Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Mfg/Process/Industrial III
Duration:

6 Months Contract with possible extension
Location:

Merritt Island, FL (Onsite)

Description:
As part of a small, passionate and accomplished team of specialists, you will develop a coordinated manufacturing system maximizing state of the art manufacturing processes to design and manufacture sophisticated space launch vehicles.
You will work with a team of welding engineers, automation engineers, and operators to seek sophisticated challenges related to process implementation, monitoring, and inspection. We seek people who are passionate about space and possess a strong desire to continuously learn and improve.
This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Responsibilities:
Lead manufacturing-related projects.
Lead operations improvement – ergonomic & human factor, operations plans, recovery planning, capacity planning and capital planning.
Provide production support - scheduling, theory of constraint, budget & forecast, crew empowerment, defect analysis, core competency definition, make/buy evaluation, benchmarking analysis.
Identify and prioritize process improvement project - lean manufacturing, engineering economic analysis, process mapping, root cause analysis, statistical methods, six sigma and time studies.
Facilitate system integration - Value Stream Analysis, Facility Layouts, Production Systems Design, Manufacturing Process Design, Systems Thinking, Facilities Planning, and Requirements.

Main responsibilities
The hired candidate will execute time-motion study directly on the field.
Through time studies, observations, or data analysis, gathers data to form opinions regarding issues identified, their cause and possible solutions.
Develops ad hoc queries and reporting needed for others/users to track and monitor operating performance. Updates and maintains existing databases and spreadsheet tables.
Gathers and manipulates large quantities of data into a format necessary for analysis.
Understands and actively participates in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training, and team member involvement activities.
Work directly at consolidating and validating the industrial engineering models
This position encompasses all manufacturing areas in support of the build of NEW GLENN and provides a unique opportunity to fully contribute to the build of one of the biggest rockets the word has seen.

Qualifications:
BS in Operations Research, Industrial, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering.
4+ years of experience working directly with manufacturing in a production environment.
Demonstrated ability in manufacturing and/or facilities planning.
Factory flow, process modeling and simulations experience.
Experience leading continuous improvement and value stream mapping events.
Strong analytic skill set and a high degree of proficiency in data mining.
Exceptional with Excel and manual data analysis.

Desired:
Operations Management, Construction Management, MSE and/or MBA.
Manned space flight production experience.
Project Management Certification (PMP).
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.
Experience transitioning development to production.
Experience with manufacturing organizations and/or supply chain.
Hands-on experience with materials and manufacturing processes.

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