Lead Shipside Operations Specialist; Ship Captain

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BDS has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Shipside Operations Specialist (Ship Captain) to join our H-47 Operations team in Ridley Park, PA.

• Supports daily tier meetings and drive timely resolution of known constraints to responsible support organizations
• Works cross-functionally to resolve issues impacting the production schedule such as engineering issues, part shortages, and staffing constraints
• Analyzes defect data to determine point of origin and root cause, and develop corrective action plans to prevent defect reoccurrence
• Develops and execute continuous improvement projects to help achieve cost and schedule targets as well as overall business goals and objectives
• Develops organizational and technical strategies to support production needs
• Provides input to Program Management teams on aircraft operations and delivery status as well as major aircraft build milestones and critical restraints
• Develops and maintain relationships and partnerships with Manufacturing Leadership, Program Management, and support organizations

• 3+ years’ experience managing or leading a project
• 3+ years’ experience in a manufacturing or operations environment
• Experience implementing lean methodologies and productivity improvements
• Experience working with MS Office Suite, such as Word, Excel and MS Project

• Manufacturing Execution Systems common image (MESci) experience
• Experience in the Aerospace & Defense Industry and/or the military
• Experience interfacing with senior and executive leadership
• Experience collecting and analyzing data and generating metrics reports