Datacenter Facilities Operations Lead

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term incentives (stock)

Discretionary bonuses

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Disability and life insurance

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation (3 weeks)

Paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Manager, Facilities Operations (Datacenters) to lead the backbone infrastructure across multiple sites and ensure reliable power, HVAC, fire protection, and related systems for all assets. The role oversees maintenance, repair, and installation of facility infrastructure while coordinating with engineers on project execution.

Key responsibilities include overseeing a diverse team, scheduling, and lifecycle cost analysis, with on-call support and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• 3+ years of experience working in a technical and hands-on capacity in construction, facility maintenance, or manufacturing support environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team of supervisors and technicians dedicated to ensuring zero unplanned interruption in services to employees and customers.
• Manage scheduling and forecasting, career development, extreme ownership of total execution, building safety and reliability controls into our operations.
• Work directly with engineers to plan, resource, and execute projects based off manifest needs and requests of the operation to bolster process and efficiency improvements.
• Review work instructions and executed work to improve the overall process of the work center and the individual execution of the team.
• Conduct continuous assessment of resource needs, including responsibility for support projects and life cycle operational costs.
• Oversee contractors for work on site related to the facilities infrastructure maintenance including all mechanical, structural, HVAC, electrical, and water systems to ensure vendors meet corporate standards and deliver promised services and materials.
• Manage overall preventative maintenance onsite, help develop priorities and strategies for large repair/replacement.
• Manage the company fleet vehicles (non-flight hardware related), maintenance, registration, insurance and coordinate purchasing.
• Track and communicate key performance indicators, such as safety metrics, quality metrics, labor trends, and operating expenses to the team and executive leadership.
• Provide on-call 24x7 support for any facility related troubleshooting or emergency repairs.

Skills

Facility leadership

HVAC knowledge

Electrical systems

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture or construction

Tools

Building management systems

Automated facilities monitoring

Generators

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Manager, Facilities Operations (Datacenters) to lead the backbone infrastructure across multiple sites and ensure reliable power, HVAC, fire protection, and related systems for all assets. The role oversees maintenance, repair, and installation of facility infrastructure while coordinating with engineers on project execution.

Key responsibilities include overseeing a diverse team, scheduling, and lifecycle cost analysis, with on-call support and travel as needed.