Job Description

Manager Production

🚀 Challenge the Impossible 

About Beyond Gravity

Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine a startup mindset, agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Approximately 1800 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Finland and Portugal) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leading provider of selected satellite products and constellation solutions in the New Space sector. In 2024, the company generated a revenue of around CHF 359 million. More information at: www.beyondgravity.com

Your Mission

Schedule - develops/works daily schedule that support the high-level master schedule. These daily schedules are used to populate daily needs in the visual management boards. Leads and manages visual management tools and dashboards with information from daily schedule
Planning of overtime & resources
Personnel - one-on-ones with direct reports at least once per quarter
Ensures all employees are up to date with compliance training
Document employee coaching
Validate team is productive and charging labor correctly to meet productivity requirement
Performance management, development plans - develops leads into future managers
Continuous improvement – documented and implemented
Assess and drive 5S improvement actions
Maintain an emphasis on FOD elimination
Process and Quality improvements – identifies improvement opportunities and drives those opportunities to successful completion and implementation to enable delivery execution and ramp to rate.
Issues/Escalations - resolves as many issues as possible each day to keep their area fully operational. Works with other areas and escalates issues when unable to resolve at lowest level.

Your Story

Relevant degree preferred
Prior supervision experience preferred
Firm understanding of process development, validation, and deployment in an advanced manufacturing environment (e.g., Aerospace, Automotive, Defense)
Must demonstrate understanding of manufacturing, engineering, and quality requirements of aerospace composite integration, machining, and completion processes.
Must demonstrate proficiency with MS Office or similar tools to prepare reporting and metrics tracking

🌌Are you ready for lift-off?

For questions regarding the position, please contact: Jackie Brackin | jackie.brackin@beyondgravity.com 

For questions regarding the position or recruitment process, please contact: Michelle Lach | michelle.lach@beyondgravity.com  

Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.

Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.

About Beyond Gravity

Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space), headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine a startup mindset, agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality.

Approximately 1800 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Portugal and Finland) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leader in selected satellite products and for constellations in the New Space sector.

Industry

Aviation & Aerospace

Company Size

1,001-5,000 employees

Headquarters

Zurich Airport, CH

Year Founded

Unknown

Website

beyondgravity.com

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