Supervisor, Manufacturing Operations (NASA Balloon Program)

Required Qualifications:• High School and a minimum of six years experience as a lead in a manufacturing facility.• Certified in ISO JSTD-001 Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies and ISO WHMA-A-620 Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies• Certified NASA Ordnance Handler• Proficient with Deltek Costpoint enterprise resource planning softwareDesired Qualifications:• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detailPeraton provides management and technical support for NASA’s scientific balloon program which supports enabling science missions for NASA and universities across the United States and foreign scientific communities. Scientific balloon missions provide researchers inexpensive, relatively quick, long duration access to near space altitudes and environments. Balloon missions cost orders of magnitude less than satellite missions and provide platforms for heavy experiments (some greater than 5000-lbs) to operate for weeks and even months. Balloon missions have provided significant science theories and discoveries about cosmic rays, gamma ray and x-ray astronomy, optical and UV astronomy, atmospheric sciences, and cosmic microwave background studies.Our staff are located at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Palestine, TX where we design, analyze, build and assembly the support hardware and balloon gondola payloads for the missions. We launch the balloons from locations within the United States (Texas, New Mexico, and Hawaii) and around the world including Antarctica, Sweden, New Zealand, and Australia. Our engineers and technician staff support the launches and balloon and payload recoveries in the US and many worldwide locations. Peraton’s NASA Balloon Operations Contract (NBOC) program is seeking an Electrical Technician to join our team in Palestine, Texas.We are hiring a Planning and Manufacturing Supervisor responsible for planning and overseeing daily operations on the manufacturing floor. This role involves overseeing production processes, ensuring adherence to quality standards, maintaining safety protocols, and optimizing production efficiency. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and a keen understanding of electronic manufacturing processes.Responsibilities:• Supervise and manage daily activities on the manufacturing floor.• Work with operations management in planning procurement and production activities to meet mission schedules.• Analyze back-orders, current orders, and upcoming orders to prioritize, plan and schedule the production operations.• Ensure production schedules are met and quality standards are maintained.• Partner with Quality Assurance to identify manufacturing issues and mitigations.• Train and mentor team members to enhance their skills and performance.• Address and resolve any production issues promptly.