Sr. Director - Second Stage Assembly & Integration

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse 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.

As part of a hardworking, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for financial and operational execution for our New Glenn Second Stage Assembly and Integration teams in Merritt Island, FL. This includes leading a skilled, interdisciplinary team, responsible for FWD and AFT assembly and integration of subsystems and Second Stage final assembly, integration, and test of orbital launch vehicles. This is a hands-on position that requires the ability to communicate the vision, strategy and tactical application of cost-effective strategies and key deliverables.  You will report directly to the Vice President of Operations at our Orbital Launch Site (OLS). This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

We are looking for someone to apply their leadership skills, technical expertise, and commitment to safety and quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Lead high volume manufacturing operations to include quality, engineering, supply chain, and production across the assembly and integration areas and work centers at the Orbital Launch Site.
• Direct initiatives and strategies that deliver cost effective, high quality, operational performance that produces the development of orbital launch vehicles for payload and human spaceflight.
• Implement methods to increase production efficiency and productivity to include factory flow and higher throughput within existing floor space first pass yield, increased output, improved learning curve, and supplier on time delivery.
• Propagate key operational learnings and best practices to support improvement across operations at OLS and the Blue enterprise.
• Champion safety always and first-time quality across all functions while growing and developing your team at all levels.
• Analyze processes and operations at the micro and macro levels followed by implementing high impact improvements for safety and quality that reduces unit cost and accelerates throughput.
• Oversee the development and implementation of data driven systems with a lean approach with a focus on delivering results.
• Leverage Blue Origin’s Leadership Principles to cultivate a trusting, learning culture of leaders through continuous feedback, coaching and robust development opportunities. Foster a “One Team Mindset”.

Qualifications:

• Proven knowledge in building or transforming successful production operation organizations and leading large-scale change management initiatives that influence culture, define tools & processes and improve competencies.
• BA or BS degree or equivalent experience with emphasis in Operation Management or Manufacturing Engineering and progressive responsibility increases.
• 10+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.
• Prior experience in a Factory or Plant leadership role required.
• Strong knowledge and applied experiences in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma.
• Experience leading, growing and developing large teams in a multi-business unit integrated supply chain organization.
• Advanced knowledge in designing and building successful delivery of manufacturing, production, assembly, procurement, and logistics in a low volume high complexity environment.
• Strong business acumen. Demonstrated experience challenging the status quo, driving change, and teaching and motivating individuals to develop and implement new ways of thinking and doing business.
• Successful experience in hiring and developing great people with diverse skill sets.
• Understands how to create and manage work cell standard work and track deviation from that standard work.
• Experience managing capital improvements and layout.
• Highly effective and professional verbal and written communication skills with team, internal customers