Weld Engineer - Leadec Corp

Position: Welding Engineer and Automation Planner

Location: Mercedes Benz -Van Body Shop

Job Type: Full Time 30% Office 70%ShopFloor

Reports to: Manager

Department: Maintenance



Position Purpose: The role of the Welding / Automation Planner is to improve work force productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning, scheduling, and coordination of maintenance resources, parts, materials, and equipment access.

This role reports to the Maintenance Manager. Responsibilities include planning and coordination of all planned maintenance activities performed on the site.



Essential Duties and Responsibilities:




* Detailed Job planning
* Researching
* Scoping of work
* Estimating of material and labor (internal and external) job requirements
* Developing task instructions
* Identifying tool and equipment requirements
* Developing job material lists
* PM and Standard Job Plan Development
* MRO Supply Chain Coordination
* Creation of purchase requisitions for planned work
* Creation of stock reservations for planned work
* Rebuild and maintain welding equipment and related automated systems.
* Assist Storeroom function in the kitting and staging of job material requirements.
* Coordinating with operations, purchasing, materials management, maintenance personnel and maintenance management.



Additional Planning Responsibilities:




* Planning and scheduling for shutdowns (major and minor) with management team
* Gantt charts
* Critical Path Analysis
* Resource leveling
* Development of Planner reference systems including a file of Planned Job Packages for recurring jobs, plus labor and material libraries for each piece of equipment.
* Keeps the Maintenance Manager informed of abnormal or critical situations and seeks advice on matters outside the Planner's knowledge or authority.
* Identifies recommendations and or areas for improvements.
* Maintains essential records and files from which management reports are prepared and distributed.
* Enters purchase requisitions for all planned services.
* Enters CMMS system reservations for all planned material requirements.
* Responsible for the maintenance of the Bills of Material (Parts lists) for assets including ensuring current information is accurate.
* Participation in budgetary preparation, tracking, and analysis.
* Assists the Maintenance Manager and Production Manager in periodic analysis of cost trends with recommendations for continual improvement.
* Reviews all work order feedback and updates PMs and Standard Work Orders accordingly.




* Ideally the Maintenance Planner is assigned 100% to the planning function. The Maintenance Planner is not utilized for Maintenance Supervision, Scheduling or additional duties that are not associated with this position description. Other possible exclusions from Maintenance Planner responsibilities are:
* Involvement in daily emergency and urgent work requests. There is no opportunity to plan such work. If any planning is to be accomplished, the Planner must focus on next week and beyond.
* Reliability Engineering including development of the PPM system, analysis of Equipment History and re-engineering points of repetitive equipment failure.
* Demonstrates the values and business principles of Leadec.
* Works safely at all times
* All other duties as assigned by Leadec manager.



Competencies:




* Customer Service Orientation - Satisfying customers.
* Adaptability - Willingness to deal with unexpected challenges or circumstances.
* Problem Solving - Defining problems and bring about viable solutions.



Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:




* Communication Skills - Ability to communicate with all levels of Leadec and customer employees.
* Language Ability -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
* Strong Leadership





Position Qualifications:




* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required (Engineering related Discipline)
* Previous experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is required
* Previous project management experience preferred
* Lean management or equivalent experience preferred
* Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite.
* Strong background in automated robotic welding applications.
* Strong understanding of automated conveyor systems
* Computer Skills (Microsoft Office Word and Excel) are required.
* 5 plus years' experience with maintenance operations and scheduling 3rd party contractors.
* Planning shutdown contractors to complete project work.
* Ability to troubleshoot automated systems.



Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the key actions of the job:




* Required to talk and/or hear in an