Supervisor, Tool Control

Tool Control Supervisor

Virgin Galactic is seeking a talented and motivated Tool Control Supervisor to be a part of our Flight Maintenance team to support our mission. Guided by our values, "Safety above All", we proactively manage the risks inherent in human spaceflight through our daily actions in the design, developing and testing efforts. Establish and share the vision towards a common goal while holding self and others accountable. As a Tool Control Supervisor, you will be leading the tool control team in maintaining calibration, repairing, inspecting, issuing and receiving tools to all departments. The candidate must have a desire to learn something new, show enthusiasm for the new space industry and be able to mix aerospace enthusiasm and experience with Space line maintenance development. You are a key player in our goal of starting the world's first space line and opening space to all.

Work Schedule: Onsite Thursday through Monday Day. Please note: As an exempt position, the Supervisor may be required to work outside of the technician shift schedule. Potential Future Work Schedules:

• Onsite Monday through Friday Day
• Onsite Monday through Friday Night

Responsibilities:

• Supervise the VG Tool Control Program, ensuring training, support, and participant compliance.
• Lead and manage a team of technicians including all performance management related tasks and team development.
• Responsible for maintaining records for inspections, repairs, and calibration of precision equipment.
• Responsible for managing tooling calibration program, ensuring all tooling is in compliance at all times.
• Administrator for Tool Control software and technology, managing tool status, personnel adds/terms and permissions.
• Collaborates with Engineering, Aircraft Maintenance, Facility Maintenance, GSE teams, and Technical Publication departments to identify and meet tooling requirements.
• Coordinates with MX Planning Departments to ensure tooling is available for planned and non-routine maintenance tasks.
• Works with Quality Department to monitor and audit the Tool Control Program, tracking efficiency and compliance.
• Develop expert level of continuous improvement skills, evaluating and reporting data, and lead resulting improvement implementation.
• Continuously improve procedures, processes, and efficiencies.
• Drive safety behavior and Foreign Object Debris (FOD) awareness/prevention; ensure adherence to regulatory protocols and rules.
• Coach, train, and transfer expertise to your team to drive projects to completions.
• Ensure work deliverables are prioritized based on schedule, organizational goals, and metrics and align by defining roles.
• You may be asked to perform other related duties and projects as business needs require at direction of management.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Relevant education, such as trade school or Associate's degree; and/or equivalent technical work experience.
• Minimum of six years' experience in an aerospace or equivalent high-reliability field with three years of leading others and/or demonstrated ability to lead and train on technical concepts.
• Must have and be able to maintain a valid Driver's License and a clean driving record that will pass the criteria set by our insurance carrier for on-the-job coverage.
• Demonstrated ability to use computer applications and interpret manual or digital maintenance manuals.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Has a strong systems mechanical background and show ability to learn and become proficient on new and/or customized equipment
• Strong analytical skills, combined with a strong commercial acumen to measure the potential impact of each decision
• Ability to ensure effective collaboration across teams
• Ability to work independently and cross-functionally
• Set clear objectives and milestones
• Communicate clearly and with transparency
• Lead by example in strong safety forward thinking, practice good housekeeping, tool control, recognizing the importance of properly handling hazardous materials and, chemicals
• Familiar with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Ability to adapt to paperless environment, using tablets to receive and record maintenance tasks via MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Operations) software
• *The Employer retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to work all shifts and available for overtime as well as weekends when needed.
• Must be able to travel 25% or more of the time and/or be on call as needed.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods 8 hours min.
• Must be able to stoop, bend, crawl, and being able to maneuver in tight spaces- 3+ hours min.
• Physically able to handle items weighing up to 40lbs (unassisted).