Production control specialist III

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

11d•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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth. As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of professionals, you join a value stream responsible for rocket engine production. You will share in the team’s impact on all aspects of production planning and control. We will establish, maintain and coordinate production schedules with manufacturing and assembly areas. We put a strong emphasis on teamwork, as our Specialist are directly involved with projects and problem-solving and succeed through active engagement with the team. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Requirements

4+ years of professional manufacturing experience in production or manufacturing planning and scheduling or operations
4+ years of MS Office
4+ years of practical experience with ERP/MRP systems in production environment
Proficient with Microsoft Excel
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.
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Nice To Haves

People leadership experience preferred
Familiarity with lean principles
Familiarity with Costpoint MRP or Microsoft Dynamics

Responsibilities

Provide tactical and strategic scheduling expertise to our team
Coordinate and review input from engineering, manufacturing suppliers, Master Scheduling and other support functions
Work across all departments to ensure plans align with product delivery
Ensure tooling, fixturing, programs, people, etc. are properly scheduled to facilitate an efficient production schedule
Drive Entry/Exit rates of assigned hardware across factory to ensure demand is met
Support accuracy of internal logistics movement of critical work
Maintain inventory level to support production
Utilize production, operations planning, and engineering support to eliminate internal and external blockers to deliver product on time
Push/Pull work into the planning to improve lead times, reduce stagnation, and meet schedule needs
Remain abreast and knowledgeable regarding applicable facilities and manpower
Lead efforts to uncover root-cause and develop permanent resolutions on issues found during processing builds as required
Develop and support efforts to streamline assigned products and automate production processes as applicable
Organize and communicate the daily priorities to production leads
Provide daily visibility, weekly status, and monthly reviews on schedule performance