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Lead Shipside Operations Specialist (Ship Captain)

The Boeing Company

Ridley Park, PAJob$106–144K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$106–144K/yr
Location
Ridley Park, PA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Boeing Defense, Space & Security is hiring a Lead Shipside Operations Specialist (Ship Captain) for its H-47 Operations team in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. The role supports production operations by resolving constraints, addressing schedule-impacting issues, analyzing defects, and advancing continuous improvement. It works with manufacturing leadership, program management, and support organizations, and is expected to be 100% onsite.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project ManagementManufacturing OperationsLean MethodologiesProductivity ImprovementMicrosoft Office SuiteMicrosoft ProjectManufacturing Execution SystemsAerospace and DefenseMilitary ExperienceLeadership CommunicationData AnalysisMetrics ReportingAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingTroubleshooting

Qualifications

3+ Years Project Leadership3+ Years Manufacturing or Operations Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Shipside Operations Specialist (Ship Captain) to join our H-47 Operations team in Ridley Park, PA.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Supports daily tier meetings and drive 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 develop corrective action plans to prevent defect reoccurrence

  • Develops and execute continuous improvement projects to help achieve cost and schedule targets as well as overall business goals and objectives

  • Develops organizational 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 maintain relationships and partnerships with Manufacturing Leadership, Program Management, and support organizations

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • 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 (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • 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 analyzing data and generating metrics reports

  • Strong analytic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Work Location:

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies .

Total Rewards:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range: USD $106,250 - $143,750

Applications for this position will be accepted until Nov. 02, 2026

Export Control Requirements:

This is not an Export Control position.

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 13,361 open Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$106–144K/yr
  • Pennsylvania median$93–120K/yr118 salary ranges
  • US median$98–150K/yr5,466 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $125K, is 11% above the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($113K) — in the middle half of Operations salary ranges in Pennsylvania.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 471 open Operations jobs in Pennsylvania and 13,361 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (7,569 postings).
Education
3,968 of the 13,361 open Operations jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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