Launch Complex Maintenance & Exploitation Coordinator

MaiaSpace; France; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

MaiaSpace, a European space tech company, is hiring a Launch Complex Maintenance & Exploitation Coordinator to lead the maintenance and exploitation activities at the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. You will define maintenance needs, coordinate with CNES and ground partners, manage subcontractors, and drive continuous improvements.

We seek a Master in mechanics or fluidics with 10+ years in facilities management, strong knowledge of mechanical/fluidics maintenance, and demonstrated Agile

Qualifications

• Master degree in mechanics or fluidics engineering.
• 10+ years of professional experience in facilities management.
• Sound knowledge of mechanical and fluidics process maintenance.
• Ability to define and manage maintenance contracts.
• Autonomous, proactive attitude towards resolution of problems.
• Team player with the ability to collaborate with people from different disciplines.
• Knowledge or practice of Agile methodology.

Responsabilités

• Define the Facilities & Ground Process Maintenance Needs and High Level Requirements.
• Analyze different industrial organization schemes to meet recurring costs targets.
• Be the main interface of CNES local team and Ground partners, in particular to : Manage subcontractors activities; Validate and negotiate extraworks; Manage anomalies on Facilities and “Servitudes” (HVAC, Energy, …).
• Drive continuous improvements tasks on this perimeter.
• Be accountable of Launch Complex Facilities availability for the acceptance phasis, combined tests phasis and first campaigns.
• Prepare and manage the exploitation phasis (mechanical and fluidics process maintenance plan, revalidation plan, …).
• Take an active part in the “Launch System Operations” team’s life and on MaiaSpace activities management on the Launch Site.

Connaissances

Mechanical maintenance

Fluidics maintenance

Maintenance contracts

Agile methodology

Autonomous

Teamwork

Formation

Master degree in mechanics or fluidics engineering

Description du poste

MaiaSpace is a European space tech company, designing, manufacturing and operating competitive and sustainable solutions for space mobility. We are driven by the belief that access to space is a major enabler for a better and more sustainable life on Earth, addressing the challenges faced by humanity: climate, resources, connectivity, and data. Our aim is to successfully design and test a cost-effective and reusable mini-launch vehicle.

Launch Complex Maintenance & Exploitation Coordinator

As part of the “Launch System Operations” team, you are in charge to define the right level of Maintenance & Exploitation tasks to fulfill MaiaSpace operational objectives.

You will act as an autonomous leader, with the following duties:

• Define the Facilities & Ground Process Maintenance Needs and High Level Requirements

• Analyze of the different industrial organization schemes that allow achieving the recurring costs targets

• Be the main interface of CNES local team and Ground partners, in particular to :

  • Manage subcontractors activities

  • Validate and negotiate extraworks

  • Manage anomalies on Facilities and “Servitudes” (HVAC, Energy, …)

  • Drive continuous improvements tasks on this perimeter

• Be accountable of Launch Complex Facilities availability for the acceptance phasis, combined tests phasis and first campaigns

• Prepare and manage the exploitation phasis (mechanical and fluidics process maintenance plan, revalidation plan, …)

• Take an active part in the “Launch System Operations” team’s life and on the MaiaSpace activities management on the Launch Site

Qualifications and Skills

• Master degree or equivalent in mechanics or fluidics engineering

• > 10 years of professional experience in the field of facilities management

• Sound knowledge of mechanical and fluidics process maintenance

• Ability to define and manage maintenance contracts

• Autonomous, proactive attitude towards resolution of problems

• Team player with the ability to collaborate with people from different disciplines

• Knowledge or practice of Agile methodology

Date and working site

• Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

• Desired start date: September 2026

Working at MaiaSpace

You will be joining a friendly multi-disciplinary team, comprised of multi-skilled people, following Agile and Scrum methodologies. This means that your role and responsibility may evolve over time with varied assignments and challenges depending on priorities and competences. Your work will be hands-on and in close contact with the final product. We are open-minded, transparent, pragmatic, result oriented and people centric. Teamwork is at the heart of how we work together and our co-workers share the same fundamental values: respect, humility, reactivity and autonomy with a passion for technical excellence. Engineering is organized in small teams focused on a product that bring together polyvalent profiles rather than hyper-specialists. Meaning that your field of action is likely to evolve, depending on your skills and on your Team priorities for each « sprint » period.

The Company has offices in Paris and industrial/test facilities in Vernon (Normandie), and the launch site is located in French Guyana.

Written and spoken communication is in French and English.