Sr. Operations Engineer, Blades and Vanes Foundry

Bastrop, TXfull time

On Site

senior

H1B: no

SpaceX Sr. Operations Engineer at SpaceX leads the construction, buildout, and operational ramp-up of a new blades and vanes foundry. The role involves project management, lean manufacturing design, and coordination with multiple stakeholders to deliver projects on time and under budget.

Responsibilities

Design and own factory and production area layouts that follow lean principles, emphasizing clear visual indicators, linear flow, and operational efficiency.
Own the full lifecycle of the foundry buildout, ensuring on-time and under-budget delivery of complex projects with minimum time and expense to the business.
Act as the primary construction project manager and extreme owner for all multi-discipline aspects of the project, both in the field and office.
Get hands-on and lead by example to ensure projects are completed rapidly.
Perform project control tasks including detailed scheduling, cost tracking, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
Facilitate all required city, county, and governmental approvals and permits.
Interact daily with contractors, fabricators, engineers, and internal customers while resolving design and construction conflicts in the field in real-time.
Coordinate with end users, facilities teams, and operations stakeholders for seamless building operations, maintenance, and handover.
Develop tools and analytics to analyze delivery, capacity, and cost problems, providing clear data-driven guidance for decision making.
Proactively identify operational challenges, inefficiencies, and opportunities for process simplification, and help implement effective solutions.

Qualification

Experience with inventoryExperience as an industrial1+ years of experience in using ExcelExperience with lean

Required

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
5+ years of professional experience in industrial, operations, or construction engineering.

Preferred

Process engineering experience including project management, capacity modeling, process mapping, and layouts.
Experience with inventory, production, and capacity planning (including MRP/ERP systems).
Experience as an industrial, operations, process or manufacturing engineer in a developmental manufacturing environment.
Understanding of multiple disciplines such as HVAC, gases, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, piping, geotechnical, and surveying.
1+ years of experience in using Excel, SQL, or Python/R for analysis or modeling dynamic systems.
Experience with lean, six sigma, and related production principles.
Ability to work well across teams and skill sets to find the simplest and best solution.
Experience as a contributor to multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams.