At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
The Construction Design and Delivery team is at the core of Relativity’s growth and development. Through our collaboration and expertise, we deliver projects that lay the foundation for Relativity’s future success. In essence, we build the factory that builds the rockets! We are responsible for cross functional relationships with teams such as Manufacturing, Propulsion, PBF, Avionics, Machine Shop, Facilities, EHS and Security to name a few, working through design specifications and execution of critical infrastructure projects that supports the mission of work centers. Our relationships don’t stop there, working daily with government agencies, utility suppliers, vendors and contractors who support our factory build out. Our team ensures that all projects meet operational requirements, safety and environmental codes, all the while remaining within budget, delivering on time, and to the highest quality as we help to drive production forward.
About the Role:
The Superintendent position is responsible for the day-to-day driving of projects. This role oversees delivery of multiple complex, high-bay, mission-critical facilities—and supporting infrastructure—ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with aerospace, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
This role will partner closely with manufacturing, propulsion, avionics, EHS, security, IT, and supply chain teams to deliver technical requirements into buildable, scalable facilities that support rapid production ramp and long-term growth.
- Document Control: Ensuring all work performed aligns with the most current set of Issued for Construction (IFC) drawings and specifications.
- Critical Path Analysis: Monitoring the project timeline to identify potential bottlenecks and implementing recovery plans for any schedule slippage
- Subcontractor Integration: Overseeing the sequence of operations for all trade partners to ensure optimal workflow and resource utilization.
- Operational Excellence: Continuous evaluation of project lifecycles to identify and institutionalize workflow efficiencies. Standardize "best practice" methodologies to minimize future operational friction.
- EHS Oversight: Enforcing Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) standards in accordance with OSHA regulations and company-specific safety manuals.
- Daily Reporting: Compiling comprehensive daily field reports that document labor force, equipment usage, and site conditions for legal and historical record.
- Change Order Verification: Validating the necessity and scope of field-directed changes to prevent "scope creep" and unnecessary expenditures.
- Regulatory Liaison: Serving as the primary point of contact for municipal building officials and third-party testing agencies during mandatory inspections
- Deficiency Management: Implementing a "zero-punch" philosophy by identifying and correcting non-conforming work in real-time.
- Inventory Control: Supervising the delivery and protection of owner-furnished and contractor-purchased materials.
About You:
- 5-8+ years of progressive Superintendent experience, with a documented history of delivering high-stakes, million-dollar initiatives. Maintains a “Drive the Bus” mentality.
- Proven leadership of driving large scale projects, preferably in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, defense, or energy.
- The ability to navigate high-pressure disputes between trades or vendors with professional diplomacy
- Strong understanding of:
- Heavy equipment foundations and structural systems
- MEP and process utilities
- Experience managing A/E firms, contractors, design-build firms, and multiple concurrent projects.
Nice to haves but not required:
- Experience in aerospace, rocket manufacturing, or similarly regulated environments.
- Knowledge of hazardous materials, propulsion systems, or test facilities.
- Experience with fast-track and design-build project delivery models.
- Strong financial and schedule control discipline
- Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- High ownership mindset with a bias toward execution
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
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