Test Facility General Hand

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This newly created position, Test Facility General Hand will work within the Test Facilities Team.

Summary about this job

Mechanical Engineering

Company: Rocket Lab

Location: Auckland

Work type: Full Time

Salary: n\a

Phone: +64-4-586-4183

Fax: +64-7-216-8848

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This newly created position, Test Facility General Hand will work within the Test Facilities Team to ensure that the facilities are operational, and testing of the propulsion systems is completed on time and to quality.

The successful applicant will take a hands-on approach to supporting two of Rocket Lab’s propulsion test sites and working alongside the current test engineers and technicians.

Daily tasks will include the transport of components and engineers between facilities, procurement and supply to support activities, maintenance, cleaning and general testing operations support. 

You will need to have a proactive attitude towards your work and a willingness to take ownership of a facility and to excel in this role it is vital that you are a mechanically minded individual.

Key Duties
  • Test Operations Support – Transferring flight components and people between test sites and Rocket Lab’s head quarters
  • Test Facility Support – Assisting with test facility maintenance, cleaning, managing consumable stock levels and moving materials between sites
 Skills Required
  • 5+ years’ work experience, preferably in an engineering environment
  • Good hands on skills coupled with basic power tool skills
  • Proactive attitude towards improvements and an eye for detail
  • Works well with a team or individually
  • An organised individual who can solve problems
  • Good communicator
  • Basic computing skills and experience with Word excel and email
  • Can work to deadlines.
  • A current driver’s license
  • Trade qualified preferred

About Rocket Lab USA

Rocket Lab’s mission is to revolutionize the way we access space. We develop and launch advanced rockets to put small payloads into orbit more frequently, at a fraction of the cost of cumbersome traditional launch services. We are ushering in a new era of unprecedented access to space.

Small satellites have a crucial role to play in improving understanding of our planet and humanity’s impact on it. Rocket Lab’s lightweight carbon composite Electron launch vehicle is designed to give these satellites dedicated launches and flexible orbit options. From real-time earth imaging and improved natural disaster prediction, to crop management and global internet, improved access to space enables us to take informed, deliberate steps in the management of our planet.

On May 25 2017, Electron made history as the first orbital-class launch vehicle to reach space from a private launch facility. It marked a significant milestone in eliminating commercial barriers and opening space for business. Founded in 2006 by Peter Beck,

Rocket Lab is headquartered in Los Angeles with operations and a launch site in New Zealand. It is a privately funded company with investors including Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Lockheed Martin, Promus Ventures and Data Collective.

Important Information
For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant.  These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States' International Traffic in Arms Regulations.  Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.  For more information on these Regulations, click here http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html.

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