Executive Assistant & Operations Coordinator
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Purchasing & vendors
Place and track orders for parts, raw materials, tools, and equipment, from catalogue suppliers to specialized aerospace vendors
Request quotes, compare suppliers, issue purchase orders, and follow up on lead times until parts are in the building
Receive shipments, check them against orders, and chase down anything late, damaged, or wrong
Coordinate international shipping, customs, and brokerage for imported parts
Log every purchase and keep our expense and PO records complete, categorized, and matched to receipts and invoices
Build relationships with our suppliers and find ways to get parts faster and at better prices
Executive support
Manage the CEO's and CTO's calendars, scheduling meetings with investors, customers, partners, and candidates across time zones
Protect focus time, resolve conflicts, and make sure they walk into every meeting prepared
Book and organize travel for conferences, customer visits, and mission campaigns
Support hiring logistics, including interview scheduling and a great experience for every candidate
Track action items from meetings and follow up so nothing gets dropped
Office & administration
Own the office's paperwork (contracts, NDAs, vendor forms, invoices, and filings) and keep it organized, signed, and easy to find
Keep the office running: supplies, deliveries, visitors, facilities, and service providers
Onboard new hires, handling equipment, accounts, paperwork, and first-day logistics
Work with our accountant and bookkeeper to keep records clean for month-end and year-end
Build simple systems and checklists that make recurring admin faster every time
Basic Qualifications
- Experience in an executive assistant, administrative, office management, operations, or purchasing role
- Exceptional organization: you can juggle many moving pieces and nothing falls through the cracks
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication
- Comfort with Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Drive) and spreadsheets
- Discretion and sound judgement with confidential information
What We're Looking For
We're building technology that hasn't been done before, and that takes a team that never lets details slip. Experience is helpful, but ownership, reliability, and the ability to learn quickly matter more. If you're the person who naturally ends up organizing everything, you love making things run smoothly, and you want to help build spacecraft, we encourage you to apply, whether you're early in your career or more experienced.
Preferred Skills
- Resourceful problem solver with a scrappy, get-it-done approach under tight timelines
- Purchasing or procurement experience at a hardware, manufacturing, engineering, or aerospace company
- Experience supporting founders or senior executives at a startup
- Familiarity with tools like Notion and Slack, and with business banking and expense platforms
- Experience with import documentation, customs brokers, and freight forwarders
- Basic bookkeeping knowledge, or experience working closely with an accountant
- Comfort picking up technical vocabulary. You don't need to be an engineer, but you'll be ordering hardware from engineers' descriptions
- English/French bilingualism is an asset
Additional Requirements
- Extended hours and weekend work may occasionally be required to support critical project and mission milestones.
- This role requires a physical presence at the Ottawa facility.
- Ability to lift and move incoming shipments and supplies.
Compensation
- Salary: $55,000 – $70,000 CAD per year
- Equity: 0.05% – 0.4%
- If you want a front-row seat to building a space company and you're the kind of person who keeps everything on track, we'd love to hear from you.
- Tell us about a time you took something disorganized, like an office, a process, an event, or a messy inbox, and made it run smoothly. What did you do, and what changed?
About Spaceium
Service stations along the space superhighway.
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