Astromecha

Astromecha

Facilities Manager

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago
CollaborationAdaptabilityOSHA

About the role

  • We believe that rapid, on-demand, point-to-point global mobility will become the new standard for moving people and goods across the planet.
  • We move fast, stay pragmatic, and let engineering excellence speak louder than hierarchy.
  • You'll take operational ownership of running the sites so the facilities function can scale: uptime, safety, vendors, and execution of upgrade projects.

Responsibilities

  • Own daily operations of our design, manufacturing, and test/proto sites, including facility upgrades in flight (electrical, compressed air, equipment installs)
  • Manage contractors and vendors end-to-end: quotes, scheduling, quality, closeout
  • Drive small-to-mid capital projects from requirements to commissioning
  • Support site transitions: deployments, closeouts, handovers, and standing up new space as we grow into our next facility
  • Build the operational systems (tickets, PM schedules, vendor tracking) that let the function run without heroics
  • Partner with the Head of Facilities & Infrastructure Development on capital projects, upgrades, and continuous improvement
  • Hands-on fluency with industrial electrical, compressed air, and all building systems
  • Ability to ready and work with building drawing sets and create proposals for contractors & vendors (as well as internal review)
  • In addition, you'll be instrumental in establishing and building the expansion of supersonic aircraft & system manufacturing and test facilities, helping to usher in a new age of supersonic flight.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in plant/facilities operations, ideally in aerospace, automotive, and/or precision manufacturing
  • Track record managing trades and contractors in an active production environment
  • Comfort in a fast-moving startup: ambiguity, scrappiness, high degree of ownership
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting manufacturing or test operations (propulsion, engines, or similar), CMMS experience, EHS certification
  • Knowledge of NEC, NFPA, ASME, OSHA, IBC/CBC, Codes & Permitting, etc
  • Electrician, HVAC/Mechanical/Plumbing, Construction certifications and licenses
  • Interest in field operations
  • Lifting & Rigging experience

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401(k) program and transparent stock option plan
  • Self-managed and flexible time-off policy, including PTO, paid holidays, and sick time
  • Flexible work environment

Company info

  • Astro Mechanica is a vertically integrated aerospace company building a faster, more connected future.
  • Our mission is to democratize high-speed flight by making supersonic travel flexible, accessible, and sustainable.
  • In the near term, we are developing adaptable, high-speed systems to close aircraft performance gaps for the United States government.
  • We're a team of passionate engineers dedicated to advancing aerospace. We're generalists with specialist depth, united by a flat structure and a shared obsession with building things that work well. We move fast, stay pragmatic, and let engineering excellence speak louder than hierarchy.
  • Astro Mechanica is building next-generation propulsion, and our facilities have to move as fast as our engineering. We're hiring a Plant Manager to own day-to-day operations across our San Francisco sites: manufacturing, test/prototyping, and office, reporting to the Head of Facilities. You'll take operational ownership of running the sites so the facilities function can scale: uptime, safety, vendors, and execution of upgrade projects. In addition, you'll be instrumental in establishing and building the expansion of supersonic aircraft & system manufacturing and test facilities, helping to usher in a new age of supersonic flight.
  • To achieve this, we are integrating our advanced airframe and engine technologies-which include Duality™, our proprietary dual-use propulsion system-with a new flight operations model to make supersonic transport as efficient and economical as commercial air travel is today.
  • We're a team of passionate engineers dedicated to advancing aerospace.
  • We're generalists with specialist depth, united by a flat structure and a shared obsession with building things that work well.
  • Astro Mechanica is building next-generation propulsion, and our facilities have to move as fast as our engineering.
  • We're hiring a Plant Manager to own day-to-day operations across our San Francisco sites: manufacturing, test/prototyping, and office, reporting to the Head of Facilities.

Equal opportunity

  • Astro Mechanica is an equal opportunity employer.
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