# Lead Shipside Operations Specialist (Ship Captain)

**Company**: The Boeing Company
**Location**: Ridley Park, PA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD $106,250 - $143,750
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

We are seeking a Lead Shipside Operations Specialist (Ship Captain) to join our H-47 Operations team in Ridley Park, PA. As a Lead Shipside Operations Specialist, you will play a critical role in supporting daily operations and driving timely resolution of known constraints.

**Responsibilities:**

- Supports daily tier meetings and drives timely resolution of known constraints to responsible support organizations

- Works cross-functionally to resolve issues impacting the production schedule, such as engineering issues, part shortages, and staffing constraints

- Analyzes defect data to determine point of origin and root cause, and develops corrective action plans to prevent defect reoccurrence

- Develops and executes continuous improvement projects to help achieve cost and schedule targets, as well as overall business goals and objectives

- Develops organisational and technical strategies to support production needs

- Provides input to Program Management teams on aircraft operations and delivery status, as well as major aircraft build milestones and critical restraints

- Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with Manufacturing Leadership, Program Management, and support organisations

**Requirements:**

- 3+ years' experience managing or leading a project

- 3+ years' experience in a manufacturing or operations environment

- Experience implementing lean methodologies and productivity improvements

- Experience working with MS Office Suite, such as Word, Excel, and MS Project

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Manufacturing Execution Systems common image (MESci) experience

- Experience in the Aerospace & Defense Industry and/or the military

- Experience interfacing with senior and executive leadership

- Experience collecting and analysing data and generating metrics reports

- Strong analytic, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills

**Benefits:**

- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities

- Eligible employees can enrol in a variety of benefit programs, including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work

**Pay Range:**

- USD $106,250 - $143,750

## Skills

### Required
- project management
- manufacturing
- lean methodologies
- MS Office Suite

### Nice to have
- MESci
- Aerospace & Defense Industry
- military
- data analysis
- problem-solving

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