Director – Manufacturing – Ops & Assembly – Lunar Permanance – Mk1

Director – Manufacturing – Ops & Assembly – Lunar Permanance – Mk1

Requirements

• Proven knowledge in building or transforming successful production operation organizations and leading large-scale change management initiatives that influence culture, define tools & processes and improve competencies.
• BA or BS degree or equivalent experience with emphasis in Operation Management or Manufacturing Engineering and progressive responsibility increases.
• 10+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge and applied experiences in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
• Experience leading, growing and developing large teams in a multi-business unit integrated supply chain organization.
• Advanced knowledge in designing and building successful delivery of manufacturing, production, assembly, procurement, and logistics in a low volume high complexity environment.
• Strong business acumen. Demonstrated experience challenging the status quo, driving change, and teaching and motivating individuals to develop and implement new ways of thinking and doing business.
• Successful experience in hiring and developing great people with diverse skill sets.
• Understands how to create and manage work cell standard work and track deviation from that standard work.
• Experience managing capital improvements and layout.
• Highly effective and professional verbal and written communication skills with team, internal customers and suppliers that includes a strong focus on teamwork and internal/external customer satisfaction.
• An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
• Ability to maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of trust, respect, inclusion and integrity.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety always and first-time quality across all functions while growing and developing your team at all levels.
• Lead manufacturing operations and drive department deliverables to include manufacturing engineering, quality, tooling engineering, supply chain, and production across the assembly and integration areas and work centers at Lunar Plant 2.
• Direct initiatives and strategies that deliver cost effective, high quality, operational performance that produces the development of orbital launch vehicles for payload and human spaceflight.
• Implement methods to increase production efficiency and productivity to include factory flow and higher throughput within existing floor space first pass yield, increased output, improved learning curve, and supplier on time delivery.
• Propagate key operational learnings and best practices to support improvement across Lue Operations.
• Analyze processes and operations at the micro and macro levels followed by implementing high impact improvements for safety and quality that reduces unit cost and accelerates delivery schedules.
• Oversee the development and implementation of data driven systems with a lean approach with a focus on delivering results.
• Leverage Blue Origin’s Leadership Principles to cultivate a trusting, learning culture of leaders through continuous feedback, coaching and robust development opportunities. Foster a “One Team Mindset”.
• Develop and implement key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive strategic actions and optimize operational efficiency, while delivering high-level leadership report outs on status updates and managing escalations effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years manufacturing experience in aerospace such as launch vehicles, aircraft and helicopters.
• Master’s degree in engineering, operation, or business is a plus.
• Experience in multiple manufacturing processes and technologies to include metal machining, composites, aero structures, welding, and harness fabrication.
• Earned Value Management (EVM) experience.
• Experience with Manufacturing Execution System and Product Lifecycle Manufacturing systems a plus.