Spaceport Operations Specialist

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**SPACEPORT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST**

Overberg Test Range, WC, South Africa

PyraLink Aerospace was founded under the philosophy that Simplicity, Affordability and Flexibility are tightly coupled with a goal of creating a strong society where South Africans can make Space part of their daily conversations.

**SPACEPORT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST**

The role of Spaceport Operations Specialist will be to provide the direction and management of the organization’s housing accommodations, transportation, site amenities, and customer service activities. This person will help develop and implement effective customer service strategies and training programs. The duties of Spaceport Operations Specialist will include but are not limited to; coordinating service operations, monitoring and motivating staff, ensuring excellent customer service, engaging with customers, hiring and developing talent, ensuring team is current with all mandatory company trainings, scheduling and payroll, interviewing, hiring and on-boarding of new staff, setting and upholding customer service principles. The Spaceport Operations Specialist will support the mission by providing a foundation of understanding for excellent customer service and quality of living and visiting accommodations that boost morale and productivity within PyraLink Aerospace.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Oversee Rocket Launch Site operations including strategy and execution leasing/rental housing program, transportation, amenities, events
- Monitor quality and consistency of Spaceport operations by setting and enforcing standards, inspecting and routinely walking areas of responsibility
- Train staff on customer service, anticipating guest needs and problem resolution
- Enforce proper safety practices with staff and leads
- Coordinate and enhance time management for team
- Monitor financial activities for Spaceport operations strategically driving revenue and improving operating costs
- Create and maintain in person and online training materials
- Performance management for Spaceport Operations staff
- Assist in all aspects of project implementation to build out PyraLink Launch Complex as needed, including aesthetic industrial design improvements
- Provide campus wide reporting on departmental spend, ticketing, and other metrics as requested
- Obtain multiple bids from competing contractors by creating scopes of work
- Perform job walk-downs with vendors, engineers, supervisors, and managers
- Create RFPO’s and assists the buyers with vendor selection
- Ensure purchase orders are accurate with no cost over runs

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS**:

- High school Grade 12 or equivalency certificate
- 3+ years of leadership experience within the hospitality industry

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**PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**:

- Experience opening new operations and/or creating operational procedures from the ground up
- Advanced knowledge of customer service and problem resolution
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent knowledge of room inventory, housekeeping processes and guest service
- Experience in corporate environment
- Proficient knowledge of human resources management
- Ability to organize work for large groups in various service formats
- Strong time management skills
- Experience with high volume, complex multidisciplinary operations
- Experience leading groups in large team settings of 10 or more staff members
- Eye for aesthetic industrial design
- Experience with facilities within an aerospace industry
- Familiar with space planning procedures and operations
- Ability to create and update RFPOs and facilities work orders in an ERP software
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to make independent judgments with limited information
- Communication skills for relaying data (verbally and in-writing) between other employees, vendors, and customers
- Ability to read and understand basic floor plans
- Comfortable working in a high-stress environment balancing several projects at any given time, and the flexibility to adjust for abrupt changes in strategic directions

Ability to Commute:

- Cape Town, Western Cape (required)