Launch Equipment Shop (LES) Manufacturing Engineer

The COMET contract provides overall management and implementation of ground systems capabilities, flight hardware processing, and launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These tasks will support the International Space Station, Ground Systems Development and Operations, and the Space Launch System, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and Launch Services programs.

The Ground Systems Support (GSS) organization is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer for the Launch Equipment Shop (LES) who supports multiple programs for National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA).

The candidate will provide troubleshooting and repair guidance for manufacturing equipment, as well as work order development, engineering review, specification review, component selection, and oversight of fabrication.

Responsibilities

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Demonstrate master proficiency of required procedures for the metal shops (sheet metal, machine shop, welding, and maintenance), pneumatic systems (high pressure gas, breathing air, and hydraulic systems), cable fabrication, process instructions, and operational requirements based on the functional workload.

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Demonstrate advanced communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate work status, resolve technical issues, and assist in troubleshooting and identifying solutions to ensure continuation of work to meet demanding schedules.

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Provide day-to-day technical leadership of manufacturing responsibilities through collaboration with a team of technicians, shop management, support organizations and design engineering to ensure timely execution of planned and scheduled work to meet program critical milestones in a safe manner.

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Coordinate with Work Management to properly identify resource, durations and work execution tasks required to effectively plan manufacturing activities as well as ensure timely work instruction development to support scheduled work based on priority.

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Interface, coordinate and communicate effectively with technicians, engineers, flow/project managers, work control and management to provide technical assistance during the manufacturing processes.

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Collaborate with Design Engineering, Logistics, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management and Work Management to ensure timely execution and delivery of quality products.

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Actively participate in daily scheduling meetings to understand work priorities, resolve technical issues, and provide as a technical liaison with other entities required during fabrication and execution.

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Provide quick identification, resolution, and communication regarding any challenges to scheduled work.

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Lead and participate in pre-task briefings as required for assigned jobs or projects.

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Provide communication and documentation to ensure safe execution of work, including but not limited to ensuring required PPE is provided and utilized through work instructions and job leadership as required.

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Provide as Subject Matter Expert for technical documentation for responsible area (including but not limited to desk instructions, technical documents, Operating Procedures, etc.)

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Maintain safety, quality, and good housekeeping standards in all areas of responsibility.

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Build strong relationships based on trust, integrity, and keeping commitments.

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Collaborates with other internal and external Shop Managers, Engineers, Work Management, Project Managers, and other support organization to maximize the value of integration and continuous improvement across the enterprise.

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Supports managers in the performance of functional analysis and critical thinking to identify areas for improvement, recommends corrective actions, potential training, and IT improvements.

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Assist managers in the translation of directorate goals and objectives into innovative operational and tactical execution techniques.

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Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

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A background in manufacturing, pneumatic systems, cable fabrication is required, and production planning is highly desirable.

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Excellent communication, presentation, and customer interface skills with a proven ability to work effectively and cooperatively in a team environment as required to coordinate and technically plan work activities including inter-organizational support.

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Experience working with union represented employees, understanding, and ensuring compliance with Collective Bargaining agreements, is highly desirable.

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Ability to lead multiple projects and priorities across the areas of responsibility.

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Technically inclined with experience in at least one of the metal, cable and/or pneumatic shop crafts and demonstrate the ability to understand the execution of the work to maximize the efficiency of the crews and their activities.

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Must be organized and detail oriented.

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Experience in Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Inventory Man