Supports industrial engineering and operations initiatives for aerospace manufacturing, including facility expansion planning, process improvement, value-stream analysis, capital procurement, manufacturing layouts, capacity planning, and strategic operations roadmaps. The role also manages project status, business cases, compliance, risk mitigation, and resource planning while collaborating with engineers, project managers, leadership, and internal customers.
Job Description
At BAE Systems in Westminster, we develop and manufacture state of the art radio frequency (RF) & sensor technologies that integrate onto tactical missile and aircraft platforms. If you'd like to join our rapidly growing operations team in a mission to help the warfighter, this could be an ideal role for you.
As part of our Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit (SCU), you will play a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution - from strategic capital investments, industrial operations, to facilities management.
This role is an incredible opportunity for a recent graduate or someone interested in entering the Aerospace Industry, to support the development of advanced RF products. This is a challenging and dynamic role responsible for supporting business proposals, identifying process improvement opportunities, driving capital projects, and supporting facilities strategy and planning.
The Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit plays a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution - from strategic capital investments, industrial operations and an efficient supply chain, to state-of-the-art manufacturing and test operations and top-notch facilities management.
What You'll Do:
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $64926 - $110374
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Multiple positions may be available on this opening.
At BAE Systems in Westminster, we develop and manufacture state of the art radio frequency (RF) & sensor technologies that integrate onto tactical missile and aircraft platforms. If you'd like to join our rapidly growing operations team in a mission to help the warfighter, this could be an ideal role for you.
As part of our Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit (SCU), you will play a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution - from strategic capital investments, industrial operations, to facilities management.
This role is an incredible opportunity for a recent graduate or someone interested in entering the Aerospace Industry, to support the development of advanced RF products. This is a challenging and dynamic role responsible for supporting business proposals, identifying process improvement opportunities, driving capital projects, and supporting facilities strategy and planning.
The Operations Strategic Capabilities Unit plays a fundamental role in enabling efficient business and program execution - from strategic capital investments, industrial operations and an efficient supply chain, to state-of-the-art manufacturing and test operations and top-notch facilities management.
What You'll Do:
- This opportunity requires a result driven individual with excellent organizational skills, ability to thrive in a team environment, and a passion for continuous improvement.
- Provide exceptional customer service to internal and/or external customers
- Consistently communicate the status of projects to management, stakeholders, and executive leadership.
- Maintain strict adherence to business process and government compliance.
- Be accountable, drive accountability within the organization, and put problems first with a sense of urgency, prioritizing work effectively.
- Plan for manufacturing growth including floorspace allocation and location identification.
- Facilitate operational strategic planning efforts to identify purpose and long-term goals.
- Support the development of a strategic roadmap for future operations growth.
- Support senior level engineers and project managers with day-to-day execution and complex projects.
- Support Program proposals by identifying resource constraints and making capital expenditure recommendations.
- Track necessary program information by engaging with internal customers regularly.
- Maintain an intense focus and continuous presence to understand the work being performed.
- Identify issues and risks to ensure cost effective mitigation plans.
- Perform various analysis of the value stream to understand the work being done, ensuring proper layouts, and enabling successful program execution.
- Gain clear understanding of the internal processes to support improvement opportunities.
- Project manage end-to-end capital procurements which may include project evaluation, scoping and requirements gathering, equipment selection, implementation, and project closure.
- Build business case and justifications for capital asks, resources, and project funding
- Requirements gathering utilizing criteria matrixes, equipment lists, and chemical tracking and traceability documentation.
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site three or more days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
- May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
- May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required.
- Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education.
- Able to use software systems: AutoCAD, MS Suite, MS Project
- Familiarity with and ability to teach the Lean Manufacturing tool set (6S, TPM, Value Stream Mapping, single piece flow).
- Proven interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as a team player.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work and manage strict schedules.
- Ability to collaborate in a team environment to achieve solutions that are best for the company.
- Excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills.
- Capable of adapting communications appropriately to a range of desired audiences (speak at a high level when appropriate. Speak tactically when appropriate. Know your audience).
- Experience aligning and influencing fellow employees without direct functional responsibilities
- Excellent focus on timely delivery of quality deliverables aligned with goals and objectives
- Demonstrated intellectual curiosity, ability, and willingness to multitask and prioritize projects given multiple opportunities
- A creative approach to problem solving and an appetite for experimentation that persists in the wake of initial setbacks.
A security clearance or access with Polygraph is not required to be eligible for this position. However, the applicant must be willing and eligible for submission, depending on program requirements, after an offer is accepted and must be able to maintain the applicable clearance/access.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Degree in Industrial Engineering is preferred.
- Low volume / high mix manufacturing experience is desired.
- Experience in facility expansion planning and design using the traditional Industrial Engineering tool set (block diagrams, material flow analysis, capacity planning, material handling systems, etc.) is desired.
- Basic understanding of financial analysis concepts and methods.
- Lean mindset and knowledge desired.
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $64926 - $110374
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
Multiple positions may be available on this opening.
BAE Systems, Inc. Boulder, Colorado, USA Office
1600 Commerce St, Boulder, CO, United States, 80301
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Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems.
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