Senior Technical Program Manager - Tooling Fabrication

BLUE ORIGIN•Cocoa, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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

20+ years maintenance, mechanic, machining, welding, waterjet, technical assembly, and/or project management
Experience with activities related to planning and/or scheduling
Experience with Manufacturing Resource 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
Demonstrates understanding and can apply continuous improvement terminology/tools: LEAN, Six Sigma principles/DFSS/Lean design principles, Value Stream, and Kaizen is highly desirable
Highly detail-oriented communications and record-keeping skills
Must wear appropriate personal protective equipment as necessary.
Based upon job duties, may need to work in various areas that may cause exposure to fumes, dust, toxic or caustic chemicals (well below OSHA and ACGIH exposure guidelines), outdoor weather, moving mechanical parts and/or be part of a hearing conservation program due to noise levels around certain equipment.
Associate’s degree in engineering, science, or business or Trade School completion or Technical Certificate in welding, machining or structural assembly.

Nice To Haves

Familiar with Coupa/Costpoint provisioning systems
Flexible to work varied shifts, overtime, weekends and travel on occasion
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

Responsibilities

Analyze complex drawings to determine build plan, fabrication challenges, and manufacturability across multiple disciplines including welding, machining, and assembly.
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
Multitask across simultaneous builds
Provide detailed status of work in progress, material availability, and communicate constraints to schedule
Prepare work orders and internal tickets to produce subassemblies, kit and transport material, begin weld, waterjet and machining subtasks, and final transport
Coordinate with the warehouse, inspection, quality, operations, purchasing, engineering, logistics and the program
Serve as primary point of contact to customer for status, escalations, and last-minute changes
Coordinate across suppliers for best results and pursue new suppliers as necessary
Work to expedite any material shortages with procurement, receiving, quality, and other production areas
Collaborate with weld, machining, metrology, and assembly labor to keep build plans on schedule and remove roadblocks.
Monitor the flow/velocity of jobs through the production line and partner with Manufacturing/Operations to ensure work completes on time to schedule.
May be required to interface with departments throughout the company
Must possess good organizational skills, the ability to work well with others, good decision-making skills, and the ability to think outside the box