Director, Facilities

The role

You will lead facilities engineering, maintenance, utilities, and infrastructure operations across manufacturing, integration, testing, machining, warehousing, laboratory, and office environments. You will build and scale a high-performing Facilities organization and manage multimillion-dollar budgets and capital planning.

What you will do

• Lead facilities engineering, maintenance, utilities, and infrastructure operations.
• Build and scale a high-performing Facilities organization.
• Own the reliability and performance of critical facility systems.
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Lead facilities capital planning and infrastructure improvements.
• Manage multimillion-dollar budgets, contractors, and project execution.
• Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Design and Construction, EH&S, Quality, and Supply Chain.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in facilities engineering, maintenance, or infrastructure operations.
• 5+ years leading managers, supervisors, and skilled trades within a complex manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling facilities organizations.
• Strong technical understanding of industrial HVAC, electrical distribution, mechanical systems, and manufacturing utilities.
• Proven experience managing multimillion-dollar operating and capital budgets.
• Experience implementing maintenance and reliability programs using CMMS platforms.

Nice to have

• Experience leading facilities operations within aerospace, defense, automotive, or other high-volume, high-precision manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with Cal/OSHA, NFPA, NFPA 70E, environmental regulations, and industrial safety programs.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CCM, or LEED AP.
• Experience with project management tools such as Procore, Smartsheet, or Bluebeam.
• Experience supporting rapid manufacturing expansion, facility commissioning, utility capacity planning, and infrastructure development.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Generous PTO and sick leave policy
• Parental leave
• Annual learning and development stipend

About the company

Relativity Space is building rockets to serve today's needs and tomorrow's breakthroughs. The company is developing the Terran R vehicle to deliver customer payloads to orbit.