Production Support Associate

Production Support Associate

Ensure timely delivery of parts to manufacturing work centers

Location:

Space Coast, Florida, United States of America

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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, Facilities, and Security, and 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 exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. 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.

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!

As part of a hardworking team of specialists, technicians, and engineers, you will support the design, development, and fabrication for various spaceflight systems. You will share in the team's impact on all aspects of on‑time hardware delivery.

As a Production Support Associate, your role will be to ensure a stream of work is readily available for delivery to our technicians at all times. You will work within the Manufacturing, Operations, and Assembly team to manage the velocity of parts to the work cells, respond to requests for replacement parts or additional parts, and transport parts and completed assemblies either back to inventory or forward to the next stage of assembly.

• Relocation provided
• Travel expected up to 2% of the time
• Shift: A 10‑12 hour Monday through Thursday

• Coordinate with Production Scheduling and Material Planning to strategically control the flow of materials to manufacturing work centers.
• Reconcile any part discrepancies vs. request list; coordinate with Production Scheduling and Material Planning to order replacements or request spares if necessary.
• Schedule and expedite the movement of parts by means of move orders, stock transfers and requests for shipping orders.
• Work cross functionally to expedite any material shortages with Production Scheduling and Material Planning and other production areas.
• Continuously monitor and respond to technician parts needs, including replacements for non‑conforming parts, delivery of fasteners and shop stock, moving assemblies to inventory or to the next work center, and other similar duties as requested.
• Read and understand part transportation requirements specified on the work order.
• Monitor the flow/velocity of jobs through the production line and partner with Production Scheduling and Material Planning to ensure work completes on time to schedule.
• Enter material transactions in ERP system.
• Process scrap and obsolete inventory from WIP locations as required.
• Prepare for and assist in reconciliation of cycle counts.
• Knowledge of backflush and Kanban process.
• Must be able to work well with others, take direction and execute swiftly, be mindful of process improvement opportunities, and be able to problem‑solve.
• Identify, catalog, and report manufacturing delays, sources, and resolutions needed to Operations Supervisors and Managers.
• Aggressively enforce…