Construction Project Manager

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking a Project Manager to lead capital construction projects supporting rocket manufacturing in Long Beach. You will oversee design, scheduling, and delivery of high-bay facilities and supporting infrastructure, ensuring safety, cost control, and regulatory compliance.

You will manage budgets, coordinate with multiple teams (Manufacturing, Propulsion, PBF, Avionics, Facilities), and drive projects from planning through execution in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive PM experience.
• Proven delivery of capital and development projects.
• Strong understanding of heavy equipment foundations and structural systems.
• Knowledge of MEP and process utilities.
• Experience managing A/E firms, contractors, and design-build projects.
• Experience in aerospace, rocket manufacturing, or similarly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning, design, and execution of capital construction projects.
• Direct oversight of large and small-scale budgets and cost-benefit analyses.
• Develop and implement risk-mitigation frameworks to safeguard delivery timeliness and quality.
• Continuously evaluate lifecycles to improve workflow efficiency and apply best practices.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Risk management

Financial analysis

Stakeholder communication

Execution focus

Job description

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team:

The Construction Design and Delivery team is at the core of Relativity's growth and development. Through our collaboration and expertise, we deliver projects that lay the foundation for Relativity's future success. In essence, we build the factory that builds the rockets! We are responsible for cross functional relationships with reams such as Manufacturing, Propulsion, PBF, Avionics, Machine Shop, Facilities, EHS, and Security to name a few, working through design specification and execution of critical infrastructure projects that supports the mission of work centers. Our relationships don't stop there, working daily with government agencies, utility suppliers, vendors and contractors who support our factory build out. Our team ensures that all projects meet operational requirements, safety and environmental codes, all the while remaining within budget, delivering on time, and to the highest quality as we help to drive production forward.

About the Role:

The Project Manager position is responsible for the planning, design, and execution of capital construction projects supporting rocket manufacturing. This role oversees delivery of complex, high-bay, mission-critical facilities- and supporting infrastructure- ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with aerospace, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

• Work with Design team to orchestrate projects to ensure direct alignment with long-term corporate objectives. Facilitate strategic planning to start and rive work completion
• Direct oversight of large and small-scale budgets. Responsible for rigorous cost-benefit analysis, resource allocation, and maintaining project profitability through proactive financial auditing
• Design and implement comprehensive risk-mitigation frameworks. Predict potential system bottlenecks and engineer sophisticated contingency strategies to safeguard delivery timeliness and quality standards. Aggressively work eliminate// minimize and negative impacts to the company's mission
• Continuous evaluation of project lifecycles ti identify and institutionalize workflow efficiencies. Execute "best practice" methodologies to minimize further operational friction

About You:

5+ years of progressive PM experience, with a documenteeed history of delivering high-stakes, million-dollar initiatives

Proven delivery of capital and development projects, preferably in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, defense, or energy

Strong understanding of:

• Heavy equipment foundations and structural systems
• MEP and process utilities

Experience managing A/E firms, contractors, design-build firms, and multiple concurrent projects

Experience in aerospace, rocket manufacturing, or similary regulated environments

Knowledge of hazardous materials, propulsion systems, or test facillities

Experience with fast-track and design-build project delivery models

Strong financial and schedule control discipline

Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

High ownership mindset with a bias toward execution

Nice to haves, but not required:

• Experience in aerospace, rocket manufacturing, or similary regulated environments
• Knowledge of hazardous materials, propulsion systems, or test facillities
• Experience with fast-track and design-build project delivery models
• Strong financial and schedule control discipline
• Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• High ownership mindset with a bias toward execution

Hiring Range:

$96,000 — $127,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Please note: Relativity Space does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or referrals from recruitment agencies or search firms. Any unsolicited submission - via email, our website, social media, or directly to an employee - will be deemed the property of Relativity Space, and no fee will be owed absent a current, fully executed agreement with Talent Acquisition that specifically authorizes submissions for the applicable role.