Onsite Facilities Manager: Lead Maintenance and Reliability

SpaceX; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Facilities Manager to lead a cross-functional team at Starbase, TX. The role focuses on maintaining mechanical systems, safety drives, and cost-aware operations to sustain high reliability.

You will coordinate with site leadership, plan projects, and oversee contractors ensuring standards and timely completion. Strong communication, engineering background, and hands-on experience are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency; 3+ years in technical/hands-on capacity in construction, facility maintenance, or HVAC systems.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering preferred.
• Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team of 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 sites leadership 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, HVAC, electrical, building control systems and water systems to ensure vendors meet corporate standards and deliver promised services and materials
• Manage overall preventative maintenance at all sites, help develop priorities and strategies for large repair/replacement
• 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 24/7 support for any facility related troubleshooting or emergency repairs

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equiv

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Building management systems

HVAC controls

Electrical systems

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Facilities Manager to lead a cross-functional team at Starbase, TX. The role focuses on maintaining mechanical systems, safety drives, and cost-aware operations to sustain high reliability.

You will coordinate with site leadership, plan projects, and oversee contractors ensuring standards and timely completion. Strong communication, engineering background, and hands-on experience are essential.