Facilities Infrastructure Engineer

About the Company

The open ocean is Earth’s largest and most power-dense renewable energy resource. Panthalassa is harnessing that resource to generate the cheapest energy on the planet. Our mission is to provide abundant and affordable clean energy for everyone.

Founded in 2016 and based in the Pacific Northwest, our team comes from diverse backgrounds in aerospace, naval architecture, marine operations, hardware, software, and research.

We are building a core technology designed to operate in the harshest, most unpredictable environments on Earth—the world’s oceans. Delivering on this mission requires not only elite engineering talent but a work environment that runs smoothly, scales intelligently, and frees our team to focus on solving impossibly hard problems.

The Facilities Engineer owns the performance and reliability of Panthalassa’s building infrastructure. This is a hands-on, systems-building role that will ensure safe, reliable, and efficient facilities. This role supports day-to-day operations, capital projects, and regulatory compliance while coordinating with internal teams, vendors, and contractors. You’ll operate across both office/lab and industrial/manufacturing environments, supporting rapid build cycles, specialized equipment installs, and safe execution.

In addition to building infrastructure, this role supports the lifecycle management of site industrial equipment that depends on facility utilities (installation readiness, preventative maintenance strategy, service partner coordination, and operational uptime).

Building Systems & Infrastructure Engineering

• Own the technical health and performance of core building systems, including HVAC, electrical, compressed air, chiller systems, water, plumbing, drainage, natural gas, lighting and building controls, fire/life safety systems, and air quality/environmental controls.
• Define and run a reliability-focused maintenance program (asset criticality, PM strategy, inspections, vendor routines, performance benchmarks).
• Partner with the Workspace Design & Operations team to improve ticketing and work order workflows, using data to identify trends and eliminate redundancy and waste.
• Establish simple operating rhythms (weekly priorities, top reliability risks, upcoming outages, commissioning schedules) so facilities are predictable, not reactive.
• Own utility reliability in support of engineering and manufacturing work, ensuring systems are sized, stable, and resilient enough to support high-demand equipment, and changing facility needs.
• Maintain an accurate asset registry for building infrastructure and critical industrial support equipment (e.g., compressors, chillers, air dryers, pumps, dust collection/ventilation, process utilities), including service history, spares, calibration/inspection needs, and vendor support models.
• Drive maintenance planning for critical industrial equipment where failure would impact engineering or production throughput, ensuring preventative maintenance is scheduled, documented, and executed without disrupting build operations.

Projects & Improvements

• Support facility renovations, tenant improvements, and capital projects through design reviews, utility coordination, installation oversight, and operational hand-off.
• Develop scopes of work and technical requirements, review submittals; oversee field execution for quality, safety, and schedule adherence.
• Serve as facilities engineering support for equipment installations (tie-ins, ventilation, hazards, footprints, commissioning readiness) to keep engineering unblocked.
• Build repeatable closeout standards for every project (documentation, training, spares, labeling, lockout points, and baseline performance metrics), so new systems are supportable on Day 1.
• Partner with engineering teams on equipment readiness planning: verifying utility requirements, installation constraints, safety controls, and long-term maintainability (access, service intervals, consumables, vendor support, and spare parts strategy).

Safety, Compliance, and Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, regulations, and standards (OSHA, NFPA, ASHRAE, local…