Bastrop, Texas

Rahim
Ghassemi

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About

I'm helping to build the future I want to see at SpaceX.

25+ years of combined experience: 8 years proudly serving my country as a U.S. Marine, then nearly two decades delivering energy and industrial projects at Jacobs, Worley, and Koch Industries before joining SpaceX. I'm known as a doer, someone who is proactive and gets results, and who brings solutions and structure to problems, projects, and teams. Having worked in technical and non-technical roles at every level, I lead cross-functional teams and communicate across the whole organization.

Outside work, I help people get out of debt as a facilitator for Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University, and I've invested in real estate.

Experience

  1. Oct 2025 — Present

    Sr. Construction Project Manager

    SpaceX · Bastrop County, TX

    Leading construction on a new SpaceX project in the College Station, TX area. And I'm hiring.

    Now hiring

    Open roles are posted on the SpaceX careers page under the Anderson, TX and College Station, TX locations.

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  2. 2023 — 2025

    Senior Project Manager

    Worley · Houston, TX

    Led the overall electrical scope of work (>$200MM), including pre-fabricated substations, and the delivery of a large process unit (>$250MM) on Venture Global's CP2 LNG project.

    • Led the team through the Estimate phase and 30% completion of Detailed Design
    • Developed the scope of work and schedule, and aligned the team to objectives
    • Led team, client, and licensor meetings and managed interfaces
  3. 2022 — 2023

    Commercial Manager

    Koch Industries · Houston, TX

    Prime contract reviews, NDAs, supply chain and subcontracting for FEED and EPC projects.

    • Primary commercial manager for a $100MM TIC plastics recycling facility
    • Primary business manager for a $2.5B TIC battery factory
    • Structured the NDA process for 100+ NDAs and built the prime contract register
  4. 2020 — 2022

    Business Manager

    Worley Digital · Houston, TX

    Led Worley's Connected Worker offering, which uses digital technologies to optimize field work processes.

    • Improved group DSO from >115 to <57 days
    • 75% reduction in the field timekeeping process
    • No material losses through the RFID material tracking program
  5. 2018 — 2020

    Director of Project Delivery & Deployment

    Worley Digital · Houston, TX

    Executed the digital strategy for the Energy, Chemicals, and Resources business with global oversight of project delivery.

    • Led two multimillion-dollar projects, both on time and under budget
  6. 2016 — 2018

    Jacobs Connected Enterprise Associate

    Jacobs · Houston, TX

    One of three initial employees selected to launch Jacobs' companywide digital transformation initiative.

  7. 2015 — 2016

    Cost Engineer

    Jacobs · Houston, TX

    Managed change management for a major lump-sum, multibillion-dollar project.

  8. 2014 — 2015

    Operations Coordinator (Executive Intern)

    Jacobs · Houston, TX

    Reported directly to the SVP of the Southern Region. Managed real estate projects and optimized office space for 2,000+ people.

  9. 2007 — 2014

    Electrical Engineer

    Jacobs · Houston, TX

    Supervised electrical engineering and design on a task force. Worked on one-lines, layouts, schematics, power, lighting, grounding, and equipment procurement.

  10. 2006

    Systems Engineering Intern

    Entergy · Riverbend Nuclear Station, LA

    Designed a PLC test model and implemented new PLCs. Did failure analysis of safety-related components.

  11. 2000 — 2008

    Sergeant

    United States Marine Corps · Belle Chasse, LA

    Trained, mentored, and led a diverse group of fellow Marines.

    • Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Afghanistan
    • Duty Section Leader responsible for 75 Marines. Class Leader and NCOIC
    • Honor Graduate of both Aviation Electrician courses

Highlights

25+Years of experience
8 yrsU.S. Marine Corps, Sergeant
$250MM+Process unit, CP2 LNG
15%Under budget on a $2.1M digital project

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