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Sr. Operations Engineer, Blades and Vanes Foundry

SpaceX· Materials Engineering - Core
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Bastrop, TXfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Operations Engineer responsible for the construction, buildout, and operational ramp-up of a new blades and vanes foundry, delivering complex projects rapidly with lean, efficient production flows and under-budget delivery.

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.

Qualifications

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

Skills

Required:Engineering degreeIndustrial/Operations/Construction engineering experience
Nice to have:Process engineering and project managementInventory, production, and capacity planning (MRP/ERP)Cross-disciplinary engineering understandingData analysis tools (Excel, SQL, Python/R)Lean, Six SigmaCollaborative cross-functional workMulti-disciplinary team contribution
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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