to learn, grow, and contribute to impactful projects.

The Manager of Facilities & Safety is responsible for ensuring that Optimax's manufacturing campuses operate safely, reliably, and efficiently through effective management of facilities, infrastructure, environmental compliance, and occupational safety programs. This role leads the Facilities and Safety organization, directing both internal staff and contractors to maintain world-class manufacturing environments that support precision optics production.

The Manager oversees all aspects of facility maintenance, capital improvements, utilities, grounds, janitorial services, and infrastructure expansion while leading the company's Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) program. The position is also responsible for emergency preparedness and serves as a key operational leader during facility emergencies including power outages, weather events, fire incidents, utility failures, and other situations that impact business continuity.

This position requires strong technical leadership, project management skills, and the ability to balance safety, operational reliability, regulatory compliance, and long-term facility planning.

• Lead all facility maintenance activities across the Ontario campus.
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance programs for building systems and infrastructure.
• Ensure reliable operation of HVAC, compressed air, vacuum systems, DI water, electrical distribution, generators, fire suppression, security systems, and other critical utilities.
• Manage facility work order systems and maintenance planning.
• Oversee janitorial services to maintain clean manufacturing, laboratory, office, and common areas.
• Manage landscaping, snow removal, parking lots, exterior maintenance, and grounds appearance.
• Ensure facilities consistently support ISO, customer, and clean manufacturing requirements.
• Develop annual maintenance budgets and capital replacement plans.

• Lead facility renovations, infrastructure upgrades, and campus expansion projects.
• Manage building modifications supporting production growth.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, contractors, and regulatory agencies.
• Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, and risk assessments.
• Ensure projects are completed safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Plan future infrastructure capacity including electrical power, HVAC, utilities, manufacturing space, security, and parking.
• Manage departmental budgets while driving continuous reductions in facility operating costs—including energy, utilities, maintenance, and contracted services—without compromising reliability, safety, or operational performance.
• Manages and maintains the following systems:
• Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)
• Building Automation Systems (BAS)
• Energy Management Systems

• Direct the Safety Engineering team responsible for company-wide EHS programs. This includes organizing regular team meetings to discuss opportunities for improvement, training, incidents/near miss incidents.
• Develop and maintain company safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, NYSDEC, local fire codes, and other regulatory requirements.
• Manage environmental permitting and reporting.
• Oversee hazardous waste management, chemical storage, emissions, wastewater, and recycling programs.
• Lead incident investigations and corrective action implementation.
• Monitor safety performance metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Conduct management safety reviews and participate in internal and external audits.
• Ensure employee safety training is completed and maintained.

• Serve as the operational leader during facility emergencies.
• Be available on-call to respond to major facility incidents including:
• Power outages
• Fire alarms
• Water leaks
• HVAC failures
• Utility interruptions
• Severe weather
• Environmental incidents
• Security events
• Coordinate response with local emergency services when required.
• Lead recovery activities to restore operations safely and efficiently.
• Develop and maintain facility emergency response plans.
• Support Business Continuity Planning initiatives.

• Manage relationships with maintenance contractors, construction firms, utility providers, and service vendors.
• Develop contractor safety requirements.
• Ensure contractors comply with Optimax safety standards.
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