Manager, Machine Maintenance

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.

MANAGER, MACHINE MAINTENANCE

The Machine Maintenance Manager oversees a team of skill-diverse maintenance technicians who are solely responsible for ensuring SpaceX critical assets are operating daily, as designed, and at full effectiveness. They cover a large fleet of machine and system types including, but not limited to, precision CNC machining, robotic inspection equipment, complex ground fluid systems, automated electronics assembly lines, and high-powered welding apparatuses. It is the Machine Maintenance Manager’s responsibility to instill good, effective, and on-time tactical maintenance response to minimize company downtime and promote a fast-paced but painstakingly reliable repair culture.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure tactical maintenance teams practice and uphold on-time and low-variance production preventative maintenance execution
• Execute risk-based prioritization for unexpected asset downtime tickets; drive individualized ownership via balanced tactical technician silos
• Manage and communicate company-level updates during critical path NTL downtime events, ensure production managers understand asset configuration upon validation
• Manage ongoing relationships with commodities vendors, assess daily consumption and telemetry levels on all critical DI, gas, and cryogenic tank farms, and act accordingly
• Deploy training strategy for common reliability and maintenance utilized work tools; standardize tactical teams' use and knowledge of effective online tools for maintenance
• Ensure that maintenance employees have the training, tools, and materials they need to safely carry out their duties
• Work with EH&S and Supply Chain to ensure all internal resources follow SpaceX best practices
• Attend asset design reviews to provide feedback as pertaining to maintenance operations
• Deliver upon tactical team maintenance metrics to hold supervisors and silos accountable
• Provide direct and technical feedback from downtime findings to maintenance and reliability engineering to drive improvement plans, engage technicians in first pass root cause analysis during repairs
• Promote collaboration between teams for efficient utilization of skillsets
• Initiate internal technical training for common SpaceX OEM maintenance to de-couple expensive and slow external labor
• Develop and submit appropriate ROI strategies for external vs internal annual maintenance plans on common OEM assets
• Collaborate with business partners to drive change where necessary to improve asset reliability and operational efficiency

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or 4+ years of experience in one or more of the following: 
• Engineering 
• Production operations 
• Supply chain management 
• Military operations 
• 2+ years of leadership experience in manufacturing or production  
• 4+ years of experience in industrial maintenance, reliability, or ground systems

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 2+ years of experience in a SpaceX leadership role
• Ability to rapidly change priorities while working in a high-paced, challenging work environment; is excellent with progressive organizational tools for maintenance ops
• Technical leader who understands complex industrial precision machining equipment, specialized weld machines, heat treat furnaces, pressure systems, and inspection methods
• Advanced knowledge of machine troubleshooting techniques; highly skilled in electrical troubleshooting
• 3+ years of experience utilizing SpaceX maintenance tools, software, and WARP functionality for driving production machine repairs and root cause
• Hands-on experience repairing equipment controls systems, machine subsystems, and diverse subsets of industrial automation
• Developed understanding of mechanical, fluid, and electrical components
• Ability to read and understand equipment schematics and OEM manuals
• Demonstrates critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to demonstrate a high sense of urgency
• Strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills
• Excellent skill level using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook), Smartsheet, Jira and other organizational software

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Mus