Director- Tooling Fabrication Production

Blue Origin Manufacturing Leader

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

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.

• Oversee reliable and predictable production of machined and welded parts for launch and space vehicle subsystems at the Florida site
• Lead multiple teams of personnel responsible for delivering on-time completion of development and production hardware
• Establish and maintain systems of process control for machines, material, processes, tools, and people
• Collaborate with internal customers and manufacturing planning teams and define capacity planning actions to meet customer needs and expectations; forecast and develop improvement plans for constrained work centers to achieve demand plan
• Lead and develop the fabrication manufacturing leaders to include: recruiting, talent development, training, and coaching
• Oversee and drive the measurement, analysis, reporting, and improvement of work center and team performance
• Take ownership of interfaces with other sites and other business functions to drive improvements to increase the overall effectiveness of the manufacturing system across Blue Origin
• Instill a culture of continuous improvement through opportunity identification, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to reduce cost and cycle times
• Own all area KPI's and supporting process improvements, continually raining the bar on performance expectations
• Define, manage, plan, and monitor budgets and schedules for raw material, operational expenses, labor, and capital projects
• Maintain manufacturing schedule and overcome barriers to meet customer expectations; collaborate with team members (across sites) to address capacity and scheduling conflicts
• Participate in company-wide process definition and improvement for manufacturing processes, business processes, production planning, lessons learned, and other standards/processes as needed
• Implement the Blue Production System to build a production framework that supports World-Class capabilities and fosters One Blue culture

• 10+ yrs in a leadership position in machining/fabrication.
• 15+ yrs experience with progressive responsibilities in manufacturing in an area such as launch vehicles, spacecraft, aircraft, automotive, medical devices, power generation systems, semiconductors, or electronics
• Experience in all the fabrication methods of manufacturing within the aerospace environment in production and/or prototyping environments with demonstrated hands on skills in steel fabrication.
• 8+ years in a hands-on position in all the applications to manufacture complex tooling and or fixturing, all structural fabrication processes, part processing, heat treating, post processing, CAD/CAM, tooling and fixture design, and experience with all types of materials from aluminum through nickel based alloys.
• Quality mindset with special attention to safety and mission-critical product and/or manufacturing process attributes
• 5+ years personnel leadership, management, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to oversee and guide root cause analysis efforts
• Experience leading and managing teams on fast-paced, complex projects
• Familiarity with best practices for certification, qualification, and training of manufacturing operations personnel
• Understanding and utilization of production scheduling, MRP/ERP systems
• Understanding and utilization of statistical process control
• Adept in process definition, development, deployment, measurement, and improvement
• Practiced with job-hazard analysis and other safety analysis practices
• Skilled in customer relations and expectation management
• Familiarity with best practices and tools related to manufacturing drawings, work orders, inventory systems, production control
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

• Minimum of a B.S. degree in an engineering or manufacturing field. Master's degree, MBA, or a degree in machining/tool & die is a plus
• Experience managing high-mix, low-volume production activities
• Hands-on experience planning and conducting hazardous or critical operations in a safe and effective manner
• Experienced with the design, analysis, qualification, and production of manufactured components
• Experience transitioning manufacturing capabilities from development/acquisition to production
• Knowledge of fabrication processes, integration processes, systems engineering best practices, test, quality and configuration management systems
• Experience managing…