Operations Staff Consultant

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: The Operations Staff Consultant will act as a consultant to BCT leadership and the Executive Director of Operations regarding operations, test, manufacturing, with focus on operations input to business development opportunities and continuous improvement.  The Operations Staff Consultant will work closely with the senior leadership team to develop, implement, and communicate the operations strategy, issues based upon meaningful metrics, and initiatives to improve

performance.

Title: Operations Staff Consultant

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $140,000 - $250,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Boulder, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in the continuous improvement of the operations, manufacturing, and test systems and processes at BCT.
• Support and advocate for a consistent focus on continuous improvement with a system wide view.
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement and drive best practices
• Assist the BD team and product lines for new business opportunities, capacity, and long range planning.
• Identify, recommend, and implement processes, technologies, and systems to continuously improve product and service quality as well as operational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Participate in continuous improvement CORE events and champion CORE training, principles, and implementation.
• Assist with maintaining the AOP/LRP model for operations to support long term planning.
• Support long term projects that focus on goal-oriented outcomes for improving the operations systems at BCT.
• Mentor operations, manufacturing, and test employees.
• Participate in product line design reviews with an emphasis on DFx.
• Assist with transitioning next generation hardware into production.
• Assist with ensuring continued ISO9001 Certification.
• Collaborate with senior leadership for planning, execution, and management of critical business performance, process improvements, and other strategic initiatives.
• Assist with leading, participating, and/or facilitating investigations into root causes and corrective actions for operations issues.
• Other duties as

 

Required Qualifications/Education:

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 15 or more years related experience.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a detail-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of working collaboratively across all levels of an organization and with external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and implement company-wide initiatives effectively.
• Proven experience increasing company efficiencies and
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.

 

Working Conditions:
This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted.  However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital

status, veteran status or any other protected factor. Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at HR@bluecanyontech.com.