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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.
We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space communications and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable manufacturing. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.
Summary: Leads the transformation of the factory floor to support higher rates. Designs flow, standard work, and the process side of work center moves so production gains capacity without losing output. Serves as the team's formal interface to Site Lead.
Responsibilities- Analyze production flow, cycle times, and bottlenecks; identify rate-limiting constraints.
- Design future-state material flow and factory standard work, within the framework Role 2 owns.
- Plan and lead work center relocations: sequencing, risk mitigation, and re-qualification needs.
- Own the factory transformation roadmap and align it with the capacity forecast.
- Provide process requirements and flow constraints to Site Lead for layout, space, and capital scope.
- Provide technical analysis for Kaizen workshops that Role 2 leads.
- Provide process inputs to the capacity model and to Make-Buy Optimization.
Year-one outcomes - Constraint analysis for the highest-priority production areas by day 90.
- One work center relocation planned and executed with no schedule loss.
- Factory transformation roadmap aligned to the capacity forecast.
- Written handoff process agreed with Site Lead.
Required: Industrial engineering degree or equivalent experience in discrete manufacturing. Lean and process-flow expertise. Experience leading line or work center moves.
Preferred: Aerospace or low-volume, high-complexity manufacturing. Six Sigma or lean certification. Factory flow simulation experience.
Culture StatementDon'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.
