Singularity Defense
Project Lead - Facility Development
Denver, CO · Contract
Work authorization requiredDetected 12 days ago
Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementExcelLeadershipCommunicationConstruction ManagementOSHA
About the role
- Singularity Defense is a stealth startup of former SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed applying the SpaceX model to mass produce air defense systems.
- Their first product is a low-cost air defense system for immediate deployment domestically and around the world where the need is critical.
- As the campus comes online, your responsibilities will shift from construction delivery to sustained facility operations, maintenance, and site leadership.
Responsibilities
- Phase 1 - Planning & Construction (Project Manager) Develop and manage integrated project plans spanning site work, utilities, access roads, administrative and process buildings, magazines, and test infrastructure, sequenced against a 100+ acre campus master plan.
- Lead permitting and land-use approvals with local and state authorities having jurisdiction, including conditional use permits, zoning, environmental review, and ESQD arc siting in coordination with EHS and engineering.
- Interface with and oversee design consultants (civil, structural, mechanical, electrical) and general/specialty contractors, holding them accountable to scope, schedule, and quality.
- Manage and maintain project budgets, schedules, and risk registers across design, construction, and government stakeholders, escalating and resolving issues before they threaten schedule.
- Own facility operations and maintenance (utilities, grounds, roads, magazines, process buildings, fire suppression, security systems) across the full 100+ acre campus.
- Plan and manage capital improvement projects for continued expansion, renovation, and capacity growth as production demand increases.
- Partner with EHS, security, and quality to keep the site in continuous compliance with OSHA, EPA, ATF, and DoD facility requirements.
- Build and lead the site facilities team (facilities technicians, contractors, and vendors) supporting the campus.
- Own the long-range facilities roadmap for the campus, balancing operational needs against capital and operating budget constraints.
- Occasional, primarily local/regional to support permitting, contractor, and vendor meetings
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in construction, facilities, or capital-project management, including design/build oversight of contractors and consultants.
- Experience managing projects in a manufacturing, industrial, energetics, aerospace, or defense environment.
- Working knowledge of the risks associated with heavy civil and industrial construction, and a track record of mitigating them proactively.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident.
- Maintain the documentation of record (as-builts, permits, inspection records, commissioning packages) required for a compliant, auditable energetics manufacturing site.
Nice to have
- Experience in solid rocket motor manufacturing, energetics, munitions, or other high-hazard/high-consequence manufacturing environments. (PMP) certification.
- Experience with facility siting standards for explosives and energetic materials (e.g., DoD 6055.09-STD, ESQD arc/quantity-distance principles).
- Greenfield industrial or manufacturing site, from land acquisition or zoning through commissioning.
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or a related technical field.
- Physical Demands & Work Environment Navigate across an active construction site and, later, an operating energetics manufacturing campus.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and comfortably navigate uneven terrain, stairs, and scaffolding.
- Familiarity with industrial equipment, heavy machinery, weather extremes, and energetic/hazardous materials, with all required PPE provided.
Compensation
- Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience, with the scope and pay of the role expanding alongside the transition from Project Manager to Facility Manager.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen, U
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