Build Supervisor
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Job Location:
El Segundo, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 120000 - 152000
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Varda
Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules.
From life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optics there is a world of products used on Earth today that can only be manufactured in space. Varda is accelerating innovation in the orbital economy by creating both the products and infrastructure needed so space can directly benefit life on Earth. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.
Our team is uniquely suited to accomplishing this goal with leadership and staff comprised of veterans from SpaceX Blue Origin major pharmaceutical companies and Silicon Valley. Varda was founded in January 2021 by Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov with significant backing from world class investors including Khosla Ventures Lux Capital Founders Fund Caffeinated Capital General Catalyst and Also Capital.
Varda is headquartered in El Segundo California where we have offices and a production facility where our vehicles equipment and materials are built integrated and tested. Varda also has offices in Washington DC and Huntsville AL (coming soon).
Join Varda and work to create a bustling in-space ecosystem.
About This Role
Managing technician work force driving toward manifest defined production milestones.
Brief Job Description:
The Build Team Supervisor oversees the day-to-day operations of the build team ensuring that all build activities are completed accurately efficiently and in alignment with manifest need dates. This role provides hands-on leadership assigns and monitors work enforces quality standards and acts as the primary communication link between the build team and cross-functional partners such as Engineering QA Product Management and Operations. The Supervisor drives process consistency resolves blockers maintains clear documentation and supports the development and performance of team members. Success in this role ensures that builds are delivered on time to specification and ready for downstream testing and deployment.
Lead team of technicians
Timely build assembly repair and test of components subassemblies and vehicles in a cleanroom environment to hit production targets
Create maintain and execute production plans
Supervise daily schedules and workloads
Assess and hire skill sets needed
Create and execute training programs
Proactively coordinate with engineering and supply chain to prevent schedule delays
Review work instructions to make change recommendations when required and identify tooling/training gaps
Identify and resolve repeated non-conformance issues
Gather and provide required data for build metrics
Own and improve production environment
What wont get accomplished without this person/ What are the Swimlanes
Without a build team supervisor The Build Team Manager will struggle to allocate enough bandwidth to all of their individual reports resulting in knock on effects like:
Builds slow down
Quality decreases
Communication breaks
Deadlines slip
Team performance declines
What are the Swimlanes
Build Execution Management:
Oversee day-to-day build activities. Take manifest schedule drivers and distribute the relevant tasks to the floor staff on a daily basis to meet those
Provide status updates risks and timelines. Roll build progress updates up weekly to senior management
Monitor progress and remove blockers to daily progress
Monitor and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the Production build staff (Utilization Quality Efficiency etc)
Actively monitor and influence team morale
Performance Management of Technicians
Pay Range
- Salary Range: $120000-$152000/year
- This role ison-sitein El Segundo CA
- Leveling and base salary is determined by job-related skills education level experience level and job performance
- Offer compensation also includes the ability to receive stock options under the Companys Equity Incentive Plan.
ITAR Requirements
Varda like all employers must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. Additionally our employees are exposed to and have access to certain export-controlled items. At present some of our technology to which employees have access requires a license to be exported to individuals other than U.S. Persons as defined in U.S. export regulations. Because our employees are provided access to export-controlled items our current policy is to only hire U.S. persons who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license.
US person means: U.S. citizen U.S. lawful permanent resident or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (i.e. individual admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum in the U.S.)
Learn more about the ITAR here.
Benefits
- Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field working by your side
- Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)
- 401(k) matching (interns excluded)
- Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)
- Health insurance including Vision and Dental
- Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.
- Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)
Varda Space Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit qualifications and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race color gender national origin ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity martial status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
E-Verify Statement
Varda Space Industries Inc. participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about theE-Verifyprogram.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Restaurant Experience
- Customer Service
- Hospitality Experience
- Management Experience
- Mediation Experience
- Guest Services
- Merchandising
- Experience with Children
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Supervising Experience
- Neonatal Ventilator
About Company
Expanding the economic bounds of humankind with the world's first orbital manufacturing & reentry platform.
