Real Estate Project Manager

Skeleton Technologies•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Skeleton Technologies is seeking a Real Estate Project Manager to join its team in California, US. The role owns the end-to-end delivery of a site for a new cell production line, from site selection and permitting through design, construction, commissioning, and handover. The Project Manager acts as the owner’s representative and is accountable for delivering a production-ready facility on time, on budget, and suited to the production process. The position defines utility concepts with process engineering and equipment suppliers and leads the design and delivery of electrical supply, HVAC, process and purified water, wastewater treatment, process gases, fire protection, hazardous-material systems, IT/OT, and building management systems. It also selects and manages designers and specialist consultants, sets the delivery strategy, conducts contractor tendering and award, and manages construction, safety, quality, schedule, change control, claims, commissioning, documentation, and operator training. A major focus is developing and executing the California permitting roadmap, including applicable land-use, environmental, building, air, hazardous-material, wastewater, stormwater, fire, occupancy, and operating approvals. The role owns the capital budget, schedule, and risk register; reports status and decisions to management; coordinates with internal functions; and manages consultant and contractor contracts and audit-ready documentation.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in industrial facility development or construction project management.
Delivered at least one manufacturing plant end to end, from design through commissioning.
Proven delivery experience with heavy industrial utilities, such as high-capacity power, HVAC, process water, gases, and dry rooms or clean rooms.
Hands-on California permitting experience involving CEQA, planning departments, air districts, CUPA, and fire authorities.
Experience managing capex budgets above $50M with multiple contractors and consultants.
Project management skills across budget, schedule, risk, and change control, along with contract management and tendering experience, including design-build, EPCM, or GMP.
Technical understanding of MEP systems, process utilities, and building codes, including CBC, Title 24, and fire code.
Negotiation skills with contractors, utilities, and authorities.
Strong reporting and presentation skills and fluent English.
Proficiency with MS Project, Primavera, Procore, or similar tools.
Bachelor’s degree in civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related field.
Self-driven and comfortable being the first person on the ground.
Structured and decisive under time pressure.
Able to build trust quickly with authorities, partners, and internal teams and communicate clearly across cultures and levels.

Nice To Haves

Background in battery, semiconductor, chemical, pharmaceutical, or other high-tech manufacturing.
Master’s degree or MBA.
Certifications such as PMP, PE, LEED AP, or CCM.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end path from site selection to a production-ready building for the new California cell production line.
Find and secure an appropriate location and lead the design and construction of utilities and infrastructure.
Act as the owner’s representative to brokers, landlords, utilities, authorities, designers, and contractors, with accountability for schedule, budget, and production suitability.
Define the cell line utility concept with process engineering and equipment suppliers.
Lead design of electrical supply, including utility interconnection, substation, distribution, backup power, and UPS.
Lead design of HVAC systems, including dry rooms or clean rooms requiring controlled humidity and temperature.
Lead design of chilled water, cooling towers, compressed air, vacuum, nitrogen, and other process gases.
Lead design of process and purified water, wastewater pre-treatment, solvent recovery, and exhaust treatment.
Lead design of fire protection, gas detection, hazardous-material storage, IT/OT, and building management systems.
Select and manage architects, engineers of record, and specialist consultants through all design phases.
Set the delivery strategy, such as design-build, EPCM, or GMP, and lead contractor tendering and award.
Manage contractors through site works, shell construction, fit-out, and utility installation, including tie-ins to production equipment.
Enforce Cal/OSHA safety, quality, and schedule requirements; manage change control and claims.
Lead commissioning and handover, including as-built documentation and operator training.
Develop and manage the permitting roadmap, including applicable entitlements and permits for zoning, land use, CEQA environmental review, building, grading, MEP, fire, air, hazardous materials, wastewater, stormwater, occupancy, and operations.
Build relationships with planning departments, fire marshals, air districts, water boards, and utilities.
Own the capex budget, schedule, and risk register, and report status and decisions to management.
Coordinate with production, engineering, EHS, procurement, finance, legal, and HR.
Manage consultant and contractor contracts and maintain audit-ready documentation.