Sr. Control Scheduler (Facilities)

Sr. Control Scheduler (Facilities)

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.

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 :

Preferred Skills and Experience :

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Compensation and Benefits :

Pay range : Senior Control Scheduler : $105,000.00 - $135,000.00 / 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.