Senior Manufacturing Representative - Machine Shop

About the role

The successful candidate is responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing multiple component projects within the machine shop. They will ensure they are completed successfully within budget and on time to customer needs. They will manage resources, track progress, communicate with all stakeholders across multiple trades, and resolve issues to achieve project goals.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are completed within budget and on time to customer needs
• Manage resources, track progress, and communicate with all stakeholders across multiple trades
• Resolve issues to achieve project goals
• Develop project plans, define the overall scope of work remaining, set intermediate goals, identify long lead items, critical material holdups, and drive resolutions to all of these potential delays
• Oversee the execution of the project plans and help manage the resources and track progress
• Be the liaison between the on-floor supervision, planning, the General Foreman, and the Manager
• Monitor project progress, identify potential risks to schedule dates, and develop plans to resolve the issues to get the schedule back on track to goal delivery
• Provide weekly updates to the project status
• Lead and motivate project teams, assign tasks, and ensure collaboration among the trades
• Manage project budgets, tracking costs, and suggesting adjustments when needed to management
• Oversee and initiate project meetings as required
• Afford assistance in the management of the capital projects throughout the machine shop in project management often working with vendors to obtain updated quotes and meeting project milestones

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in a machine shop environment
• Willingness to work all shifts and overtime
• Experience scheduling in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance

Qualifications

• Preferred Degree in Mechanical Design, or related degree, Accounting or Finance
• Background in business planning, work execution, and customer relations

Skills

• Data entry, reporting, record tracking
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Leadership and team management skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Technical skills related to project management methodologies and tools
• Ability to manage multiple projects and adapt to changing priorities
• Managing budgets
• Experience with product structure and bill of material structuring
• Project management documentation
• Strong Computer skills/ Microsoft applications

Physical Qualifications

• Climbing
• Color Vision
• Crawling
• Heavy Lifting
• Kneeling
• Light Lifting
• Middle Lifting
• Pulling
• Pushing
• Reaching
• Sitting
• Stooping
• Twisting

Environmental Attributes

• Acids or Alkalis
• Cold
• Dusty
• Fumes
• Hot
• Inside
• Noise
• Oily
• Outside
• Wet