Job Overview

1. Ownership: (a) self-motivated, (b) eager to volunteers for challenging projects, (c) goal oriented and trusted with delivering effective outcomes, (d) work demonstrates to team members that they are a “go-to” person when problems needing fixed, (e) when faced with an unfamiliar situation they look forward to learning and developing themselves, (f) others learn quickly to trust and depend on them to achieves expected/needed outcomes.

2. Customer Value: (a) value and non-value adding work is viewed through the customer’s “eyes”, (b) there is an deliberate effort to deliver value to internal/external customers, (c) capable of defining how value is delivered and quantified, (d) understands product and information process flows and able to improve both, and (f) seeks perfection/improvements in process methods / principles / practices.

3. Work Standards: (a) capable of graphically defining processes; (d) able to analyzes processes and design them to reduce hazards and improve in efficiency and in quality; (c) write modular highly-visible standard work and work instructions, (d) communicates standard work processes and procedures, and at a minimum (e) will create / maintain accurate production routers and be accountable for the multi-faceted business impact.

4. Tooling: (a) evaluates processes for tooling, jigs, and fixtures improvements; (b) seeks tooling feedback to improve safety, quality, and efficiency; (c) procures readily available or can design tooling solutions; (d) procure, trial, and validate tooling; (e) utilizes software to initiate, maintain, and sunset documents – i.e. AutoCAD® , Vault®, Inventor®, SAP, View & Print (V&P), or other; (f) adds tooling to production routers and standard work.

5. Cap/Ex Improvement: (a) leads the site’s capital feasibility, annual planning, procurement, and commissioning; (b) be a collection point for potential projects, effectively analyzes ROI, and propose a priority of annual projects; (c) facilitates a comprehensive annual capital plan; (d) creates bid packets, secure/review quotes, and obtain accurate costs; (e) creates an acceptable cost justification; (f) creates project charters and plans; (h) site expert on Komatsu’s appropriation request (AR) submission process and submits ARs with follow-up and regular communications; (i) executes projects and improvements within budget and to the stated timeline, following PMI project management phases when applicable; and, (j) commissions Cap/Ex with a cross-functional team that includes EHS, Quality, Production, Maintenance, and/or other key stakeholders. 

6. World Class Manufacturing: Be the site’s expert and promoter of worldwide manufacturing engineering best practices, concepts, principles, and practices. For example, a few items follow: broad concepts such as Change Management, (PMI) Project Management, Lean Manufacturing, Value Methodology, and Six Sigma (6s) but applying practical principles and techniques wisely (i.e. Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), Principles of Single Minute Exchange of Dies (SMED), Poke-Yoke/Error-Proofing, Jidoka / Autonomation, Inventory / Information / Work Pull Systems, 7 Basic Quality Tools, Quality Circles, Capability Indices, 6 Major Losses, TEEP/OEE, 6S & Visual Factory, Small Improvement Events or Kaizen, PERT, or other if / when applicable, or research and develop other innovative solutions.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. Daily Shop Engagement: Go/See the production work areas regularly, attend recurring / standing meetings that communicate operational needs/requirements to assist with daily operational challenges. Examples may include a daily management meeting, a shop walk-through seeking ways to help resolve daily issues, a shift hand-off meeting, maintenance / production / scheduling meetings, a weekly meeting with the Site Manager, etc.

2. Create Production Routers: Create / update SAP routers for production work.  This may include a very formal creation of a production router: (a) create a process flow diagram, (b) define the work centers and sequences that the parts must follow in order to produce the product – including outside services if applicable, (c) define work elements at each work center, (d) perform time and motion studies to establish labor standards, (e) create appropriate standard work and include tooling/fixturing/jigs needed to optimize the work, (f) specify materials at each step and any scrap factor that may be applied, and (g) enter the labor and material standards into SAP with labor and material. Most commonly, the router will include a historical time to perform each tasks but still include routing steps and time estimates to establish standard cost.

3. Engineering Change Control: With daily interactions, become aware of engineering changes that need clarifications, support production or other departments in engineering revision control, ensure current and accurate data is delivered with inquiries being addressed, delivering answers to the shop with a high sense of urgency to mitigate stalls and delays in production. Follow established process to update manufacturing documents as needed – i.e. drawings, production routers, programs, etc.

4. Develop Tooling Solutions: Assess work execution throughout manufacturing and design (via DFMA) and develop jigs, tooling, and fixtures to improve safety, ergonomics, quality, efficiency, and labor. Bring insight and solutions to work independently and/or through soliciting feedback from EHS, quality, production, manufacturing, or design engineering. Design, detail, and document tooling within 2D and 3D software and utilize the Komatsu part numbering and document control systems (ie Inventor, AutoCAD, Vault, SAP, View & Print). Integrate these into documented standard work and within SAP production routers. Lead to procure, validate, and formally commission tooling / fixtures / jigs / other to the shop.

5. Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA): At least monthly, seek DFMA opportunity, leading design engineering and/or supply chain to increase value through applicable changes.  Be knowledgeable and make recommendations: (a) reduce part quantities, (b) avoid manufacturing adjustments/set-ups, (c) make parts self-aligning/locating, (d) make access easy to assemble, (e) reduce needs for reorientation/re-positioning, (f) poke-yoke parts orientation to eliminate misassemble, (g) make parts symmetrical / asymmetrical to the benefit of production, (h) eliminate process steps where possible, or other.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is highly prefered
• 10 years of heavy equipment manufacturing experience, specifically with welding, cutting, and CNC equipment. Experience in manufacturing and other combinations of work and experiences will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to express manufacturing concepts conversationally in meetings, face to face, over the phone and in email.
• Ability to work with people on a manufacturing floor in a productive and at all organizational levels within the business.
• Can plan and manage projects with manufacturing engineers, other internal departments, manufacturing sites, and suppliers to meet deadlines.
• This position description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above-referenced position and is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities and/or requirements.  An employee should perform all duties as assigned by his or her manager.

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