Program Manager CNC

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:

• None.

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.