Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios, and beyond.

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced Facilities Manager to lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of our aerospace manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for facility infrastructure, building systems, maintenance programs, utilities, contractors, workplace services, and facility improvement projects that support manufacturing operations.

The Facility Manager will work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, EHS, Quality, Security, IT, and other cross-functional teams to ensure the facility can safely and consistently support production. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where equipment uptime, safety, compliance, and rapid problem solving are critical.

Key Responsibilities

Facility Operations & Reliability

• Own day-to-day operation and maintenance of the manufacturing facility and associated infrastructure.
• Maintain critical building systems including HVAC, electrical distribution, compressed air, plumbing, fire/life-safety systems, lighting, backup power, and other facility utilities.
• Develop and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve facility reliability and minimize production disruptions.
• Respond to facility-related outages and emergencies, coordinate troubleshooting, and drive issues through permanent corrective action.
• Establish facility KPIs for uptime, preventive maintenance completion, work-order response, utility consumption, and other key performance indicators.
• Maintain accurate facility documentation, equipment records, maintenance histories, drawings, and operating procedures.

Manufacturing Support

• Partner with Manufacturing and Engineering teams to support production equipment installations, line expansions, process changes, and facility modifications.
• Ensure facility utilities and infrastructure have adequate capacity and reliability to support current and future manufacturing requirements.
• Coordinate equipment moves, utility connections, construction activities, shutdowns, and commissioning while minimizing impact to production.
• Support clean, organized, safe, and production-ready manufacturing environments.
• Identify infrastructure risks and develop mitigation and redundancy plans for systems critical to manufacturing operations.
• Own day-to-day facility waste-management operations and vendor relationships, including general waste, recycling, scrap metal, e-waste, battery recycling, and other facility waste streams.

EHS & Compliance

• Partner closely with Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) to maintain compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
• Support programs related to fire/life safety, hazardous materials, emergency response, environmental controls, and workplace safety.
• Own operation, preventive maintenance, inspection, and repair of facility environmental-control infrastructure, including applicable stormwater controls, wastewater infrastructure, oil/water controls, backflow-prevention devices, secondary containment, ventilation/exhaust systems, and other building environmental systems.
• Promptly escalate failures or abnormal conditions that may create an environmental compliance risk to EHS.
• Ensure contractors follow site safety requirements, permitting processes, lockout/tagout requirements, and other applicable procedures.
• Support internal and external audits, inspections, corrective actions, and documentation requirements.
• Maintain readiness for facility-related regulatory and customer inspections.

Projects & Capital Improvements

• Plan and execute facility upgrades, renovations, infrastructure expansions, and capital projects.
• Develop scopes of work, project schedules, budgets, and implementation plans.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, general contractors, specialty contractors, equipment vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Review drawings and technical proposals to ensure projects meet operational, safety, quality, and future-capacity requirements.
• Manage project execution from concept through construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
• Own Waste Data Collection: Collect, maintain, validate, and report facility waste and diversion metrics required to support EHS/ESG reporting, including general waste, recycling, scrap metal, e-waste, and battery recycling. Coordinate with waste vendors to obtain weight/volume data, manifests, recycling certificates, and other supporting documentation; maintain auditable records; track trends and diversion rates; and provide accurate, timely data to EHS for environmental compliance, sustainability metrics, and ESG reporting data collection.

Vendor & Contractor Management

• Select, manage, and evaluate facility service providers and contractors.
• Develop scopes of work, obtain competitive proposals, negotiate service agreements, and monitor vendor performance.
• Ensure vendors meet company expectations for safety, quality, responsiveness, cost, and documentation.
• Maintain appropriate service contracts for critical facility systems.

Budget & Planning

• Develop and manage annual facility operating and capital budgets.
• Track expenditures and identify opportunities to reduce operating costs without compromising safety, reliability, or production capability.
• Develop short- and long-term facility plans based on manufacturing growth, equipment requirements, headcount, and infrastructure capacity.
• Identify lifecycle replacement requirements for major facility assets and incorporate them into capital planning.

Emergency & Business Continuity

• Support facility emergency preparedness and business continuity planning.
• Develop response procedures for power outages, HVAC failures, water events, fire/life-safety incidents, utility interruptions, and other facility emergencies.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause investigations for facility-related events.
• Establish escalation processes and appropriate after-hours coverage for critical facility issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Facilities Management, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 7+ years of facilities, plant engineering, construction, or building operations experience, preferably within aerospace, defense, automotive, electronics, advanced manufacturing, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of experience leading facility operations, projects, vendors, or technical teams.
• Strong working knowledge of industrial HVAC, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, compressed air, fire/life-safety, and building automation systems.
• Experience supporting active manufacturing operations where facility downtime can directly affect production.
• Experience developing and managing preventive maintenance programs and CMMS/work-order systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage contractors and execute facility construction and infrastructure projects.
• Working knowledge of OSHA requirements and applicable building, fire, electrical, mechanical, and environmental codes.
• Strong troubleshooting, organizational, project-management, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and respond effectively to urgent operational issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace or defense manufacturing.
• Experience supporting FAA-, AS9100-, ISO 9001-, or similarly controlled manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with ESD-controlled areas, clean manufacturing environments, laboratories, machine shops, composite manufacturing, battery operations, or other specialized aerospace production environments.
• Experience with building management systems (BMS), CMMS platforms, energy-management systems, and facility monitoring tools.
• Experience managing facility expansions, manufacturing line installations, and major infrastructure upgrades.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, 5S, TPM, or continuous-improvement methodologies.
• CFM, FMP, PMP, PE, LEED, or other relevant professional certification.

Physical & Operational Requirements

• Ability to regularly walk manufacturing and facility spaces and access mechanical and utility areas.
• Ability to safely work around active manufacturing operations and industrial equipment.
• Ability to respond to urgent facility issues outside normal business hours when required.
• Ability to occasionally lift or move equipment and materials consistent with applicable workplace safety requirements.
• Some work may require appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).

Measures of Success

Success in this role will be