Manufacturing Planner III (A-shift)

Blue Origin • Titusville, FL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities. As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of experts, you will support the design, development and fabrication of space launch vehicles and components to support human spaceflight programs. This is a hands-on position that requires strong communication, organization, planning, and project management skills. The JARVIS Team focuses on welding & fabrication, machining, final integration and assembly and testing of large tooling, prototypes, landing platforms and other launch infrastructure. We are the premier Manufacturing And Development TEAM on the Space Coast.

Requirements

• 7+ years supply chain, logistics, scheduling, demand planning, or planning experience
• Experience with activities related to planning and/or scheduling
• Experience with Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
• Experience working with a cross functional team
• Excellent computer skills with MS Office, MES experience with MRP execution desired.
• Excellent written /verbal communications skills
• Highly detail-oriented communications and record-keeping skills
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning systems
• Ability to handle multiple decisions based on workload dispersion, program priorities and management and customer decisions
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc)
• Strong interpersonal skills including excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong math and analytical skills to solve problems

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates understanding and can apply continuous improvement terminology/tools: LEAN, Six Sigma principles/DFSS/Lean design principles, Value Stream, and Kaizen is highly desirable
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business Administration, or similar.
• Familiar with Coupa/Costpoint provisioning systems

Responsibilities

• Evaluate manufacturing schedule and coordinate the availability and controlled flow of materials and services to meet customer requirements
• Perform shop order release/closure in MRP System and reconcile parts
• Provide detailed status of work in progress, material availability, and communicates constraints to schedule
• Prepare work orders to produce parts based on MRP, master production schedule, shop load and inventory requirements
• Coordinate with the warehouse, inspection, quality, operations, purchasing, engineering, logistics and the program.
• Schedule and expedite the movement of parts by means of move orders, stock transfers and requests for shipping orders
• Work to expedite any material shortages with procurement, receiving, quality, and other production areas
• Implement material stocking strategy on production lines, monitor, control and maintain proper floor stock
• Control the proper access and consumption of material in manufacturing
• Monitor the flow/velocity of jobs through the production line and partner with Manufacturing/Operations to ensure work completes on time to schedule.
• Monitor the velocity of the disposition of Nonconformances, Material Review Board decisions for material/parts/assemblies
• Enter material transactions in Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Prepare reports and note shortages/damage
• Process Scrap and obsolete inventory from Work In Process (WIP) locations as required.
• Prepare for, conduct and assist in reconciliation of cycle counts
• Work with Engineering and Warehousing teams to resolve part discrepancies
• May be required to interface with departments throughout the company

Benefits

• 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.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed