Factory MRO Lead - 1st shift - onsite Forest, MS

Date Posted:

2025-02-26

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MS301: 19859 Highway 80, Forest 19859 Highway 80 CMC Forest, Forest, MS, 39074 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

The Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) Lead works on the factory floor to assist Front Line Leaders, Operators and the Engineering Team by systematically and physically moving material.  The MRO Lead also tracks status of material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, and materials are available as needed. Prepares reports on works in progress. Coordinates material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials are timed to meet production requirements. Coordinates interdepartmental activity with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, traffic, and other groups. Drive raw material part shortage to resolution. Monitors inventory and responsible for system troubleshooting. Performs escalated expediting when required to ensure on time delivery of material. Mitigates risks for short-term shortages with internal suppliers to ensure successful customer delivery.

The MRO Lead is a self-starter, capable of achieving organizational and program objectives in a demanding environment with the ability to interface with all levels of management in an IPT environment is essential to perform in this job. This individual will also be expected to promote Raytheon’s keys values, facilitate problem resolution and apply Raytheon CORE principles.  This is a 1st shift position is in Forest, MS (no relocation support provided).

What you will do:

• PRISM functions, assess supply resources, plan inventory, participate in factory build planning, coordinate material for all products, and CMES & shop floor coordination.  
• Work closely with the factory and operations teams, as well as be responsible for material inventory audits and movement of material within the factory and building/ physical handling of material.  
• In this role the ownership & use of metrics will be key to maintain system health and drive the level of performance that will support customer expectations.
• Use your effective communication skills to provide daily briefings and reporting pertaining to operations.
• Evaluating and coordinating program requirements to ensure a controlled flow of materials and services to meet customer requirements.  Providing status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and services are provided as needed.
• Working daily to confirm material supply and demands, coordinating cross-functional interdepartmental activity as needed (i.e. with Quality Assurance, Factory Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Program Management, Logistics).
• 1st shift position with occasional weekend work required per a scheduled rotation.

Qualifications you must have:

• Typically requires: A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience in manufacturing or supply chain or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years’ experience in manufacturing or supply chain.
• Experience in Operations Production / Inventory Control / Supply Chain / Material Management or similar field involving manufacturing processes or environments
• Experience using Material Requirements Planning (MRP) processes and/or software.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point, OneNote).
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications we prefer:

• Proven ability to interact with internal and external customers with respect to product/material planning, problem resolution and process improvement
• SAP knowledge and experience.
• Ability to set and work towards goals at a “big picture” level, and influence change at a detailed operational level.
• Ability to understand complex systems and processes.
• Multi-tasking
• Handle a high-pressure environment.
• Understands basic management approaches such as work scheduling, prioritizing, and process execution.
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