This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Facilities, and Security. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

Supervises the production operations team overseeing all functions of planning, scheduling, demands, assembly, and operations. Implements strategies meant to improve the organization's financial performance and driven positioning through continuous improvement of production-related processes. Identifies manufacturing processes or procedures that could benefit from process improvement or efficiency optimization and approves the implementation of changes. D

Special Mentions 

• Relocation provided.
• Travel expected up to 0% of the time.
• Shifts available:
• Mutiple Shifts 
• Interviews will include a technical assessment.
• Multiple positions available

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supervise machine shop personnel in day-to-day operations.
• Conduct performance reviews.
• Responsible for establishing workstation assignments, employee training, overtime assignments and back-up for absent employees.
• Maintain and communicate machine shop schedule status to ensure meeting customer expectations.
• Provide first level customer concern support to employees regarding HR issues (employee relations, worker’s compensation, disciplinary actions, timecards, PTO requests)
• Identifying Continuous Improvement opportunities and implementing change to improve process, reduce cycle and setup times.
• Maintain shop measuring equipment calibration program ensuring all relative equipment is calibrated according to schedule.
• Maintain all shop programs. These programs include 5S, Lean, Cleaning and Safety
• Ensure all team members follow work instructions, quality requirements and processes.
• Ensure accurate machine shop staff data recording. Namely clock-in/clock-out activities
• Provide continued training and skills development for team members, and mentor early career team member.
• Ensure start-up readiness for production.
• Maintain machine shop organization, safety, and cleanliness.
• Support design for manufacturing and provide job planning estimates.
• Ability to perform interviews, evaluate talent and provide hiring recommendations.
• Safely work within an industrial environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Passion for our mission: Millions of people living and working in space!
• 4 years minimum of management experience.

• 7 years minimum experience in machining aerospace components.
• Root cause and corrective action analysis experience.
• Understand the department KPI’s metrics to improve performance.
• Excellent blueprint reading skills including GD&T per ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard.
• Strong communication skills with a heavy customer focus.
• Must have a continuous improvement attitude.
• Clear understanding of production versus development environments.
• Fluent in use of precision hand tools.
• Familiar with use of personal computers.
• Self-motivation and ability to prioritize projects to meet completion dates.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience machining nickel-based stainless-steel alloys, copper, titanium.
• Tooling and fixture design.
• 5S, Lean Manufacturing or Kaizen experience.
• Knowledge of CAD/CAM tools.
• Experience operating heavy lifting equipment such as cranes and forklifts around flight critical hardware.
• Knowledge and understanding of CMM programming/operation.
• Outside processing knowledge (heat treat, plating, coating, EDM, grinding, etc.).
• Experience machining tight tolerance, high value components.