How do you operate the elevator in Stellar Bay?

The controls for the elevator are too far from the elevator platform. When going down, you need to trigger the elevator and then jump on it as it's going down. When going up, if you trigger the elevator and then attempt to get on it, you get minced in the machinery.

How do you use the landing pad elevator in Stellar Bay?

(Yes, I know that I can fast-travel to the interior of the Unreliable; sometimes you just wanna walk...)