Head of Facilities
$150,000–$200,000 year
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States
Job Summary
Build the physical foundation for GITAI's next stage of growth by owning infrastructure across offices, manufacturing environments, remote test sites, and facilities supporting U.S. government programs. Translate technical needs into practical decisions for space, power, HVAC, utilities, safety, and security in highly regulated environments involving explosives and hazardous materials. Lead site selection, due diligence, lease coordination, renovations, permitting, construction, and commissioning from initial need through completion. Serve as the central hub across internal teams, contractors, landlords, utilities, regulatory authorities, and security stakeholders to define scope, manage budgets, and drive decisions. Walk the floor to inspect sites, review drawings, and investigate infrastructure problems to determine real constraints and deliver working physical environments.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in facilities, construction, industrial infrastructure, facilities engineering, manufacturing operations, or a closely related field
- Experience owning significant facility buildouts, expansions, relocations, test-site development, or infrastructure projects in a technically demanding environment such as aerospace, defense, propulsion, robotics, advanced manufacturing, automotive, energy, or laboratories
- Strong practical understanding of industrial building infrastructure and facility development, including electrical power, HVAC, utilities, building systems, permitting, inspections, and construction
- Demonstrated experience navigating permits, regulations, and approval processes for technically complex facilities
- Experience with explosives, energetic materials, hazardous materials, or similarly regulated operations
- Demonstrated experience developing, modifying, or operating facilities subject to U.S. government security requirements, including classified or cleared work environments, physical security requirements, controlled access, and coordination with security stakeholders
- Strong judgment under ambiguity
- Strong commercial and execution judgment across scopes of work, budgets, schedules, contractor selection, negotiations, and project delivery
- A hands-on operating style
- U.S. citizenship
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance
- Currently authorized to work in the U.S.
- Eligibility to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce
Desired Qualifications
- Experience building or scaling facilities at an early-stage hardware company
- Experience developing or operating remote test sites, field facilities, or infrastructure on government or highly regulated sites
- Experience with specialized technical environments such as machine shops, laboratories, clean or controlled areas, high-power equipment, environmental testing, or propulsion test infrastructure
- General Contractor license, PE, PMP, or other relevant professional qualification
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