SpaceX Build Supervisor at SpaceX leads a team of fabricators, welders, and technicians building Starship and Super Heavy vehicle structures. The role involves managing daily shop floor activities and ensuring product quality and safety.
Responsibilities
Supervise shop floor activity, including daily schedules and workflow
Lead and manage a staff of ~30 technicians including all performance management related tasks
Review work instructions and make change recommendations when needed
Assess and vet appropriate skillsets as needed
Identify training needs and develop training programs
Provide required data and reporting to support departmental metrics and improvement objectives
Monitor labor hours and overtime, and implement improvement plans and time management with staff
Accomplish production results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job results
Effectively organize, assign and track work/deliverables for the team, ensuring seamless progression through multi-shift work schedules
Initiate and foster a spirit of cooperation within and between departments
Ensure product quality and conformance to specifications
Maintain tooling and consumable supply inventory
Qualification
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Required
Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of experience in final assembly production: aviation, aerospace, mechanical systems
2+ years of experience in leading a team or a project
Preferred
Experience applying lean manufacturing principles and efficiency methods
8+ years of experience in final assembly and production in a fast paced manufacturing environment
Experience bringing teams and processes from development to production highly desirable
Familiarity with design for manufacturability, kaizen, lean manufacturing, six sigma, and failure mode effects analysis
Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with Engineering and Production
Able to adapt to constant changing work assignments and fast paced work environment
Excellent concentration and attention to detail with outstanding work efficiency and accuracy
