BE-3U Shift Lead- C Shift

BLUE ORIGIN•Huntsville, AL

2d•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 the shift leader of a hardworking and accomplished team of test technicians, you will set technical direction, build team members to support current and future program needs, be responsible for employee life cycle including hiring, performance management, training and providing tools for career development. You will help to improve technical processes, best practices, and tool development around focused areas of launch vehicle test planning, execution, and hardware development cycles. 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

3+ years of management experience
3+ years’ experience in aerospace test and operations
Root cause and corrective action analysis experience
Understand the department KPI’s metrics to improve performance
Strong communication skills with a heavy customer focus
Must have a continuous improvement mindset
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 date

Nice To Haves

Experience with operating heavy lifting equipment such as cranes and forklifts around flight-critical hardware
5S, Lean Manufacturing or Kaizen experience
Knowledge of installation and assembly tolerances
Experience operating heavy lifting equipment such as cranes and forklifts around flight-critical hardware

Responsibilities

Shift leader for test technician 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 test facility schedule status to ensure meeting customer expectations
Provide first level escalation 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 all test facility programs. These programs include 5S, Lean, Cleaning and Safety
Ensure all team members follow work instructions, quality requirements and processes
Ensure accurate test technician staff data recording. Namely clock-in/clock-out activities
Provide continued training and skills development for team members, and mentor early-career team members
Ensure start-up readiness for production
Maintain facilities organization, safety, and cleanliness
Support design for manufacturing, plan and provide schedules
Ability to perform interviews, evaluate talent and provide hiring recommendations
Safely work within an industrial environment