SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.
About the role
SpaceX is building and operating large-scale power generation for launch and compute. This role runs construction of the power plant in the field: civil, mechanical, and electrical installation of turbines and balance of plant, through mechanical completion and handoff to commissioning. This is not a desk job. You will be in the field, running the work. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience constructing utility-scale power plants in a field leadership role
- Experience leading construction of at least one large gas turbine installation (frame or aeroderivative), including balance of plant
- Direct experience managing contractors on a heavy industrial site
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
- Must be available for full-time site presence
More about this role
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
SR. ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION MANAGER (POWER PLANT)
SpaceX is building and operating large-scale power generation for launch and compute. This role runs construction of the power plant in the field: civil, mechanical, and electrical installation of turbines and balance of plant, through mechanical completion and handoff to commissioning. This is not a desk job. You will be in the field, running the work.
- Lead on-site construction for gas turbine power plants and associated balance of plant
- Direct contractors, superintendents, and SpaceX construction staff; own the daily plan
- Run direct-hire craft and subcontract crews through superintendents and general foremen; set craft loading by area
- Hold safety, quality, and schedule; stop work that is wrong
- Own the site safety program: LOTO, permit-to-work, hot work, NFPA 70E, and stop-work authority for everyone on site
- Set quality hold points for...
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