Howmet Engines seeks an experienced professional to manage the physical infrastructure of the plant and its equipment, applying Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure the design, installation, operation, maintenance, modification, construction, safety, and protection of facilities and equipment used to manufacture technologically sophisticated products.
Requirements
- Able to drive improvement through the implementation of the lean manufacturing principles, total quality practices, six sigma
- A strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes
- Experience with tooling, molds and dies relating to the Investment Casting, Injection Molding, or Stamping Industries is preferred
Responsibilities
- Drive asset utilization. Shorten cycles, minimize downtime, and keep equipment running. Utilizes 8 pillars of TPM.
- Minimize unplanned equipment downtime and maximize equipment reliability by employing TPM and other Lean initiatives
- Establish project goals, and lead the group effort toward successfully completing those projects
- Contribute to cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives for safety, on-time delivery, production efficiency, and scrap reduction
- Advise, assist and review all matters involving capital and major expenses. Review and edit all requests for assets (RFA) and author those pertaining to the facility
- ASAT management
- Troubleshoot equipment – sense of urgency.
Other
- Assess and prioritize* -understands business and operation; assesses emergent needs alongside planned interventions and adjusts based on priority; uses data to make right decisions and can justify them as needed; even handed in prioritization and communication; manages expectations and negotiates where appropriate
- Horizon focus* -wields influence to shift focus from restoration and problem solving to improvements and strategic investments, yet understands the immediacy of issues and acts quickly to remedy critical issues; maintains critical inventory to address common or anticipated needs
- Standardization* -creates timelines and a compelling case for planned interventions; scales across units and facilities where applicable; collaborates with other leaders who own aspects of processes to align and agree; creates contingency strategies and procedures
- Critically objective* -orchestrates among competing priorities; eliminates subjective criteria; handles pressure from multiple sources dispassionately; leads by example and confidence to meet challenges; evaluative, not reactive
- Matrixed communication* - Seeks and provides information from/to multiple sources across the enterprise; gains broad and deep understanding of business priorities and aligns interventions accordingly; obtains real-time feedback from floor-level associates and plans with staff level leaders to minimize disruption of necessary interventions; ensures advance notice and full reporting occur
