Machine Maintenance Supervisor
Starlink
Posted on 12/3/2022
INACTIVE
SpaceX

10,001+ employees

Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
Company Overview
SpaceX, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has consistently demonstrated its technical prowess and industry leadership by achieving milestones previously accomplished only by governments, such as returning a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and attaching a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The company's culture is driven by a clear and ambitious goal to make life multiplanetary, fostering an environment of high performance and continuous learning. With its advanced rocket and spacecraft designs, SpaceX has a competitive edge in the space transportation industry, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA and working towards the future of space exploration.
Aerospace
Hardware

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$9.2B

Founded

2002

Headquarters

Hawthorne, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

33%
Locations
West Athens, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of professional experience in machining, maintenance, or production/manufacturing; or 5+ years of professional experience in machining, maintenance, or production/manufacturing
  • 2+ years of experience in a direct leadership role
  • Degree in an engineering discipline
  • Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with engineering and production teams
  • Ability to adapt to constant changing work assignments and a fast paced work environment
  • Experience applying lean manufacturing principles, and efficiency methods
  • Ability to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
  • Ability to lift, stand, climb, bend, grasp, sit, pull, push, stoop, stretch, and carry are generally required to perform the functions of this position
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
Responsibilities
  • Build and lead a competent team of multi-skilled technicians capable of dealing with the varying process equipment supporting the build process
  • Create and update PM work plans and schedules for all assets
  • Support the engineers/planner with establishing the type of corrective maintenance and requested completion date, based on the analyses of each asset in failure, in order to create the required PM schedule
  • Partner with engineering team, keeping up to date with all new developing technology that could improve our production operations
  • Build a spares inventory that supports the maintenance strategy for each equipment type
  • Responsible for supporting the scheduler to assign technicians and contractors to complete all PM schedule
  • Responsible for supervising the execution of all maintenance work including emergency breakdown situation and monitoring progress
  • Troubleshooting as needed to ensure a timely completion
  • Communicate progress to the stakeholders at any time during the work
  • Develop and manage metrics like Uptime, OEE and mean time to repair that will steer the correct decision making in the department
  • Responsible for verifying all activities have been executed as planned and confirming that the asset is working again, according to required values
  • Establishes possible residual effects and take required action to prevent problems from reoccurring
  • Responsible for root cause analysis reports to feedback learning and improvement opportunities to the maintenance engineers and asset owners to further improve maintenance performance
  • Assign the correct skills to each situation and maintain a skills matrix for all technicians and identify their training needs
  • Report and keep a daily log of activities and create major breakdown reports and manage workforce shift utilization as well as absence request