The Exploration Company

1 month ago

Workshop Team Leader

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Job Summary

Lead a CNC workshop in Bordeaux, overseeing a hands-on team of machinists and programmers to manufacture aerospace parts using 3-axis and 5-axis milling, CNC turning, mill-turn and grinding. Drive daily priorities, production follow-up, and shop-floor routines, ensure safety, quality and on-time delivery, and collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Metrology, Supply Chain and Design Engineering. Maintain AS/EN 9100 compliance and lead continuous improvement.

Location: France

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead a CNC workshop team of around 6 people, with additional temporary resources depending on workload.
•Organize daily priorities, workload, machine allocation and production follow-up.
•Drive shop-floor routines to review progress, blockers, anomalies, safety, quality and delivery risks.
•Manage team performance, skills development, training, onboarding and individual follow-up.
•Support and challenge CNC programming, machining strategies, setups, tooling and workholding.

Key Requirements

•Strong experience in CNC machining, including 3-axis milling, 5-axis milling, CNC turning and/or mill-turn operations.
•Good understanding of CAM programming, cutting tools, workholding, setups and machining strategy.
•Experience with complex metallic parts, especially aluminium, stainless steel, Inconel or similar aerospace materials.
•Experience in aerospace, space, defense, motorsport, energy, medical or another high-precision industry.
•Proven ability to lead a technical production team and manage daily shop-floor priorities.

Experience:AerospaceSpaceDefenseHigh-precisionManufacturing

Skills:CNC machiningCAM programming3-axis milling5-axis millingCNC turningMill-turnGrindingQuality systemsTraceabilityManufacturing documentationAS/EN 9100

Languages:FrenchEnglish

Tech Stack:HyperMillHaasMazakDMG MORIStuderOdooERP/MESCAM programming3-axis milling5-axis millingCNC turningMill-turnGrinding

Company Brief

The Exploration Company

Designs and develops reusable crewed and cargo spacecraft for low Earth orbit missions. The company builds orbital transfer and return vehicles to enable routine transportation, research, and commercial services in space.

Industry: Space Technology

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Growth Stage Startup

Headquarters: Munich, Germany

Founded: 2018

Website LinkedIn

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The Exploration Company

1 month ago

Workshop Team Leader

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 23 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: France

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead a CNC workshop team of around 6 people, with additional temporary resources depending on workload.
•Organize daily priorities, workload, machine allocation and production follow-up.
•Drive shop-floor routines to review progress, blockers, anomalies, safety, quality and delivery risks.
•Manage team performance, skills development, training, onboarding and individual follow-up.
•Support and challenge CNC programming, machining strategies, setups, tooling and workholding.

Key Requirements

•Strong experience in CNC machining, including 3-axis milling, 5-axis milling, CNC turning and/or mill-turn operations.
•Good understanding of CAM programming, cutting tools, workholding, setups and machining strategy.
•Experience with complex metallic parts, especially aluminium, stainless steel, Inconel or similar aerospace materials.
•Experience in aerospace, space, defense, motorsport, energy, medical or another high-precision industry.
•Proven ability to lead a technical production team and manage daily shop-floor priorities.

Experience:AerospaceSpaceDefenseHigh-precisionManufacturing

Skills:CNC machiningCAM programming3-axis milling5-axis millingCNC turningMill-turnGrindingQuality systemsTraceabilityManufacturing documentationAS/EN 9100

Languages:FrenchEnglish

Tech Stack:HyperMillHaasMazakDMG MORIStuderOdooERP/MESCAM programming3-axis milling5-axis millingCNC turningMill-turnGrinding

Company Brief

The Exploration Company

Industry: Space Technology

Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)

Growth: Growth Stage Startup

Headquarters: Munich, Germany

Founded: 2018

Website LinkedIn