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SR. SCHEDULER (STARSHIP LAUNCH PAD)
The Launch Pad Tower & Launch Mount team is looking for a dedicated and talented individual to develop, maintain, and help lead the execution of our highly dynamic mission and engineering planning while building the launch pad for the world’s largest rocket! This role requires proactive coordination of our launch pad build milestones, hardware delivery, launch pad refurbishment and preparation and all other launch/build related operations.
Have a knack for enabling timely results in complex situations? Does the thought of developing the plan for the on-time execution of complex, multi-disciplinary engineering/technician teams sound rewarding? What if the results were the rapid development and demonstration of unprecedented launch pad capabilities?
As the team’s Sr. Control Scheduler (Starship Launch Pad), you will be at the nexus of all of these activities and will work to construct, maintain, and communicate multiple resource-aware projects in parallel. You’ll be empowered to identify & solve gaps in our engineering/technician plans, implement improvements to our work instructions, and drive consistency across our active pad build’s and the programs Starship launch schedule!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work across all departments to understand critical work requests ahead and behind targets to mitigate schedule impact risks
- Utilize our enterprise resource planning (ERP) and material requirements planning (MRP) applications and other applicable tools to ensure work is scheduled and prioritized accurately and efficiently, and resources are allocated appropriately
- Work from the tooling room to ensuring all tools are ready to kit, tracked and accounted for
- Ensure equipment and contractors are properly scheduled to facilitate an efficient build process
- Support internal logistics movements between the fabrication shop and the launch pads
- Push/pull work into the shop to improve lead times, reduce stagnation, and meet schedule needs
- Utilize production, operations planning, and engineering support to eliminate internal and external blockers to deliver products on time
- Identify and support improvement opportunities for product quality, safety, cost, and team efficiency
- Organize and communicate the daily priorities, progress, and critical path schedules to production coordinators, team leads, and supervisors as required
- Provide daily visibility, weekly status, and monthly reviews on schedule performance
- Create and leverage metrics using queries and Excel to highlight shortages and determine schedule risks
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of scheduling experience; OR 7+ years of manufacturing scheduling experience with a high school diploma or equivalency certificate
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 8+ years of practical experience with ERP/MRP systems in a production environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Experience writing queries with SQL
- Familiarity with lean principles, Six Sigma, and Kaizen concepts
- Experience with Data Analytics
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be available for overtime and weekends as the schedule varies depending on site operational needs; flexibility is required
- Able to travel for short and extended trips as needed; up to 25% travel
- Able to lift heavy objects, up to 25lbs unassisted
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA.
