Logistics Analyst jobs in Houston, TX

Ignite is an ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), headquartered in Huntsville, AL. By design, Ignite is a provider of professional services to customers in educational, federal, and commercial industries and in every action seeks to be the preeminent provider within this business space. Ignite upholds our values of competency, collaboration, innovation, reliability, and results through everything we do.

Ignite is currently recruiting for a Logistics Engineer/Technical Professional II within our Integrated Logistics Support organization, supporting the International Space Station (ISS) in Houston, TX. This position will be focused on engineering support of complex aerospace hardware and systems.  The candidate will perform a variety of assignments required to enable successful hardware delivery, including working closely with engineering teams, project managers and support disciplines.  In this role you will handle logistics engineering, planning and maintenance, and troubleshooting. This role requires customer support and daily interfacing with sustaining engineering teams.

The day to day tasks include manifesting hardware tasks, procedure review, coordinating repair recommendations, providing logistics support to resolve technical issues, support system analysis, modifications, and repairs for the International Space Station.

This position will be full-time, within a long-term contract supporting strategic, tactical and organizational planning activities.  This position is expected to be 100% onsite.

MUST BE A US CITIZEN

Responsibilities include:

• Gather/research information and engineering data used to ensure supportability and maintainability of support products and services
• Conduct analyses and provide logistics engineering support to the internal and external customers for hardware or subsystem inquiries
• Interface daily with sustaining engineering, project managers and cross-functional support teams to ensure continued supportability of the on-orbit system
• Coordinate logistics focused mitigation plans for hardware or development issues
• Provide Mission Evaluation Room (MER) support
• Facilitate hardware launch and return manifesting
• Review processes and procedures
• Provide logistics support to resolve technical issues, support system analysis, modifications, and repairs

Required Skills:

• Proven ability to coordinate multiple project related tasks in a dynamic, challenging work environment
• Ability to efficiently manage life-cycle logistics of assigned hardware including technical coordination and planning abilities
• Efficient research and data analyzing skills to be able to gather/research information and engineering data used to ensure supportability and maintainability of support products and services 
• Proactive, self-starter with initiative to recognize and respond to needs
• Ability to work effectively both independently and cooperatively in a team environment
• Ability to quickly familiarize, at a high level, with new tasks while under minimal supervision
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and customer interface abilities
• Effectively and efficiently prioritize multiple assignments
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated follow through of targeted plans
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools and/or databases

Required Experience:

Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 5-10 years work experience, preferably related to manufacturing, industrial engineering, or supply chain management.  Work experience may be used in lieu of education requirements. Specific experience associated with the space industry or International Space Station is not required.