Maintenance Engineer

PLD Space·Elche, Spain

What they ask for

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    No sponsorship mentioned, and this kind of work is rarely sponsored in Spain.

  • Speak native-level Spanish

    Listed as a requirement in the ad.

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Work on-site in Elche

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have 5+ years of experience

    Senior-level role.

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What you'll get

Health and wellness.

  • Physiotherapy at our facilities.
  • 50% discount on your health insurance.
  • You can add family members to the health insurance at a competitive price.
  • Healthy snacks and fresh fruit.

Find your work-life balance.

  • 23 vacation days + December 24th and 31st off.
  • Flexible working hours.

Never stop learning.

  • We promote hands-on learning.
  • We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork.

Financial health... and flexible compensation.

  • On-site daycare.
  • Restaurant tickets.
  • Transportation.
  • Training.

About PLD Space

PLD Space is an international company whose mission is to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Based in Elche and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a world reference in the small satellite launch vehicle sector. Its MIURA rocket family and its LINCE crew capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty in space transportation, covering the full range of space missions.

PLD Space has more than 188,000 m² of technical facilities in Elche, Teruel, Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), allowing it to offer complete launch services for satellites and other payloads into space.

Teamwork, courage, determination, and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee autonomous and reliable access to space for satellites at a globally competitive price. The company is able to offer the best launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, and national and international government agencies.

Mission

Plan, coordinate, and supervise preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance activities on equipment, machinery, and facilities. Its main objective is to ensure the proper operation and availability of assets and systems, their legal management, optimizing costs, and ensuring compliance with facility, safety, and quality regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement preventive and corrective maintenance plans.
  • Supervise the condition and performance of facility and infrastructure machinery.
  • Process, renew, and legalize business licenses, facility modifications, and ensure mandatory technical inspections (OCA).
  • Manage authorizations, licenses, permits, requests, budgets, contracts, etc., for internal corrective actions and with external suppliers.
  • Coordinate and manage external suppliers.
  • Manage and control documentation for site facilities, plans, reports, licenses, certificates, projects, etc.
  • Support the maintenance team.
  • Diagnose and resolve technical faults to minimize downtime.
  • Manage the resources and materials needed for maintenance activities.
  • Optimize operating costs by ensuring efficiency in processes, OPEX, and CAPEX.
  • Comply with and enforce safety, health, and environmental regulations.
  • Coordinate technical teams.
  • Track work orders.
  • Generate reports, analyses, and proposals on the condition of facilities.
  • Propose and implement technological improvements to increase operational efficiency.
  • Manage energy efficiency, prepare improvement proposals, control, prepare reports, etc.

Required qualifications

  • Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
  • Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in industrial or infrastructure maintenance.
  • Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
  • Proficiency in maintenance management software (BMS, SCADA, CMMS, etc.).
  • Leadership, problem-solving, and team management skills.
  • Knowledge of safety and environmental regulations.
  • Knowledge of facility regulations: (RITE, REBT, RIPCI, Legionella, APQ, etc.).
  • Intermediate-advanced English (B2) for managing global suppliers or reading technical manuals.

Values

We have five core beliefs that guide the way PLD Space is shaping the future of space launch technologies.

  • Teamwork.
  • Effort.
  • Dynamism.
  • Commitment.
  • Make it simple.

Join us to reinvent the way rockets are built!

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About the company

PLD Space

PLD Space

Aerospace

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Spanish company
100-250 employees