Millennium Space Systems

aerospace

ManufacturingManager-WeekendShift

$151–223k El Segundo, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid candidates.

The Brief

“Manufacturing Manager -Weekend Shift at Millennium Space Systems. Skills: Manufacturing leadership, Process improvement, Team management. Serve as primary point of support for manufacturing technician team. Provide mentorship and guidance to team members”

What You'll Achieve.

Execute the design for manufacturability; Continue improvement to delivery space-grade avionics, structures, and propulsion hardware at high rate and low cost; Ensure personnel safety; Ensure product reliability; Develop and sustain a vision for growth and development of team members; Develop and sustain a vision for growth and development of manufacturing and supply chain capabilities; Increase the efficiency of business processes; Reduce lead time; Reduce labor hours; Establish manufacturing metrics; Monitor manufacturing metrics; Improve manufacturing metrics; Scale manufacturing rate capability

Industry & Context.

aerospace
Eligibility Requirements

Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance, US Citizenship required, Weekend shift (Thu-Sun) 10 hour days, Must be a U. S. Person as defined by 22 C. F. R. §120. 62, Requires special access facility

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Leadership role experience (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or formal manager experience), Completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership", 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, Experience working with various manufacturing execution systems, Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance, US Citizenship

Nice to Have

Experience in the aerospace industry, Proficiency with PC Applications, especially Excel, Excellent written and Verbal Communications, Demonstrated ability to aggregate, visualize, and analyze data to make informed decisions (i. e. SQL, Excel, PowerBI, etc.), Familiarity with PCBA manufacturing, electromechanical assembly, propulsion production, mechanisms fabrication, or structures build, Demonstrated ability to scale manufacturing rate capability

What You'll Do.

Serve as primary point of support for manufacturing technician team

Provide mentorship and guidance to team members

Establish career development plans

Foster individual growth

Advocate for the team

Cultivate an environment for success

Manage communication within the team

Develop cross-training initiatives

Develop staffing plans

Develop recruiting pipeline

Establish business processes efficiency

Increase business processes efficiency

Enable rapid product transition

Leverage cross-functional relationships

Identify improvement opportunities

Execute initiatives to reduce lead time

Execute initiatives to reduce labor hours

Leverage data to establish metrics

Leverage data to monitor metrics

Leverage data to improve metrics

Enable manufacturing autonomy

Enable supply chain autonomy

Challenge requirements

Simplify work processes

Partner with engineering teams

Implement design changes

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Leverage cross-functional relationships to help identify improvement opportunities, align on priorities, and execute initiatives; Partner with peer engineering teams to implement design changes

Communication Scope

Excellent written and Verbal Communications

Process & Methodology

Large scale cross functional project/program management

Full Job Description

Manufacturing Manager -Weekend Shift - Millennium Space Systems **Company:** Millennium Space Systems Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation. Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen. **Job Summary:** The Production team is looking for a versatile aerospace manufacturing leader tasked with overseeing the production of our low earth orbit satellites. This position will be a key leadership role in the manufacturing and assembly process for our products. They will be responsible for executing the design for manufacturability and continue improvement to delivery space-grade avionics, structures, and propulsion hardware at high rate and low cost. Personnel safety and product reliability are will always be top of mind for this candidate. The role will serve as the advocate of the team and the technical subject matter expert for the greater production and supply chain organization to ensure that they have the resources they need to succeed. The candidate will develop and sustain a vision for growth and development of both the members of the team and the capabilities of the manufacturing and supply chain department. A successful candidate for this role will demonstrate integrity, intellectual curiosity, empathy, technical capability, and a strong motivation to support their team. This position’s internal job code is Manufacturing Manager. Our team is currently hiring for a level K. **_Position Responsibilities:_** * **NOTE: This role will be working a weekend shift (Thu-Sun) 10 hour days** * Serve as the primary point of support for the manufacturing technician tea

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