Senior Technical Specialist

5 hours ago

Merritt Island, Florida, United States Blue Origin Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Technical Specialist to join our team at Blue Origin. As a key member of our space operations team, you will be responsible for developing and implementing safe and efficient lifting and handling operations for our launch and space vehicles.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with flight design engineers and GSE/PSE design engineers to author, plan, and execute lifting operations for critical and standard lift operations.
  • Verify that all work is performed efficiently, safely, and in accordance with ASME and OSHA lifting and handling standards.
  • Efficiently and safely carry out lifting and handling operations of any size loads, including lifting, installing, rigging, and weighing.
  • Execute lifting operations with a safety-oriented approach to identify and eliminate potential injuries and accidents.
  • Support assembly and disassembly of critical rigging configurations of GSE, PSE, and flight hardware, as well as standard lifting operations requests for unique or complex operations.
  • Perform pre-mission dry runs to ensure functionality and operational readiness of lifting and handling crane operations.
  • Understand and operate multiple types of cranes, including overhead cranes, JIB hoists, A-frame hoists, chain falls, and lever hoists.
  • Understand and operate lifting direct 1) mobile crane operations, 2) dual overhead crane operations, 3) dual mobile crane operations, and 4) dual mobile and overhead crane operations.

Requirements:

  • Ability to determine mass properties and calculate the center of gravity of GSE/PSE and flight hardware.
  • Ability to determine sling tensions for overall hoisting operations.
  • Ability to generate specific detail lists of rigging hardware for any lifting and handling operation using a crane.
  • Ability to generate and edit lift plan diagrams using software as an aid.
  • Experience in lifting, rigging, and moving GSE/PSE and flight hardware.
  • Well-versed in reading and understanding engineering drawings, ASME, OSHA, Air Force, and NASA standards as required to ensure that GSE/PSE and mass properties provided are adequate for specific lifting and handling operations.
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Short and long-term disability.
  • 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%.
  • Education Support Program.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated workforce. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members.

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