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Facilities Manager oversees the physical infrastructure for labs, offices, and production spaces, ensuring safe, efficient, and scalable facilities operations in a fast-growing R&D/manufacturing environment.

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About Thea Energy:

Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.

Position Overview:

Thea Energy is looking for an experienced, highly motivated Facilities Manager to oversee the physical infrastructure required to build the future of fusion energy. This candidate will interact with the Company’s leadership, finance & operations, and technical teams to ensure our labs, production floor, and offices are safe, efficient, and scalable. This role will have a high degree of autonomy, and the ideal candidate must be able to move quickly to support our rapid growth.

Key Responsibility Areas:

Manage day-to-day facility operations including building maintenance, HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems for both office and high-tech lab environments

Ensure all equipment is maintained, with preventative maintenance plans in place for all critical assets

Plan and execute facility modifications and expansions to support hiring and installation of manufacturing and test equipment

Manage vendor relationships, service contracts, and facility budgets

Develop expansion plans to account for company growth, working with real estate brokers and negotiating leases for additional space

Coordinate with other organization stakeholders to ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal building codes and safety regulations

Manage and develop company policies, programs, and procedures regarding space planning and asset management

Lead space allocation planning for a growing team

Ideal Experience & Skillsets:

7+ years of relevant work experience in facilities management, preferably in an R&D, or manufacturing environment.

Experience managing complex electrical infrastructure and laboratory / manufacturing build-outs.

Experience with high vacuum systems

Proven organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities

OSHA 30hr Certification and a strong safety focus

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.

Ability to find creative solutions to physical infrastructure problems.

Excellent negotiation, communication, and collaboration skills

Company Benefits:

Salary range $85,000-$150,000

Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)

Employee equity stock options

20 days PTO

Requirements:

Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.

Ability to perform activities such as typing, standing, or sitting for extended periods of time.

Willingness to occasionally travel or work required nights/weekends/on-call.

Ability to work in a facility that contains industrial hazards including heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, high voltage, high current, pressure systems, and cryogenics.

Skills

BudgetingCode ComplianceCollaborationElectrical InfrastructureFacility ManagementHigh-vacuum SystemsHVACLaboratory/building Build-outsLease NegotiationsNegotiationOSHA 30hrPlumbing SystemsPreventive MaintenanceSafety ProgramsSpace PlanningVendor Management

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