Site Launch & Deployment Manager (Construction / Electricity)
About The Position
Flytrex is seeking a field-focused Site Launch & Deployment Manager to build and launch drone delivery stations across the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Based at the company’s headquarters in Pilot Point, Texas, this role owns each station from site approval through energization and first flight, turning sites into launch-ready infrastructure with substantial power requirements. The manager leads site readiness, electrical construction, permitting, partner integration, hardware commissioning, and operational handoff. The work includes planning utility or off-grid power systems for drone hubs and high-capacity chargers, coordinating contractors and municipal authorities, and ensuring stations meet fixed launch dates. The role also maintains budgets and deployment documentation and improves processes for future rollouts.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience leading field infrastructure rollouts, station deployments, capital projects, or multi-site technical launches to hard deadlines.
- At least 3 years of hands-on electrical or power infrastructure field experience in commercial or industrial electrical work, EV charging hubs, solar or storage, telecom cell sites, or power generation.
- Strong working knowledge of the NEC, including the ability to perform load calculations, read one-line diagrams and panel schedules, size services and feeders, and identify field code compliance.
- Demonstrated experience navigating utility interconnections, meter sets, city plan reviews, and municipal inspections in Texas.
- Experience managing trade contractors, writing scopes of work, and managing build budgets.
- Comfort with low-voltage wiring, GPS/RTK positioning hardware, and field networking setup such as Wi-Fi, LTE, and Ethernet.
- Valid Texas Driver’s License with a clean driving record.
- Ability and comfort driving a box truck, lifting 50 pounds, climbing ladders, and working outdoors in Texas weather conditions.
- Flexibility to support occasional early mornings or weekend launches and station energization windows.
Nice To Haves
- Texas Journeyman Electrician license, apprentice hours, or EVITP certification.
- Hands-on experience with generator sizing, paralleling, automatic transfer switches, or battery energy storage systems.
- OSHA 10/30 and NFPA 70E safety training.
- Experience in drone or aviation infrastructure, robotics, or autonomous vehicle test sites; FAA Part 107 is a plus.
- Proficiency with project tracking tools such as Monday.com or Smartsheet.
Responsibilities
- Lead critical-path plans for site readiness, electrical builds, municipal permits, and partner integrations to deliver on-time, energized launches.
- Calculate electrical loads, specify panel sizes and circuits, manage utility applications and meter sets, and lead licensed electricians through installation, inspection, and power-on.
- Determine utility or off-grid power configurations, including generator or battery energy storage systems; oversee generator sizing, fuel-runtime planning, transfer switches, and backup readiness.
- Pull permits, coordinate with Texas city inspectors, resolve plan revisions, and manage landlord and HOA site requirements.
- Supervise ground-site construction, hardware racking, and networking equipment setup, and perform full load testing on high-power chargers before first flight.
- Solicit competitive bids, manage electrical and general-trade contractors, control launch budgets, and track material delivery logistics.
- Lead go/no-go acceptance reviews and hand over complete as-built documentation, including one-line diagrams and panel schedules, to operations.
- Refine deployment playbooks to accelerate future rollouts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
