Control Scheduler (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.

CONTROL SCHEDULER  (MAINTENANCE)  

As a member of the critical infrastructure department, you will own and lead the entire control process and scheduling for a technically excellent facilities engineering and repair team. You will directly be responsible for keeping the backbone of our facilities in working order, managing all of the intake, control, communication and scheduling to design, build and maintain infrastructure that will enable orbital launch capability for the largest rocket in the entire world.  

Your team will have extreme ownership over the built environment: including engineering ownership for all of the electrical power engineering, mechanical systems, fire life safety, automation, controls, and reliability engineering for the largest site at SpaceX. You will work directly with other managers, business leaders, executive staff, and internal teams (construction engineers, architects, trade partners, and customers) to support these goals and have the opportunity to drive real global impact, ultimately leading to making life multiplanetary. The position is based in Hawthorne, CA. 

 RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Be the face of external communications from the department to clients, providing quick, reliable and world class service.  
• Manage scheduling and forecasting, career development, extreme ownership of total execution, building safety and reliability controls into our operations. 
• Push/pull work into the shop to improve lead times, reduce stagnation, and meet schedule needs. 
• Utilize production, operations planning, and engineering support to eliminate internal and external blockers to deliver service on time. 
• Lead efforts to uncover root-cause and develop permanent resolution on issues found during builds or repairs as required. 
• Provide tactical and strategic long-range scheduling expertise to our production teams. 
• Coordinate and review input from engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and business development to support and maintain master schedules.  
• Work across all departments to understand critical work requests ahead and behind targets to mitigate schedule impact risks. 
• Utilize factory scheduler application (Jira) and other applicable tools to ensure work is scheduled and prioritized accurately and efficiently, and resources allocated appropriately. 
• Ensure fixture, tooling, and equipment requirements are properly scheduled to facilitate an efficient production process. 
• Support accuracy of internal logistics movement of critical work. 
• Provide daily visibility, weekly status, and monthly reviews on schedule performance. 
• Create and leverage metrics using queries and Excel to highlight blockers and determine schedule risks. 
• Manage, execute, and simplify demand signals based on maintenance planning, repair consumption, and existing repair/PM workflow across maintenance, ground, tooling, and automation groups. 
• Coordinate with suppliers, Maintenance Engineers and Technicians to identify substitutes for obsolete or long lead time components. 
• Forecast demand volume and optimize ordering strategies to balance inventory levels and minimize purchase frequency for high consumption parts. 
• Work directly with direct reports and team to plan, resource, and execute projects based off manifest needs and requests of the operation to bolster process and efficiency improvements. 
• Communicate and deliver on a multitude of design build projects, maintain extreme organizational and communication skills and direct interaction with SpaceX executive leadership.  
• Oversee trade partners and design engineering solutions internally for work onsite related to the facilities infrastructure maintenance including all mechanical, structural, HVAC, electrical, and water systems to meet corporate standards and deliver promised services and materials. 
• Provide technical support and information to ensure team members are the subject matters experts in their retrospective fields.  
• Conduct continuous assessment of resource needs, including responsibility for support projects and life cycle operational costs. 
• Track and communicate key performance indicators, such as safety metrics, quality metrics, labor trends, and operating expenses to the team and executive leadership. 
• Define and monitor metrics indicating infrastructure cost; drive spend forecasting and strategies for cost savings. 
• Develop and maintain relationships with external contractors and key stakeholders. 

 BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of experience working in supply chain, production, engineering, or a project management function. 
• Experience with infrastructure systems – building management, automated facilities monitoring systems, HVAC systems, fluid plumbing systems, high-power electrical systems, telecommunications infrastructure, fire suppression systems, or generators.

 PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Practical experience with ERP/MRP systems in a production environment. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel. 
• Experience writing queries with SQL. 
• Familiarity with lean principles, six sigma and Kaizen concepts. 
• Strong work ethic and drive for constant improvement balanced with the ability to work effectively in a team environment. 
• Ability to understand and provide feedback on facility designs and maintenance operations.
• Must be organized and self-driven capable of working independently with little direction. 
• Ability to independently and effectively manage projects in an extremely fast paced and changing environment. 
• Oversee projects on time, deal with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and work with a diverse array of contacts. 

 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: 

• Must be willing to work long hours and occasional weekends when necessary to support launch and critical project timelines. 
• Occasionally exposed to work in extreme outdoor environments, requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise. 
• Ability to travel – up to 5%. 

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:    

Pay range:    
Control Scheduler/Level I: $75,000.00 - $95,000.00/per year    

Control Scheduler/Level II: $90,000.00 - $115,000.00/per year
    
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. 

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation & will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.  

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.