Shop Assistant III (Tool Room)

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles allow us to service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. We utilize carbon composite structures, patented propulsion technologies, and common components across our vehicles to iterate quickly, improve reliability, and deliver payloads at a lower cost.

This position is located at our manufacturing, developing, and testing facility in Briggs, TX, north of Austin, TX.

SUMMARY

Join our dynamic team of highly skilled machinists with a combined experience of over 300 years of machining who will mentor you to manufacture cutting edge components with the latest tools available in the industry.The successful candidate will pull working kit lists for the machinist. You will perform a variety of duties pertaining to receiving, identifying, distributing, and picking inventory/materials in the most efficient manner. This position will have a strong focus on tracking and maintaining inventory levels with a digital record & communicating all information back to the Tooling Supervisor. We pride ourselves on cross training all machinist on every piece of machinery we have.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Utilize Speroni Presetting, Haimer Balancing and Heat Shrink equipment in the most effective and efficient manner in a low volume high mix environment

• Pull working kit lists for the Machinists

• Perform a variety of duties pertaining to receiving, identifying, distributing, and picking inventory/materials

• Strong focus on tracking and maintaining inventory levels with a digital record & communicating all information back to the Tooling Supervisor

• Prepare inventory counts as needed and establish min/max levels based on data

• Perform 5S in the Tool Room area, and work holding racks

• Properly stage, and document Tool Kits to be sent to the Manufacturing Floor

• Order, receive, store and issue tools, equipment, PPE and other items to employees needed for daily production needs

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• High School Diploma or G.E.D

• Working knowledge of MS Office-Outlook, Excel, Word and have exceptional data entry skills

• Basic troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent organizational and administrative skills, with a high level of attention to detail

• Ability to interpret and follow work instructions

• Work with a diverse range of personality types

• Basic Math Skills

• Ability to lift 25 lbs unassisted

• Lifting, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying are generally required to perform the functions of this position

• Must be available for overtime and weekend hours

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, pet Insurance, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status