Giga-Casting Manufacturing and Supply Chain Consultant

Details

Job Title: Giga-Casting Manufacturing and Supply Chain Consultant

Location: Remote / travel within domestic U.S.

Subcontract agreement (LLC or 1099)

Shift: Flexible as needed (often times days)

Deployment: project deployment to customer locations as needed

Position Overview

As a subcontracted advisor through Belcan, you will deploy to our customers as needed to support projects related to Giga-Casting Manufacturing and Supply Chain engineering needs.

As critical project issues and needs for crisis intervention arise, this job will deploy to those customers. This job is a flexible, subcontract 1099 or LLC status. Ideal candidates will have strong giga-casting manufacturing, design, and supply chain leadership skills capable of driving measurable solutions and outcomes for clients. In this role, you will be on site at customers and/or customer suppliers working to assess, mitigate, consult, identify, and administer outcomes.

Core Job Duties

• Deploy and travel to the customer(s) as needed.
• Act as an advisor and consult customer by working as a team member ensuring critical customer needs are met.
• Troubleshoot major giga-casting process problems, evaluate scrap out-of-flow material, and implement or develop new approaches and special projects to solve the issues.
• Troubleshoot, evaluate, and make suggestions involving the giga-casting assembly process, machinery, tooling, gage alternatives, etc.
• Provide VSM (Value Stream Mapping), Lean, Kaizens, Cycle-time studies, and workload balancing.
• Review, define, identify, analyze, and resolve all process, forms, drawing characteristics, data, discrepancies, inspections, paperwork, and flow associated with giga-casting before on-site processing.
• Heavily involved with presenting on-site information processes, customer procedures, supporting documentation, forms, drawings, production, inspections, quality resolution, etc.
• Identify, act, and complete efforts related to PFMEA"s and effects of failure and the recommended actions and assignments for preventative and corrective needs.
• Develop and complete RFT's (Right the First Time), time studies, cycle time, MSA evaluations, etc.
• Write and create new work instructions, update existing work instructions, and make edits for new and existing parts.
• Assist, edit, troubleshoot, and resolve needs within the giga-casting manufacturing process, various APQP processes, package and relocation support, supply chain, CNC machines and programming, cutting tools, components and parts, unique parts, scrap, etc.
• Communicate and interact with shop floor personnel, quality/process teams, customer management teams, material teams, purchasing teams, and other engineers involved in the process.
  
  

Core Skills And Qualifications

• 10 plus years' experience as a seasoned specialist and Subject Matter Expert (SME) within giga-casting manufacturing and supply chain.
• Capable of operating onsite alone to professionally represent Belcan to support multiple parties' interests (Customer/Supplier).
• Operate with speed and precision.
• Ability to travel as needed and deploy rapidly at short notice to begin work due to assessment, supply chain disruptions, and project improvement initiatives.
• Background working with Automotive/Aerospace/Industrial OEMs, suppliers, and/or tooling and machine operations.
• Demonstrated capability to accurately assess deficiencies in giga-casting manufacturing processes and possesses the technical know-how to troubleshoot and solve complex manufacturability problems.
• Must have experience in both short and long-term improvement projects, with demonstrated capability to gain consensus and implement manufacturing process improvements.
• Proficient in understanding and performance drivers of contracted KPIs.
• Root cause analysis and lean methodologies to aid in throughput, quality, and capacity-related issues.
  
  

Other Relevant Skills

• Mechanical aptitude and an understanding of design for manufacturing concepts.
• Hands-on experience in the shop/manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of Mechanics of Materials and Structural Design.
• Knowledge of CAD Modeling (2D, 3D).
• Proficiency in MS Office products.
• Experience with cost reduction.
  
  

If you are interested in this Giga-Casting Manufacturing and Supply Chain Engineer job, please apply via the 'apply now' link provided.

EOE/F/M/Disability/Veterans