Environment Manager

The role

You will lead a full-time hourly team across multiple shifts and manage contractors. You will support research and production operations by building and maintaining physical workspaces.

What you will do

• Hire, train, and manage an hourly team across multiple shifts
• Give regular feedback and run performance conversations
• Own schedules, time cards, breaks, and overtime for an hourly team in California
• Plan weekly staffing and capacity, and cover call-outs and PTO
• Run contractor trials and vendor relationships
• Work with research and production leads to resolve blockers and set priorities

Required qualifications

• 3+ years managing hourly frontline teams in warehouse, fulfillment, retail, production, events, or facilities
• Experience with California wage and hour rules: breaks, meal periods, and overtime
• Experience hiring and managing performance, including hard conversations
• Experience managing contractors or temp staff
• Comfort working on the floor and adjusting hours to reach every shift

Nice to have

• Experience running a multi-shift or 24/7 operation
• Experience in film, TV, theater, or event production, or an R&D or production environment where requirements change weekly
• Experience setting purchasing budgets and spending guidelines for a team

Before you apply

• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

About the company

Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. The company is a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms.