HVAC Supervisor, Chilled Water Systems - Memphis

SpaceXSI; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXSI is seeking an HVAC Supervisor to lead a facilities operations team supporting the Southaven and Memphis campuses. You will design, activate, and maintain advanced chilled-water systems and related infrastructure, while managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

As a supervisor, you will ensure safety, optimize maintenance costs, coach technicians, and collaborate with vendors to deliver reliable building systems that reflect SpaceXSI’s standards and customer expectations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; facilities management experience required.
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree and knowledge of building management systems; experience with budgets and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team for inspections, maintenance, and repair of campus-wide systems including mechanical/HVAC, electrical, compressed air, dust collectors, plumbing, and other maintenance programs.
• Lead and direct a team of plumbing, compressed air, electrical, and HVAC facility technicians.
• Schedule daily work and prioritize assignments.
• Develop, plan and execute site improvement projects in line with business objectives and strategy.
• Observe safety procedures and report unsafe acts or conditions; stop work when unsafe.
• Maintain records for all trades as required.
• Know mechanical equipment such as chilled water systems, boilers, VFDs, pumps, PLCs, condensers, chillers and other equipment.
• Communicate with Manager on daily activities, projects, team morale and issues.
• Manage vendor/contractor finances; coordinate with buyers and accounts payable.
• Oversee team coaching and development to improve performance.

Skills

Facilities management

Team leadership

Independent work

Deadline-driven

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in construction, engineering or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Asset management software

Job description

HVAC Supervisor, Chilled Water Systems - Memphis

Southaven, MS; Memphis, TN

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 making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

HVAC SUPERVISOR

As a supervisor on the facilities operations team, you will help design, build, activate, and maintain some of the world’s most technically advanced facilities. You will be able to operate with autonomy to solve diverse and complex problems, excel at managing multiple projects at a time, and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The Facilities Supervisor is an important role and directly impacts the foundation of the Southaven and Memphis sites. This position will help ensure that we keep facility maintenance costs low, keep vendors competitive and efficient, and find better ways to enhance our image with customers, visitors, and VIPs. Our facility care is a direct reflection of our values, and the impact is immense.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead a team responsible for performing inspections, testing, maintenance, and repair of campus-wide systems; including mechanical/HVAC, electrical, compressed air, dust collectors, plumbing tasks (backflow preventers/etc), as well as other preventative maintenance and repair programs covered by facilities operations
• Lead and direct a team of plumbing, compressed air, electrical, and HVAC-focused facility technicians
• Schedule daily work and prioritize assignments
• Develop, plan and execute site improvement projects in accordance with overall business objectives and strategy
• Know and understand all safety procedures of SpaceXSI in order to observe the work of contractors and bring safety concerns to their attention as needed. Report all unsafe acts and conditions which remain uncorrected to supervisor. Allow no work to be performed when conditions are considered unsafe
• Maintain appropriate records for all trades as required
• Know and understand mechanical equipment such as: chilled water systems, boilers, VFDs, pumps, PLC’s, condensers, split systems, air compressors, dust collectors and other mechanical equipment
• Communicate with Manager on daily activities, projects, team moral and concerning issues
• Manage vendor/contractor finances. Work with SpaceXSI buyers and accounts payable to assure accounts are maintained
• Oversee team of techs, driving overall performance and effectiveness through individual coaching and development

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 3+ years of experience with facilities management

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in construction, engineering or equivalent
• Knowledge of building management and automated facilities monitoring systems and processes such as: HVAC systems, fluid plumbing systems, generators, compressed air systems or fuel storage systems
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications such as Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint
• Experience managing budgets andthird-party vendors
• Experience negotiating contracts and comparing service costs to achieve maximum value
• Experience with asset management software
• High attention to detail and cleanliness standards
• Ability to work independently with little direction
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Ability to anticipate needs and develop innovative solutions for continuous improvement