Office Manager

The role

You will own the day-to-day operations and experience of the San Carlos Fab Lab facility. This includes managing vendors, coordinating facility projects, maintaining safety programs, and supporting onsite events and logistics.

What you will do

• Own the day-to-day operation of the Fab Lab
• Manage workspace needs including furniture, storage, conference rooms, AV, and office infrastructure
• Keep kitchen, bathroom, safety, and workplace supplies stocked
• Manage mail, packages, deliveries, and office logistics
• Coordinate new-hire onsite setup
• Serve as primary contact for landlord, property manager, and vendors
• Coordinate cleaning, maintenance, utilities, and building services
• Own facility projects from start to finish
• Track facility expenses and provide monthly cost views
• Manage administrative side of workplace safety programs and Cal/OSHA documentation

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in office management, workplace, facilities, operations, hospitality, events, or a related role
• Experience managing vendors, contractors, building relationships, or physical workplace operations
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Proactive problem-solver
• Comfortable working hands-on in a physical environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Calm, low-ego, and highly collaborative
• Comfortable working onsite five days per week
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and equipment weighing up to 25 lbs
• Ability to perform repetitive tasks involving hands, wrists, and arms
• Ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods up to 8 hours
• Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach

Nice to have

• Experience supporting a workshop, lab, manufacturing, warehouse, construction, or other physical environment
• Familiarity with California workplace or safety requirements
• Experience coordinating facilities projects, construction, office buildouts, or vendor installations
• Experience with workplace safety programs or industrial safety training
• Experience supporting hardware, manufacturing, telecom, infrastructure, or industrial teams
• Experience managing inventory, purchasing, shipping, or other operational logistics

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus meaningful equity upside
• Competitive benefits for employees and dependents
• Opportunities to learn and grow
• Retreats 1-2x a year
• Ability to have a say in the benefits program

About the company

Ready is a remote-first Public Benefit Corporation building the Utility Intelligence Platform to help governments, utility operators, and consultants manage complex infrastructure programs. The company is composed of creative problem solvers who are humble, ambitious, and concise.