Facilities & Capital Projects Manager

## **About Standard Bots** 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. ## **About the Role** **This role is on-site at our manufacturing facility in Glen Cove, NY.** 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. ## **What You’ll Do** ### **Capital Projects, Construction & Expansion (the core of this role)** - 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 ### **Team Leadership & Development** - 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 ### **Supplier & Contractor Management** - 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 ### **Facilities Operations Oversight** - Oversee the maintenance function — preventive and corrective programs across production, lab, cleanroom, and o…