Job Title:  Manager, Facilities and EHS

At Zygo, your skills and insights will be integral to our core values of curiosity, collaboration, and persistence. For over 50 years, Zygo Corporation in Middlefield, CT, has been a global leader in designing and manufacturing advanced optical metrology systems, ultra-precise optical components, and complex electro-optical systems and assemblies. Join our team, where your expertise will drive innovative solutions, address complex technical challenges, and uphold the highest standards of precision and safety.

As Manager, Facilities for our Extreme Precision Optics (EPO) business, you will lead a small team (and external contractors at times) to manage the facilities operations, maintenance and environmental health and safety program.  You will report to the site Director, Operations with a functional line to Zygo’s Manager of EHS.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Facilities:

• Lead preventive and predictive maintenance programs for building systems (HVAC, electrical, plumbing), including contract and vendor management for repairs, security, and maintenance

• Maintain facility layout plans and ensure compliance with building codes
• Own budgets for repairs, renovations, and vendor contracts
• Prepare and manage budgets for facility, aligned with Zygo HQ
• Manage site CAPEX facilities related projects

EHS and Sustainability:

• In coordination with Zygo’s Manager of EHS, develop, implement, and maintain EH&S programs, in compliance with OSHA, EPA, Cal/OSHA, Corporate, state, federal and local policies and regulations
• Ensure accountability of team and cross-team for compliance with policies, programs, and regulations
• Conduct regular safety audits, risk assessments, and hazard analyses and maintain accurate records for compliance, inspection and other reporting requirements
• Lead emergency preparedness planning, including fire safety, evacuation drills, and disaster recovery; respond to facility-related emergencies; implement corrective actions
• Investigate, with support of Human Resources, all incidents and in collaboration with leadership, implement corrective actions

• Oversee site waste management, hazardous materials handling/disposal, water conservation and other sustainability initiatives

• Monitor environmental impact and implement continuous improvement strategies.
• Ensure compliance with sustainability standards and all corporate environmental goals

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in EH&S, industrial or environmental engineering; project management certification preferred

• 6+ years of project/facility management in a manufacturing environment with demonstrated ability to understand technical specs and manufacturing processes; optics or precision component manufacturing preferred
• Working knowledge of EH&S regulations, ISO-9001 standards and Cal/OSHA; Total Quality Management principles a plus

• Collaborative, with ability to lead across functional teams and manage vendor relationships
• Initiative-taking communicator who has a bias for action and able to manage multiple stakeholders and challenge up, sometimes with competing demands.
• Highly ethical with standards for sustainability and adherence to policies and regulations; ability to identify and mitigate risk
• Detail-oriented and organized to prepare reports, budgets, schedules
• Results driven, solution-oriented problem-solver
• Ability to work with and in ERP systems as well as project management software (MS Project and Microsoft Navision a plus)

Bring your passion and commitment to Zygo, where we are curious, collaborative, persistent, and confident, where safety and quality guide every step of our journey. Grow with us as we solve complex challenges, inspire confidence, and drive excellence in manufacturing.

Are you ready to expand the boundaries of possibility, simplify the complex, and embody the values that define our success? We welcome your unique perspective and invite you to join us!

 We offer competitive compensation, benefits, (401k), and paid time off programs. Compensation and position level will be set based on experience.

Due to the nature of Zygo Navitar's programs and products, applicants must have the legal right to work in the US and additionally must be legally authorized to access export-controlled information and source code.