Senior Manager, Facilities

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Why Protolabs?

We are the leaders in digital manufacturing. We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit. Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds. We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do. It's our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home.

This is an onsite role that floats among all MN facility locations (Maple Plain, Plymouth, Rosemount, Brooklyn Park).

This Sr Manager of Facilities position is responsible for all operations associated with facilities management and planning for the Americas region. They will be a key partner to the site and business leaders at all Americas locations. Primary responsibilities include leading the budgeting, capital planning, and forecasting processes, working with outside facilities vendors and contractors, and managing planned maintenance, unforeseen facility repairs, and facilities infrastructure projects.

You will:

• Be responsible for the facility operations, capital planning, budgeting, and forecasting for the Americas region.
• Partner with site and business leaders to develop facilities options and recommendations to support the Americas plan for growth, building improvements, and other facilities related needs.
• Manage day-to-day activities necessary to construct, acquire, lease, or dispose of facilities per the strategic plan in the Americas region.
• Partner with procurement to negotiate contracts and manage relationships with contractors and vendors responsible for providing facilities related services and equipment in the Americas region.
• Be responsible for the facilities CMMS system (Pirana); ensuring all assets, preventative maintenance schedules, and work order process elements are maintained and updated, failure information on equipment is logged, and work documents from outside contractors are uploaded.
• Develop a short- and long-term view on facilities capital and expense needs based on expected end-of life replacements and/or frequency and cost of ongoing repairs.
• Be responsible for the creation and issuing of work plans and orders for each member of the maintenance staff with a two-week lead time. Ensure the resource schedule is an agreed upon plan with production.
• Keep accurate metrics on the performance of planning and scheduling functions for each location.
• Manage and lead the staff responsible for facilities services at each of the Americas locations, and identify gaps and/or future needs to effectively support the organization.
• Ensure facilities are safe for employees and professional in appearance and operation in support of Protolabs objectives.
• Interface with safety and environmental resources for specific concerns.

What it takes:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10 years' experience in facilities management including employee supervision.
• In-depth experience in the areas of:
• Budgeting and capital planning
• Managing all aspects of a CMMS (Pirana) system
• Contractor/vendor bidding & management
• Construction project management

What you will get:

• We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity
• In addition, we offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
  • Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
  • Dental and Vision
  • Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
  • Paid caregiver leave
• You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO Holiday Pay and Volunteer Hours
• 401k with company match and immediate vest
• Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate
• Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
• And More!

Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.

Proto Labs, Inc. is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer

Physical Demands:

While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor and mouse, telephone and printer; reach with hands, and arms, talk, see and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

Indoors (A/C); nonsmoking; the majority of this job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. However, there may be job duties that require the employee to spend time in the manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection occasionally required. Occasionally works in outside weather conditions. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.