Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Management Responsibilities; CNC Machine Programs
- General Responsibilities:
- Act as technical liaison to customers manufacturing/industrial engineers in areas of plant layouts, facilities requirements and spare part requirements
- Technical coordination of machine features, automation integration, process, tooling and fixture design and approval between customer and Heller Germany Engineering and Program Management.
- Provide technical coordination for other Heller divisions providing equipment for this product line, to achieve maximum commonality.
- Work together with the Heller assembly to provide updated timeline and progress reports to the customer.
- Provide monthly progress reports to customer in Gantt chart form using project management software.
- Maintain other Heller standard project management reporting tools such as open issue lists, meeting minutes and Order Change Requests
- Order ancillary equipment and coordinate technical interface drawings with equipment suppliers.
- Coordinate machine qualification and acceptance documentation of machines at HUS and coordinate shipping.
- Coordinate installation and tryout of Heller machines at customer site, meeting machine acceptance and timing requirements
- Performance to budgets
- Performance to Project Schedules
- Manpower & resource planning at the site for all ancillary Suppliers
- Coordinate & report out on lessons learned
- Coordination of internal Heller resources for assigned projects
- Signoff of documents for all equipment
- The ability to travel both domestic and international for extended periods to support Program Launches
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate project team members
- No direct supervisory responsibility
Process Owner Responsibilities:
Education and Experience:
- Requires at least a Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field and/or 5 to 10 years of Program Management experience and responsibilities
- Minimum 10 years automotive and machine tool experience.
- Applicable Program Manager Certifications, preferred.
Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Hard Skills
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints
- Microsoft Office Product application capability (specifically Word, Excel, Power point and Project)
- Thorough understanding of HUS processes: Kickoff, Mechanical Design, Electrical Design, Material Control, Build, Installation and OCR.
- Soft Skills
- Lead project team (clarify goals, prioritize tasks, coordinate resources, resolve issues)
- Manage time effectively
- Communicate effectively with customer, suppliers, Heller management and employees
Training Requirements:
- General Safety
- ISO 9001 Quality System Awareness
- ISO 14001 Environmental Awareness
- SAP and SAP ECTR
Physical Demands:
- Some physical exertion required.
- Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and occasionally bend and move about the facility.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Safety glasses may be required while performing specific tasks.
- Hearing protection may be required while performing specific tasks.
- Steel toe safety shoes may be required while performing specific tasks.
Work Environment:
- Works in an office, HUS plant and at Customer site.
Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
HELLER was founded in 1894 as a small craftsmans workshop in Germany. Today a world leading manufacturer with 2,000+ employees, the group develops and produces state-of-the-art machine tools and entire production systems for metal-cutting processes. The HELLER product range comprises 4-axis and 5-axis CNC machining centers, CNC mill/turning centers, CNC machines for crankshaft and camshaft machining, flexible manufacturing systems and a modular range of services. HELLER began its operations in the United States in 1982 and has a production facility in Troy, MI.
