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Test and Launch Infrastructure Construction Project Manager

PLD Space·Elche, Spain

What they ask for

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    PLD Space doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Speak native-level Spanish

    Listed as a requirement in the ad.

  • Work on-site in Elche

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have 3+ years of experience

    Senior-level role.

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What you'll do

As a Test and Launch Infrastructure Construction Project Manager, you will lead the development, expansion, and improvement of test and launch infrastructures, ensuring compliance with quality, cost, schedule, and safety objectives. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, contractors, and public bodies to ensure the proper definition, execution, and commissioning of facilities. You will manage the resources, risks, and technical requirements needed to drive the growth and operability of PLD Space's test and launch capabilities. 

  • Technical management and definition of interventions on general infrastructures and facilities in the Teruel testing and trials area  
  • Support in the maintenance and document management of test facilities. Or participation in the sizing phases of the infrastructure, from its origin to future expansions of test facilities.  
  • Participation in the strategic planning of the project: scope, schedule, milestones, and budget and risk management.  
  • Provision of data for the main project management KPIs: quality, safety, cost, and schedule.  
  • Collaboration and coordination with different PLD Space engineering departments to ensure the issuance of user requirements for the projected infrastructures and to ensure that infrastructure development projects meet user requirements.
  • Technical supervision of infrastructures: ensuring the issuance of technical documentation for infrastructure execution projects (drawings, reports, specifications) and ensuring the execution of infrastructure in accordance with applicable regulations.
  • Economic project management, controlling the budget and analyzing variances.
  • Management of project-related contracts, supported by PLD Space's legal and procurement departments.
  • Risk management and identification of technical, economic, and operational risks, and mitigation plans for them. Ensuring compliance with HSE regulations during the development of infrastructures, in collaboration with the HSE department.  
  • Coordination of intervening public administrations, at national, regional, and municipal levels, as well as sectoral ones as applicable. Management of permits, licenses, and authorizations.  

What we're looking for

  • Degree in Industrial Engineering, Architecture, Civil Engineering, or similar.
  • Demonstrable experience in construction project management of infrastructures, of more than 3 years, preferably in construction projects for launch bases and/or engine test benches.  
  • Demonstrable experience in project drafting and/or construction management, of more than 3 years  
  • Proficiency in technical software (AutoCAD, CYPE, etc.) and planning software (MS Project or similar). BIM knowledge is valued.
  • Experience in structural calculation is valued  
  • Possibility of traveling (occasionally internationally, and regularly to test bench facilities and launch bases located within national territory).  

What you'll get

  • Physiotherapy within our facilities
  • 50% discount on your health insurance
  • You can add your family members to the health insurance at a competitive price.
  • Healthy snacks and fresh fruit
  • We foster practical learning
  • We promote professional development through internal mobility and teamwork
  • 23 vacation days + December 24th and 31st off
  • Daycare
  • Restaurant tickets
  • Transportation
  • Education

About the company & team

PLD Space is a company whose mission is to transport satellites into space, vertically integrating the engineering, testing, manufacturing, and operations of its reusable and sustainable rockets. Headquartered in Elche (Spain) and founded in 2011 by Raúl Torres and Raúl Verdú, PLD Space has established itself as a global benchmark in the small satellite launcher sector. Its MIURA family of launch vehicles and its LINCE crewed capsule position the company as a leader in European technological sovereignty for space transportation, covering the entire spectrum of space missions.

PLD Space operates more than 188,000 m² of facilities in Elche, Teruel (Spain), Kourou (French Guiana), and Duqm (Oman), enabling the company to offer comprehensive satellite launch services and payload delivery.

Teamwork, courage, determination, and ambition enable PLD Space to guarantee an autonomous and independent capability for accessing space for satellites, based on reliability and at a competitive price globally. The company is capable of offering top-tier launch services to commercial satellite operators, institutions, space agencies, and national and international government entities.

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

  • Teamwork
  • Effort
  • Dynamism
  • Commitment
  • Make it easy

Join us to reinvent the way rockets are built!

You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.This job was automatically translated to English, .

About the company

PLD Space

PLD Space

Aerospace

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Spanish company
100-250 employees

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