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Supervisor, Equipment Maintenance (Starship) - Night Shift

SpaceX · Starbase, TX · On-site

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About SpaceX

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 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.

What they're looking for

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • 2+ years of experience leading a team, including leading projects and people
  • 5+ years of technical experience with hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and electrical repair
  • Must be available for all shifts, overtime, and weekends as needed
  • Capable of being forklift and boom lift certified
  • Capable of lifting 50 pounds unassisted and working at heights
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.

  • Work with maintenance manager to perform full spectrum analysis on asset reliability improvement opportunities, such as suggesting improved preventative maintenance actions, identification of design flaws, with a top down approach to maintenance demand driver reduction
  • Lead a team of technicians through daily repairs, preventative maintenance actions, complex continuous improvement projects, to ensure maximum asset availability for Starbase manufacturing
  • Manage weekly workload distribution and technician task assignments
  • Triage of incoming maintenance requests from internal customers, and effectively resource manage priority workload with all available resources
  • Work with third-party vendors for parts acquisition, asset documentation standards, training, and on-site maintenance actions
  • Act as a subject matter expert in equipment maintenance troubleshooting, mechatronics, project management,...

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Starship Production Maintenance

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