Blueorigin
Director- Tooling Fabrication Production
Space Coast, FL · Director
Work authorization requiredDetected 5 days ago
Project ManagementSupply ChainERPSystems EngineeringCAMMedical DevicesLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
- This is a hands-on position that requires effective communication, high judgment, leadership of manufacturing production operations including the fabrication shop, heat treat and welding.
- This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple teams of personnel responsible for delivering on-time completion of development and production hardware
- Establish and maintain systems of process control for machines, material, processes, tools, and people
- forecast and develop improvement plans for constrained work centers to achieve demand plan
- Lead and develop the fabrication manufacturing leaders to include: recruiting, talent development, training, and coaching
- Oversee and drive the measurement, analysis, reporting, and improvement of work center and team performance
- Take ownership of interfaces with other sites and other business functions to drive improvements to increase the overall effectiveness of the manufacturing system across Blue Origin
- Own all area KPI's and supporting process improvements, continually raining the bar on performance expectations
- Define, manage, plan, and monitor budgets and schedules for raw material, operational expenses, labor, and capital projects
- Maintain manufacturing schedule and overcome barriers to meet customer expectations
- collaborate with team members (across sites) to address capacity and scheduling conflicts
Requirements
- Experience in all the fabrication methods of manufacturing within the aerospace environment in production and/or prototyping environments with demonstrated hands on skills in steel fabrication.
- 5+ years personnel leadership, management, and mentoring skills.
- Ability to oversee and guide root cause analysis efforts
- Experience leading and managing teams on fast-paced, complex projects
- Familiarity with best practices for certification, qualification, and training of manufacturing operations personnel
- Familiarity with best practices and tools related to manufacturing drawings, work orders, inventory systems, production control
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum
- 10+ yrs in a leadership position in machining/fabrication.
- 15+ yrs experience with progressive responsibilities in manufacturing in an area such as launch vehicles, spacecraft, aircraft, automotive, medical devices, power generation systems, semiconductors, or electronics
- 8+ years in a hands-on position in all the applications to manufacture complex tooling and or fixturing, all structural fabrication processes, part processing, heat treating, post processing, CAD/CAM, tooling and fixture design, and experience with all types of materials from aluminum through nickel based alloys.
- Quality mindset with special attention to safety and mission-critical product and/or manufacturing process attributes
- Understanding and utilization of production scheduling, MRP/ERP systems
- Understanding and utilization of statistical process control
- Adept in process definition, development, deployment, measurement, and improvement
- Practiced with job-hazard analysis and other safety analysis practices
- Skilled in customer relations and expectation management
Nice to have
- Minimum of a B.S. degree in an engineering or manufacturing field.
- Master's degree, MBA, or a degree in machining/tool & die is a plus
- Experience managing high-mix, low-volume production activities
- Hands-on experience planning and conducting hazardous or critical operations in a safe and effective manner
- Experience transitioning manufacturing capabilities from development/acquisition to production
- Knowledge of fabrication processes, integration processes, systems engineering best practices, test, quality and configuration management systems
- Experience managing facility level capital improvements and upgrades
- Experience machining nickel-based stainless steel alloys, copper, titanium with tight tolerances on high value components (remove this, covered above)
Compensation
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Benefits
- Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
- Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation.
Company info
- Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams and define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations
- Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams and define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations; forecast and develop improvement plans for constrained work centers to achieve demand plan
Equal opportunity
- Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force.
- Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities.
- We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork.
- We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen or national, U
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