Site Launch Captain: Infra, Power & Permits

Flytrex Inc.; Pilot Point (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Flytrex is scaling backyard drone delivery across DFW. The Site Infrastructure & Launch Manager owns each new site from approval through first delivery and into stable operations, building the critical path for readiness, power, permits, and partner readiness.

You are the launch captain, solving blockers and ensuring go/no-go readiness across infrastructure and safety. This role requires managing electrical builds, utility coordination, inspections, and budgets, with hands-on field work across

Qualifications

• 5+ years in operations, launch, deployment, infrastructure rollout, or logistics.
• 3+ years of hands-on electrical or power infrastructure field experience: commercial or industrial electrical, EV charging installation, solar and storage, telecom or tower power, generator or BESS.
• Working knowledge of the NEC. You can build a load calculation, read a one-line diagram and a panel schedule, size a service and a generator, and know when work requires a licensed electrician.
• Experience working with utilities on new service and with city inspectors on permits, inspections, and corrections.
• Experience writing scopes, getting bids, and managing electricians, contractors, and vendors to drawings, budget, and dates.
• Strong field judgment: you can tell the difference between a plan that looks ready and a site that is ready, and you switch between executive updates and site-level detail without losing either.
• Comfortable with low-voltage and basic networking (cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet) and GPS or RTK hardware.
• Clear written communication. You document what you build and what you learned.

Responsibilities

• Own new sites from approval through launch and stable operations to hit target go-live dates.
• Build and run critical path plans covering site readiness, power, permits, operations, staffing, and partners; address risks early with solutions.
• Act as on-ground launch captain to clear blockers and elevate decision-ready options to leadership.
• Enforce go/no-go criteria across infrastructure, safety, and flight readiness, running acceptance checkouts before first flight.
• Lead post-launch reviews to update playbooks for faster, lower-cost future rollouts.
• Confirm operational readiness and hand off fully tested, energized, and documented sites to operations.

Skills

Operations

Launch management

Infrastructure rollout

Vendor management

Electrical field work

Permitting

Power infrastructure

Communication

Tools

Monday.com

Smartsheet

Looker

RTK hardware

Job description

Flytrex is scaling backyard drone delivery across DFW. The Site Infrastructure & Launch Manager owns each new site from approval through first delivery and into stable operations, building the critical path for readiness, power, permits, and partner readiness.

You are the launch captain, solving blockers and ensuring go/no-go readiness across infrastructure and safety. This role requires managing electrical builds, utility coordination, inspections, and budgets, with hands-on field work across