Planner - Methods

Responsibilities

• Utilize machining and manufacturing technical knowledge and experience in making decisions for creating effective manufacturing and assembly travelers.
• Generate detailed methods for machining and assembly processes, and establish target hours and span time estimates.
• Interpret Engineering / Design plan requirements to develop detailed machinists work instructions.
• Determine manufacturing process steps required to attain optimal workflow through all machining, assembly, welding, and quality control work center operations.
• Identify specific machines and asset work centers required to perform each operation while utilizing experience and knowledge to satisfy all safety, quality, capacity, cost, and schedule considerations.
• Identify specific work-holding or tooling requirements needed at each machine or work center in order to perform each operation.
• Analyze operation and work center requirements to establish accurate set up and cycle time estimates.
• Identify the need for the development of machine programs, special tooling procurement, and fixture design and development to ensure the ability to efficiently meet all manufacturing specifications and requirements.
• Serve as a liaison between Design, Engineering, Planning, and Operations to resolve manufacturing issues.

Qualifications

• High school diploma
• 4+ years of production manufacturing machine shop experience as a machinist or machine operator
• Preferred: 5+ years of EB machine shop experience as a machinist or machine operator
• 10+ years of machine shop experience as a machinist or machine operator
• Vocational/Trade school graduate
• Apprentice graduate
• Working Knowledge of PCM, EWP, ELCADD and Teamcenter
• Related experience in Methods, CNC programming, Design Engineering, Assembly, Welding, and/or Quality control
• Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Database navigation)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong mechanical blueprint reading skills
• Ability to multitask
• Well rounded experience with milling, turning, grinding, CNC machining and manufacturing processes