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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.
This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations.
To support Blue Origin’s ambitious vision of millions of people living and working in space, we are seeking a qualified Facilities Industrial Engineer to join our Facilities Expansion Planning team in Florida.
The Facilities Expansion Planning team is responsible for the tactical and strategic planning of industrial, office, warehouse, and testing facilities to support the rapid growth of Blue Origin programs across the country. This role specifically will support our locations in Florida.
This role will have a direct impact on multiple Blue Origin initiatives, including our New Glenn and Lunar Permanence programs.
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!
Responsibilities:
- Own and maintain the process for allocating floor space to workcenters
- Support multiple workcenter construction projects of varying complexity, budget, and duration for new and existing Blue Origin facilities
- Own and maintain the intake process for capital construction projects
- Own and maintain the backlog and program schedule for capital projects
- Maintain the schedule and budget reporting dashboards for all in-process capital projects
- Work with internal customers to gather requirements for construction
- Lead the workcenter programming and sizing efforts, often working with external architects and engineering design firms
- Create flexible workcenter layouts that minimize capital expenditure and support manufacturing rate requirements
- Support construction cost estimates for business case justifications
- Reduce expected construction costs through Value Engineering
- Assess the financial viability of capital projects through the use of Net Present Value analysis
- Write technical memos to request capital funds for new projects, or to make recommendations for other improvements
- Work with other facilities partners to plan the movement of people
- Report-out to executive leadership on status of workcenter capital projects
- Continuously improve the requirements gathering process and procedures through iteration
- Show determination by questioning decisions when necessary and committing to the set direction to maintain team harmony and dedication to goals
- Adopt long-term thinking by owning responsibilities, prioritizing organizational interests, ensuring safety, and proactively solving problems
- Optimize resources to accomplish more with less, encourage self-sufficiency and innovation, and embrace calculated risks to advance
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or similar fields
- 8+ years of Industrial Engineering experience
- 5+ years of project management experience
- Demonstrated experience supporting the build out of manufacturing facilities and workcenters
- Competence with the Microsoft Software Suite (in particular, MS Project and Excel)
- Proficiency with using AutoCAD for workcenter layouts
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the full lifecycle of workcenter-readiness projects: from requirements gathering to turnover for operations
- Experience in making the business case for and managing capital budgets
- Experience in aerospace, defense, or other high-sensitivity environments (ITAR)
- Experience in supporting the transition from low-volume development to high-volume production
- Familiarity with the construction process of a manufacturing environment
- Project Management Certification (PMP or other)
- Proficiency with Atlassian’s Jira software
- Familiarity with the Critical Path Method
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, or similar software
- Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint
Culture Statement
Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Benefits
Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.
