Facilities & Capital Projects Manager

Standard Bots builds industrial robotic arms that make automation accessible to every manufacturer. We’re growing fast — scaling from a lean startup into a high-volume production operation with tens of thousands of robots produced annually. Our Glen Cove facility is the operational heart of that ambition, and we’re building it to last.

We’re hiring a Facilities & Capital Projects Manager to lead the expansion of our primary manufacturing campus — from a multi-thousand sq ft operation today to 200,000+ sq ft supporting 200+ employees across production, engineering, and corporate functions.

Your headline mission is the build: planning, contracting, and delivering a continuous pipeline of expansions, fit-outs, and infrastructure upgrades as we bring advanced manufacturing processes in-house — including CNC machining, surface finishing and painting, and potentially molten metal casting. You’ll act as the owner’s representative on every project: directing architects, engineers, and general contractors on our behalf.

You’ll also lead our facilities function as it grows. You’ll inherit an existing facilities associate who runs day-to-day operations, and you’ll coach and develop them while building the broader team. This is a player-coach role: run a contractor meeting in the morning, present a capital roadmap to the executive team in the afternoon.

• Own the facility roadmap: plan and execute expansions, tenant improvements, and infrastructure upgrades as we scale to 200,000+ sq ft and beyond

• Lead all phases of construction and improvement projects — scope definition, bid solicitation, contractor selection, permitting, construction oversight, commissioning, and close-out — with multiple projects running in parallel

• Drive rigorous project management discipline: detailed schedules, milestone tracking, budget control, risk identification, and stakeholder communication from kickoff to ribbon-cut

• Coordinate facility requirements for new process introductions (NPI) — ensuring space, power, utilities, ventilation, drainage, and workflow are production-ready before equipment arrives

• Coordinate with IT and Engineering so new production zones are networked, monitored, and integrated before go-live

• Own the facilities capital budget; manage spend against plan with full transparency to leadership

• Maintain accurate facility drawings, equipment layouts, and utility documentation; run lessons-learned processes to improve execution speed and cost predictability

• Inherit, coach, and develop our existing facilities associate; build growth paths toward ownership of the maintenance function

• Build the facilities team ahead of expansions — staffing plans that scale in step with the business

• Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and foster a culture of safety-first, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Act as a player-coach: lead from the front on complex problems while developing the team’s ability to solve independently

• Own the ecosystem of construction and facilities partners: general contractors, specialty trades (electrical, mechanical, civil, fire suppression, HVAC), landlords, and utilities

• Lead RFP, bid, and contract negotiation processes; establish clear SLAs, scope-of-work standards, and accountability across vendor relationships

• Build a qualified vendor bench that gives Standard Bots priority access, competitive pricing, and reliable execution as we grow

• Oversee day-to-day service vendors (janitorial, security, landscaping) through the facilities team

• Oversee the maintenance function — preventive and corrective programs across production, lab, cleanroom, and office spaces — executed by the facilities team you develop

• Ensure readiness of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, compressed air, and utility systems for high-volume, continuous manufacturing (production uptime is a KPI)

• Partner with Manufacturing Operations on floor layout, material flow, and 5S/lean environment standards

• Own EHS compliance strategy, leveraging outside consultants for programs and audits, and build toward a dedicated EHS hire as we scale

• Manage permitting and regulatory compliance for industrial processes — CNC machining (coolant/chip disposal), spray painting (VOCs, ventilation, fire suppression), and casting (high-heat, fume extraction)

• Ensure safety requirements are engineered into every project from design, not retrofitted after

• 8+ years delivering industrial or manufacturing construction projects, with significant time on the owner’s side (owner’s rep, plant engineering, or corporate capital projects)

• Track record of on-time, on-budget delivery across multiple large, concurrent projects — including capital projects of $5M+

• Fluency with construction contracts (GMP, lump sum, T&M), change order management, bid leveling, and contractor negotiation

• Experience with facilities serving heavy industrial processes (machining, painting/coating, casting, or equivalent) and their MEP demands

• Working knowledge of OSHA standards, building codes, fire and life safety systems, and environmental permitting

• Ability to read and interpret architectural, mechanical, and electrical drawings

• Experience managing and developing people — you’ve grown junior team members, not just subcontractors

• Strong communicator, equally credible with tradespeople and executives

• Experience taking a manufacturing facility from lease/shell through fit-out to operations

• Familiarity with spray booth design, VOC permitting, and NFPA 33 compliance

• Experience with cleanroom or controlled environment facilities (ISO 6–8)

• PE, CCM, PMP, or CFM credential

• Experience in a high-growth, scaling manufacturing or robotics company

• Ground-floor opportunity to build a world-class manufacturing campus — literally

• Direct impact on the physical infrastructure behind a product that’s changing how manufacturing works

• Collaborative, technically serious team that moves fast and values ownership

• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits

• On-site role at our Glen Cove, NY headquarters

The salary range for this role is $160,000 to $190,000. We are open to a variety of seniority levels and will build compensation packages commensurate with seniority and skill level. Base salary is just one part of overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.