Supervisor, Manufacturing Operations

<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Virgin Galactic is seeking highly motivated Manufacturing Operations Supervisor to lead and support our vehicle and rocket motor manufacturing teams. Guided by our values, “Safety above All”, we proactively manage the risks inherent in human spaceflight through our daily actions in the design and assembly efforts.

In this role, your technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality will impact safe spaceflights. You will implement strategies to enhance production efficiency, quality, and improve financial performance. Maintain a mindset of continuous improvement to keep our production-related processes ever evolving.

Establish and share the vision towards a common goal while holding self and others accountable.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Primary focus is to Lead Rocket Motor/Spaceship fabrication and assembly. As a Supervisor, your role is to help refine and improve the production flow, equipment, and tools to create an efficient, organized, and lean factory.

Organize daily tasks to meet milestones, in alignment with manufacturing schedule, and drive the overall performance of the manufacturing plan.

To be successful, this supervisory role will require collaboration across teams and all functions of planning, scheduling, demands, and assembly to properly support the build schedule by means of identifying tooling, materials, resources, planning, and product definition to ensure a seamless transition from paper to reality.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong>Current Work Schedule </strong></p><p>Onsite<strong> </strong>Monday through Friday Day (6:00am – 4:30pm) </p><p> </p><p><strong>Potential Future Work Schedules</strong></p><p>Onsite Monday through Friday Night (4:00pm - 2:30am) </p><p>Onsite Thursday through Monday Day (6:00am – 4:30pm) </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Assign daily tasks to shop leads and staff to ensure daily milestones are met/exceeded to ensure productivity</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lead and manage a team of technicians including all performance management related tasks and team development</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Oversight of Assembling Spaceship/ Rocket Motor components from start to completion in a fast-paced Mfg.

Environment</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Influences technical projects, technicians, or interdepartmental functions to achieve goals or solve problems</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Continuously improve procedures, processes, and efficiencies</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Drive safety behavior and Foreign Object Debris (FOD) awareness/prevention; ensure adherence to regulatory protocols and rules</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Coach, train, and transfer expertise to your team to drive projects to completions</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Work closely with Build Management to forecast completion dates and day to day updates</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Collaborate effectively with Manufacturing, Design and Quality Engineers to ensure our vehicles meet our standards for design and quality</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Prioritize work based on production schedule, organizational goals, and metrics</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Utilize your overall general knowledge of Composite and similar Manufacturing skills to produce a high performing Hybrid Rocket</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Work with manufacturing software system to manage material and product review process</span></p></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><strong>Required Skills and Experience</strong></span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Relevant education, such as trade school or Associate’s degree; and /or equivalent technical work experience</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Minimum of six years’ experience in an aerospace or equivalent high-reliability field with three years of leading others and/ or demonstrated ability to lead and train on technical concepts</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Experience with aircraft manufacturing with composite and/or metallic airframes</span></p></li></ul><ul><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Experience in assembly, integration, and handling of large products, assembling large tight tolerance structures </span></p></li></ul><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Extensive experience and/or training in lean manufacturing principles and leading or participating in process improvement workshops</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ability to read and interpret drawings, blueprints, and/or models on paper or digital</span></p></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Demonstrated computer and analytical skills including proficiency in MS Excel, manufacturing software or related programs and dashboards</span></p></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><strong>Preferred Skills and Experience</strong></span></p><ul type="disc"><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Airframe & Power plant (A&P)