Description:
TITLE: Production Control Specialist (Level II)
SITE: Kent, WA
REPORTING TO: Production Control Manager
A shift 7a-3:30p PST M-F
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 diverse and hardworking team of specialists, you will control the manufacturing schedule for various spaceflight systems. You will share in the team's impact on all aspects of manufacturing deliverables. In this role, you will utilize advanced planning and scheduling platforms to understand Blue Origin's scheduling needs and coordinate manufacturing activities with the operations team to support those needs. In order to be successful in this role, you will need to have great attention to detail to improve and maintain data integrity within our systems, which will then enable efficient scheduling practices to support on time delivery. You will also need to collaborate with cross-functional teams in order to problem solve and recover schedule when met with constraints. Specialists in this role are expected to regularly provide status to program teams, elevate schedule risks immediately for timely resolution, create action plans to push critical path hardware forward, and hold teams accountable to those plans.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Coordinate the production schedule to all necessary areas of manufacturing and test
Release work orders to the shop per MRP action messages and program schedule needs
Ensure timely staging of raw materials and kits to appropriate areas to support on time starts
Manage work orders from creation to completion, ensuring work orders stay active and blocks or holds get addressed in a timely manner
Coordinate with area leads, technicians, quality, Product Based Production Control, and manufacturing engineers on a regular basis to work through nonconforming products, engineering changes, and other unplanned events
Provide WIP status as needed
Request and coordinate overtime or outsourcing needs with area leads as need to ensure on time delivery of hardware
Track and drive shortages by coordinating with all supporting areas, such as procurement, receiving inspection, and other work centers/material planners
Communicate potential schedule risks and escalate to appropriate parties as needed
Provide transactional support in the accounting and manufacturing execution systems to capture as-built reconciliation, project transfers, inventory adjustments, and scrap transactions
Coordinate with Material Handlers to ensure steady, timely movement of critical hardware
Refine Item Master planning parameter values to ensure efficiencies throughout the manufacturing process and product lifecycles
Collaborate across work centers and Production Control team as needed to resolve capacity constraints
Qualifications:
Minimum of 3 years' experience in a manufacturing or scheduling environment
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion

Desired:
Experienced with using inventory and/or ERP/MRP systems
Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, or related field
Experience in both development and production environments

Skill/Experience/Education:
Question/ Answer

1. What is your prior production control/scheduling experience?
2. How do you accurately forecast end dates for work orders and complex builds?
3. What is your experience in putting together line of balances for end item deliverables?
4. How do you effectively communicate schedule needs and changes to key stake holders?
5. What data automation have you employed to streamline reports?