Asset Maintenance Manager, Aerospace Reliability & Growth

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space is building rockets with a strong focus on manufacturing reliability. The Asset Maintenance Manager will lead a team of supervisors and technicians, drive preventive maintenance, and advance equipment reliability across our manufacturing assets to support production milestones.

You will partner with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, and Supply Chain to reduce downtime and optimize maintenance spend while guiding data-based improvements.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in industrial maintenance, equipment reliability, or manufacturing operations in high-reliability environments.
• 3+ years of experience managing maintenance teams, including supervisors/leads.
• Strong knowledge of troubleshooting and repair of complex manufacturing equipment (mechanical/electrical/hydraulic/pneumatic and controls).
• Experience building preventive maintenance, CMMS, and reliability programs that improve availability.
• Proven ability to lead root cause analysis, coordinate OEM/vendor repairs, manage priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead asset maintenance operations across manufacturing equipment, driving availability and preventive maintenance completion.
• Coach and develop maintenance supervisors and technicians with clear ownership and escalation paths.
• Own maintenance performance via CMMS and key metrics like downtime, repair cycle time, and backlog.
• Collaborate with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Supply Chain, and vendors to troubleshoot failures and implement corrective actions.
• Develop preventive/predictive maintenance strategies based on asset criticality and risk.
• Manage maintenance spending, service vendors, and lifecycle decisions balancing safety and production needs.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Asset maintenance

Troubleshooting

Maintenance programs

CMMS

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

CMMS

ERP/MRP

Data analytics

Job description

Relativity Space is building rockets with a strong focus on manufacturing reliability. The Asset Maintenance Manager will lead a team of supervisors and technicians, drive preventive maintenance, and advance equipment reliability across our manufacturing assets to support production milestones.

You will partner with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, and Supply Chain to reduce downtime and optimize maintenance spend while guiding data-based improvements.