Project Lead - Facility Development

Location:Keenesburg, Colorado (on-site)

Reports To:VP, Propulsion & Energetics

Position Type:Full-time, exempt

CareerTrack:Project ManagertoFacility Manager upon campus buildout and ramp to production

Travel:Occasional, primarily local/regional to support permitting, contractor, and vendor meetings

Clearance / Licensing:Must be eligible for ITAR authorization and Federal explosives licensing (ATF)

About the Role

Singularity Defense is building a 100+ acre solid rocket motor (SRM) and energetics manufacturing campus in Keenesburg, Colorado to support tacticalmunitionsand propulsion production for the Department of Defense. We are looking for a Project Manager to lead the planning, permitting, design, and construction of this campus from the ground up – and to grow into the Facility Manager role responsible for its day-to-day operation once the site is built and ramped to production.

This is a builder's role. You will spend your first 18–36 monthsturning raw land into a licensed, operational energetics manufacturing campus – site work, utilities, roads, process buildings, magazines, ESQD-compliant siting, and test infrastructure – while working shoulder-to-shoulder with engineering, EHS,contractors,and operations leadership. As the campus comes online, your responsibilities will shift from construction delivery to sustained facility operations, maintenance, and site leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Phase 1 – Planning & Construction (Project Manager)

• Develop and manage integrated project plans spanning site work, utilities, access roads, administrative and process buildings, magazines, and test infrastructure, sequenced against a 100+ acre campus master plan.

• Lead permitting and land-use approvals with local and state authorities havingjurisdiction, including conditional use permits, zoning, environmental review, and ESQD arcsitingin coordination with EHS and engineering.

• Interface with and oversee design consultants (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical) and general/specialty contractors, holding them accountable to scope, schedule, and quality.

• Ensure siting and constructioncomply withapplicable safety standardsin accordance withDoD facility clearance and energetics siting standards (e.g., DoD 6055.09-STD) so buildings, magazines, and process bays arelocatedand constructed to code from day one.

• Manage andmaintainproject budgets, schedules, and risk registers across design, construction, and government stakeholders, escalating and resolving issues before they threaten schedule.

• Communicate project status clearly and regularly to all stakeholders including internal leadership, government representatives, local officials, utility providers, and neighboring landowners.

• Coordinate startup and commissioning activities with operations, engineering, and workforcedevelopmentso the campus is staffed, equipped, and procedurally ready as construction milestones complete.

• Maintain the documentation ofrecord(as-builts, permits, inspection records, commissioning packages)requiredfor a compliant, auditable energetics manufacturing site.

Phase 2 – Transition to Facility Manager

• Assume the Facility Manager role as the campus completes buildout and ramps to production, taking ownership of day-to-day site operations.

• Own facility operations and maintenance (utilities, grounds, roads, magazines, process buildings, fire suppression, security systems) across the full 100+ acre campus.

• Plan and manage capital improvement projects for continued expansion, renovation, and capacity growth as production demand increases.

• Partner with EHS, security, and quality to keep the site in continuous compliance with OSHA, EPA, ATF, and DoD facility requirements.

• Build and lead the site facilities team (facilities technicians, contractors, and vendors) supporting the campus.

• Own the long-rangefacilitiesroadmap for the campus, balancing operational needs against capital and operating budget constraints.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in construction, facilities, or capital-project management, including design/build oversight of contractors and consultants.

• Experience managing projects in a manufacturing, industrial, energetics, aerospace, or defense environment.

• Demonstrated ability to plan and sequence complex, multi-phase projects with the discipline to run competing priorities across permitting, design, construction, and stakeholder management simultaneously.

• Strong stakeholder communication skills, with government representatives, contractors, and internal leadership, both written and verbal.

• Experience developing and managing project budgets and schedules using tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, or Smartsheet.

• Working knowledge of the risks associated with heavy civil and industrial construction, anda track recordof mitigating them proactively.

• Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident.

• Eligible to obtain andmaintainState and Federal explosives licensing, including a background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experiencein solid rocket motor manufacturing, energetics, munitions, or other high-hazard/high-consequence manufacturing environments.

• (PMP) certification.

• Experiencewith facility siting standards for explosives and energetic materials (e.g., DoD 6055.09-STD, ESQD arc/quantity-distance principles).

• Greenfield industrial or manufacturing site, from land acquisition or zoning through commissioning.

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, ora relatedtechnical field.

Physical Demands & Work Environment