Shift Lead – Aerospace Machine Shop

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Stock Options

Paid Time Off

Company holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA is seeking a seasoned machine shop leader to manage daily operations, training, and production readiness for aerospace components. You will drive on-time delivery, quality, and safety while coordinating engineering and manufacturing activities on a fast-paced production floor.

The role requires 4+ years of leadership and 7+ years machining aerospace parts, strong GD&T and KPI experience, and a continuous improvement mindset to optimize processes and setup times in a

Qualifications

• 4 years minimum of leadership experience.
• 7 years minimum experience in machining aerospace components.
• Root cause and corrective action analysis experience.
• Familiarity with KPI metrics.
• Excellent blueprint reading skills including GD&T per ASME Y14.5M-1994 standard.
• 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 dates.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of machine shop personnel and day-to-day operations
• Conduct performance reviews
• Responsible for establishing work station assignments, employee training, overtime assignments and back-up for absent employees
• Maintain and communicate machine shop schedule status to ensure meeting customer expectations
• Provide first level escalation support to employees regarding HR issues (employee relations, worker's compensation, disciplinary actions, time cards, PTO requests)
• Identifying Continuous Improvement opportunities and implementing change to improve process, reduce cycle and setup times
• Maintain shop measuring equipment calibration program ensuring all relative equipment is calibrated according to schedule
• Maintain all shop programs. These programs include 5S, Lean, Cleaning and Safety
• Ensure all team members follow work instructions, quality requirements and processes
• Ensure accurate machine shop staff data recording. Namely clock-in/clock-out activities
• Provide continued training and skills development for team members, and mentor early career team member
• Ensure start-up readiness for production
• Maintain machine shop organization, safety and cleanliness
• Support design for manufacturing and provide job planning estimates
• Ability to perform interviews, evaluate talent and provide hiring recommendations
• Safely work within an industrial environment

Skills

Leadership

Machining

Root cause analysis

KPI metrics

GD&T

Communication

Continuous improvement

Production vs development

Precision hand tools

PC skills

Interviewing hiring

Tools

CAD/CAM tools

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle, WA is seeking a seasoned machine shop leader to manage daily operations, training, and production readiness for aerospace components. You will drive on-time delivery, quality, and safety while coordinating engineering and manufacturing activities on a fast-paced production floor.

The role requires 4+ years of leadership and 7+ years machining aerospace parts, strong GD&T and KPI experience, and a continuous improvement mindset to optimize processes and setup times in a