Manager, Facilities

Job Summary

We are seeking a hands‑on Facilities Manager to lead maintenance, facilities, and tool room support for our high‑volume manufacturing operation in Sanford, NC. This role is responsible for keeping equipment, utilities, tooling, and building systems safe, reliable, compliant, and production‑ready.

• Lead maintenance and tool room activities supporting installation, repair, troubleshooting, and planned maintenance of production equipment, tooling, and facility systems.
• Improve equipment reliability by reducing unplanned downtime, eliminating recurring failures, and driving structured root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Strengthen preventive and condition‑based maintenance practices using CMMS data, equipment history, and reliability indicators.
• Oversee tool room workflow supporting molding and machining tooling repair, modification, fabrication, and improvement work.
• Maintain readiness of tool room equipment, including CNC equipment, lathes, mills, grinders, and EDM equipment; develop repair, replacement, and upgrade plans as needed.
• Coordinate priorities with operations, engineering, quality, and production leadership to ensure work is completed safely, effectively, and with minimal disruption.

• Own the maintenance and improvement of facility systems including HVAC, building envelope, grounds, power distribution, lighting, compressed air, water, and other plant infrastructure.
• Serve as a key site contact for public utilities, service providers, contractors, and specialized repair vendors.
• Drive utility cost reduction and energy efficiency through sound operating practices, consumption trend review, and improvement projects.
• Ensure facility systems support a safe, compliant, and stable production environment.

• Manage capital projects from scope definition through installation, commissioning, and turnover to maintenance.
• Develop long‑term plans for asset replacement, obsolescence risk, and maintenance investment based on business need, reliability risk, and lifecycle condition.
• Manage contractor and vendor relationships, including janitorial, grounds, construction, specialized maintenance, and repair services.
• Ensure contractors follow site safety requirements, permitting expectations, insurance requirements, and scope controls.
• Confirm that physical installations and modifications meet safety, regulatory, and internal standards.
• Build and maintain a strong safety culture across facilities, maintenance, and tool room areas.
• Ensure safe working conditions, strong housekeeping, and compliance with applicable safety procedures, including LOTO, arc flash, and safety planning for non‑standard work.
• Coach, develop, and engage associates to build technical skill, ownership, and accountability.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts that reduce waste, improve response time, increase equipment availability, and improve shop‑floor execution.
• Promote accurate work order documentation, failure coding, parts usage, and maintenance history to support better decisions.
• Use available digital tools, data, and emerging technologies where practical to improve training, documentation, troubleshooting, and reliability.

• Safety performance, hazard reduction, and contractor compliance.
• Reduction in unplanned downtime and recurring equipment failures.
• Planned maintenance execution and schedule compliance.
• CMMS data quality, work order discipline, and maintenance history accuracy.
• Tool room responsiveness and capability.
• Utility cost and energy consumption improvement.
• Capital project delivery against scope, cost, schedule, and performance expectations.
• Team capability, engagement, and associate development.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; equivalent technical and leadership experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in maintenance, facilities, tool room, engineering, or technical operations.
• At least 3 years of experience leading a technical support, maintenance, facilities, or tool room team.
• Experience in a high‑volume…