Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager

Location: Gilbert, AZ (On-Site)

Summary

Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC) is seeking an experienced, hands-on Facilities Manager to take full ownership of a manufacturing facility's physical plant, systems, budget, and vendor ecosystem. This is not a dispatch role. This person will personally diagnose and repair building systems, HVAC, electrical, lighting, general carpentry, painting, and everything in between, while also owning the strategic side of the function: facility audits, preventive maintenance planning, budgeting, parts inventory, and vendor management. The right candidate operates with minimal to no team support day-to-day, is comfortable being the most technically capable person in the building, and can pivot seamlessly between fixing a failed compressor, walking a code-compliance audit, and presenting a facility budget to leadership. This role currently oversees the facility cleaning crew, with the expectation that a maintenance technician will be added to the team following this person's initial comprehensive facility assessment.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on, strategic Facilities Manager with extensive experience leading facilities operations in a manufacturing or industrial environment. This individual is proactive and understands that maintaining a safe, efficient, and reliable facility is critical to supporting production, quality, and business objectives. This person has a proven track record of managing facility maintenance, capital improvement projects, building systems, and vendor relationships while ensuring compliance with OSHA, environmental regulations, and applicable building codes. They are equally comfortable developing long-term facility strategies and rolling up their sleeves to resolve operational challenges.

The Facilities Manager reports into Operations leadership and functions as the single point of accountability for facility condition, uptime, and compliance across a manufacturing environment supporting fast-paced, deadline-driven production and program schedules. The Facilities Manager will present findings, budgets, and risk assessments directly to operations and executive leadership, and will be the on-site authority whenever contractors, inspectors, or government evaluators are present. The facility cleaning crew reports to this role initially; a future maintenance technician hire will be scoped and justified based on this person's facility assessment, and will also report into this position.

Key Responsibilities

Facility Assessment, Planning & Compliance

• Comprehensive Facility Audit: Conduct a full physical plant assessment within the first weeks on the job — building systems, structure, safety, and code compliance — and use findings to justify staffing, budget, and capital investment decisions.
• Preventive Maintenance Program: Build and manage a documented maintenance plan and schedule covering HVAC, electrical, lighting, plumbing, life-safety systems, doors/dock equipment, and general building infrastructure.
• Compliance & Inspections: Own facility compliance across OSHA, fire/life-safety, environmental, and applicable building codes; manage inspection cycles, close out findings, and maintain audit-ready documentation at all times.
• Government & Customer Facility Readiness: Prepare and personally walk the facility for customer or government evaluator site visits, ensuring the physical plant reflects operational discipline.

Budget, Inventory & Vendor Management

• Facility Budget Ownership: Build, manage, and report against an annual facility operating and capital budget, using Excel-based tracking to forecast spend and flag variances to leadership.
• Parts & Repair Inventory: Establish and manage a stocking strategy for common repair parts and consumables to minimize downtime, balancing on-hand inventory against carrying cost.
• Vendor Sourcing & Strategy: Source, vet, and onboard service vendors (HVAC, electrical, fire/life-safety, waste/trash, landscaping, pest control, etc.), building a bench of reliable partners rather than relying on one-off calls.
• Vendor Relationship Management: Build strategic, long-term relationships with key vendors; negotiate service agreements and pricing; manage day-to-day vendor communication and scheduling.
• On-Site Contractor Oversight: Be physically present for contractor and vendor work on-site, direct scope in real time, and personally validate completed work before sign-off and payment.

Hands-On Technical & General Facility Work

• Independent Repairs: Diagnose and personally repair building systems and general facility issues — HVAC, general electrical, lighting, plumbing basics, carpentry, drywall, and painting — without waiting on a contractor for routine work.
• General Upkeep: Handle the full range of facility tasks regardless of size — patch and paint, hang shelving/signage/fixtures, adjust doors and hardware, and address the day-to-day punch list that keeps a manufacturing facility running clean and safe.
• Waste & Site Services: Manage trash, recycling, and other facility site services — vendor scheduling, service levels, and cost.
• Emergency Response: Serve as the primary point of contact for facility emergencies (HVAC failure, leaks, power issues, life-safety events) and drive resolution personally or through rapid contractor engagement.

Team Leadership

• Cleaning Crew Management: Directly manage the cleaning facility crew scheduling, standards, and performance — from day one.
• Future Team Build-Out: Define the scope and business case for an additional maintenance technician based on facility assessment findings, then onboard and lead that hire once approved.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive facilities management or facilities engineering experience, ideally within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Demonstrated hands-on technical proficiency in HVAC, general electrical, lighting, and general building maintenance/repair — able to perform the work personally, not just coordinate it
• Prior experience owning a facility operating and/or capital budget
• Experience developing and running a preventive maintenance program (CMMS experience a plus)
• Proven track record sourcing, negotiating with, and managing service vendors and contractors
• Working knowledge of OSHA, fire/life-safety, and general building code compliance requirements
• Advanced proficiency in Excel (budgeting, tracking, reporting) required
• Prior supervisory or crew-lead experience
• HVAC (EPA 608) and/or electrical certification preferred; IFMA CFM/FMP or equivalent a plus but not required
• Ability to lift 50 lbs., work at heights, and perform physically demanding tasks across varying environmental conditions
• Valid driver's license

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Primarily office-based work environment.

• Regularly required to sit, stand, operate a computer, climb stairs, and communicate effectively.

• Must be able to lift 25–50 pounds.

ATSC is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We invite resumes from all interested parties including women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities.

Advance Technology Systems Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.