Production Control Specialist

Description:

As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will support the design, development, and fabrication, test, and launch of space launch vehicles and components to support human spaceflight programs. This hands-on position requires strong communication, organization, planning, and project management skills. 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:

• Coordinate, maintain, communicate and drive the schedule to ensure on time delivery for service centers and integrated areas.
• Schedule management throughout the day in order to maintain a dynamic accurate schedule.  Clearly communicate the status of each job.
• Coordinate the schedule, plan, and initial staging of material/kits to all necessary areas of production and test.
• Communicate and coordinate upcoming work center load (capacity planning) to provide visibility to area leads.
• Identify and communicate constraints in the production flow and work with area leads to discuss possible solutions.
• Interface and communicate with internal customers for potential impact or delays in the schedule.
• Coordinate with Maintenance team and Shop Leads for preventative maintenance schedule for machines, where applicable.
• Management of WO Instance from creation to completion.
• Tracking and closure of all outstanding orders.  (In all business systems.)
• Coordinate all part handling that could involve having crates built, packing material for outplant processes, etc.
• Notify procurement/programs of any parts gone missing or adjusted out of inventory during physical and cycle counts.
• Updating estimated on-dock dates in scheduling system, ex: assemblies in inventory ready for vehicle install.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a AA or Bachelor’s degree in business or commensurate professional experience
• 5 years schedule management experience
• Ability to thrive in a high energy, high growth dynamic environment.
• Experience working with inventory and or database systems.
• Experience using and managing ERP/MRP systems
• 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.

Desired:

• Bachelors degree in operations management or supply chain management
• Familiarity with MS Office software including MS Project
• Three or more years of experience using MRP/ERP systems
• Experience in a both development and production environments

Blue Origin offers a phenomenal work environment and awesome culture with competitive compensation, benefits, 401K, and relocation. 

Blue Origin is an equal opportunity employer. In addition to EEO being the law, it is a policy that is fully consistent with Blue's principles. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy or age. Blue Origin prohibits any form of workplace harassment.