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. SUPERVISOR, EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE (STARLINK) – NIGHT SHIFT At SpaceX we’re leveraging our experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy Starlink, the world’s most advanced broadband internet system. Starlink is the world’s largest satellite constellation and is providing fast, reliable internet to 10M+ users worldwide. We design, build, test, and operate all parts of the system – thousands of satellites, consumer receivers that allow users to connect within minutes of unboxing, and the software that brings it all together. We’ve only begun to scratch the surface of Starlink’s potential global impact and are looking for best-in-class engineers to help maximize Starlink’s utility for communities and businesses around the world. SpaceX is looking for an experienced machine maintenance supervisor to oversee maintenance activities that support the Starlink program. The maintenance supervisor will be responsible for building
the team and developing all the processes necessary to create a high performing maintenance department. This candidate should have strong leadership skills and extensive experience managing schedules and workflows while working in a fast paced environment, .
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 Establish 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, create major breakdown reports, and manage workforce shift utilization as well as absence request BASIC