Workplace Resources, Sr Staff
Construction, Engineering & Trades · Architecture & Planning · Construction Management · Facilities Maintenance
In short
This Sr Staff Workplace Resources position in Sunnyvale, California, involves managing facilities projects, budgets, and operations for Synopsys's largest Americas offices. The role requires a Bachelor's degree, 5-7+ years of experience, and strong knowledge of MEP systems, project management, and budget analysis.
Responsibilities
- Manage ongoing facilities projects across multiple Americas offices, from site selection and design review through construction oversight and final delivery.
- Review and estimate costs for design work, equipment procurement, installation labor, materials, site preparation, and all associated project expenses.
- Inspect construction and installation progress against drawings, specifications, schedules, and code requirements to ensure conformance and quality.
- Maintain day-to-day operations by coordinating moves, adds, changes, office services, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems across your portfolio of sites.
- Oversee outside contractors and vendors, ensuring work quality, schedule adherence, and alignment with Synopsys standards and safety protocols.
- Prepare and manage operating expense budgets, track expenditures, analyze variances, and recommend capital investments to support site and business objectives.
- Provide regular project and operational updates to management, flagging risks early and proposing solutions with supporting data.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 5 to 7+ years of facilities management, project management, or corporate workplace operations experience.
- Demonstrated project management experience in a corporate or high-tech environment, ideally managing multiple concurrent projects across distributed sites.
- Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, including troubleshooting, vendor management, and compliance with applicable codes.
- Experience preparing and managing budgets, analyzing cost variances, and making data-driven recommendations on capital and operating expenses.
- Proficiency with Excel for budget tracking and analysis, PowerPoint for stakeholder updates, and Microsoft Word for documentation and reporting.
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly across the Americas to visit sites, oversee projects, and support field offices as needed.
- Availability for 24/7 on-call status to respond to urgent facilities issues, system failures, or critical site needs.
Desired Qualifications
- Ability to walk into a construction site, spot issues, and have direct conversations with contractors to resolve them without damaging relationships.
- Organized to juggle multiple active projects, vendor escalations, and budget reviews simultaneously.
- Clear communication skills across different levels of the organization.
- Ability to work independently and make decisions with incomplete information, course-correcting as needed.
- Proactive approach with a strong point of view on effective facilities management and a willingness to challenge plans that compromise operational reality.
- Sound judgment for prioritizing competing demands and balancing cost, quality, schedule, and risk.
Benefits
- Comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits.
- Total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.
- Eligible for an annual bonus, equity, and other discretionary bonuses.
- Competitive total rewards package.
Skills
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft Word
#Workplace Resources#Facilities Management#Project Management#Corporate Real Estate#MEP Systems#Budget Management#Vendor Management#Construction Oversight
About Synopsys Inc
Smart, Secure Everything—From Silicon to Software Synopsys technology is at the heart of innovations that are changing the way we live and work. The Internet of Things. Autonomous cars. Wearables. Smart medical devices. Secure financial services. Machine learning and computer vision. These breakthroughs are ushering in the era of Smart, Secure Everything―where devices are getting smarter, everything’s connected, and everything must be secure. Powering this new era of technology are advanced silicon chips, which are made even smarter by the remarkable software that drives them. Synopsys is at…
Company
Synopsys IncJob Posted
2 weeks ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Salary
US$129,000–193,000 / year
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Sunnyvale, United States
Qualification
Bachelor
Applicants
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