Spaceflight Machining Lead – Production & Quality

Blue Origin LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability coverage

401(k) with company match

Education support program

Stock options

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Shift Leader to guide a machining team in producing high-value aerospace components with tight tolerances. You will own day-to-day operations, drive on-time delivery, and mentor engineers and technicians in a safety-focused environment.

You will conduct performance reviews, manage schedules, and implement continuous improvement programs, including 5S and Lean practices, to deliver first article success and quality results.

Qualifications

• 4 years minimum of leadership experience.
• 7 years minimum experience in machining aerospace components.
• Root cause and corrective action experience.
• Familiarity with KPI metrics.
• Excellent blue print 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.
• Familiar with use of personal computers.
• Self-motivation and ability to prioritize projects to meet completion dates.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident or lawful admission to the U.S.

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.
• 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 including 5S, Lean, Cleaning and Safety.
• Ensure all team members follow work instructions, quality requirements and processes.
• 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 aerospace

Root cause analysis

KPI metrics

GD&T ASME Y14.5M

Communication

Continuous improvement

Production vs development

PC proficiency

Self-motivation

US work eligibility

Tools

CAD/CAM tools

CMM programming/operation

Tooling & fixture design

Heavy machinery operation (cranes, forklifts)

Precision hand tools

PC proficiency

Job description

Blue Origin LLC in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Shift Leader to guide a machining team in producing high-value aerospace components with tight tolerances. You will own day-to-day operations, drive on-time delivery, and mentor engineers and technicians in a safety-focused environment.

You will conduct performance reviews, manage schedules, and implement continuous improvement programs, including 5S and Lean practices, to deliver first article success and quality results.