Process Planning Engineer or Lead

Company: TimkenSteel
Location: Canton
Posted on: March 10, 2023

Job Description:

How do you manufacture the world's cleanest alloy steel? How do you help your customers push the bounds of what's possible? With a smart and passionate team of people who are focused on a strong set of core values, on giving their best every day, and who are proud of the contributions they're making to our company and community. People who want to make a difference.

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule and possibly relocation

The Process Planning Lead or Engineer is accountable for creating and advancing the manufacturing process plan by which all TimkenSteel customer orders are produced. The fundamental elements of the process plan are the process path, process costs, testing and inspection, in-process product characteristics, finished product quality, and process yield. The dimensional analysis of tubing and bar products and knowledge of the associated manufacturing processes are a component of this position.

Responsibilities:

Within Supply Chain Engineering, queue maintenance, Order/Item advancement, and compliance are key responsibilities.

• Create the manufacturing process plan for bar and/or tube steel orders and advance the methodology through cross-functional analysis
  • Determine the required manufacturing operations and the sequence of those operations
  • Identify order specific sampling and testing requirements, and determine the timing and type of sample required
  • Provide operation specific shop floor instructions
  • Identify capability/cost/quality issues in the assignment of work centers
  • Modify the optimal process plan for specific orders to accommodate efficient planning/scheduling execution of the plan
    • Direct planning/scheduling functions in changing process paths and work centers to balance loads
      • Monitor and guide Demand Planning and Fulfillment analysts in choosing viable alternatives to the original process plan; anticipate and create alternate process plans in advance for their use on an order specific basis
      • Educate and instruct Demand Planning and Fulfillment analysts on capability/cost/quality parameters of process plans
      • Facilitate communication between planning and manufacturing functions to resolve planning conflicts
      • Identify which orders must be outsourced and those that cannot be outsourced, based on manufacturing capability and Customer Process Agreements
        • Use and evaluate sophisticated information systems and software
          • Identify design enhancements to systems and software
          • Develop and maintain expertise in the use of process planning systems
          • Develop and maintain working knowledge of planning/scheduling systems
            • Monitor order processing procedures that pertain to yield
              • Screen order information for completeness and correctness
              • Evaluate order entry and order processing procedures and analyze the specific detail of information hand-offs
              • Monitor Demand Planning and Fulfillment planning practices that pertain to yield, including piercing mill billet inventory programs
                • Define process path input for Demand Planning
                  • Provide order specific process paths to demand planning for the assignment of shipment dates and load analysis
                  • Determine average queue processing time for specific orders to override the Planner software when manual date assignment is needed
                  • Analyze work center constraints of specific process paths for the effect on processing time and on-time delivery
                  • Coordinate process path modifications to reduce processing time to expedite orders with urgent (line down) delivery
                    • Perform dimensional analysis of tubing products
                      • Establish tubing manufacturing capability for specific customer items in relation to the process path
                      • Review customer tubing inquiries submitted by Sales for ability to produce
                      • Monitor and enhance the tubing dimensional rules in the Inquiry System
                      • Maintain methodology for calculating guaranteed tube size in relation to customer finish machine size
                      • Consult with Manufacturing on specific item capability (piercing, rough turning)
                      • Determine tubing setup for orders (piercing mill selection, piercing mill billet size and weight, hot rolled tube size and length, cold finished intermediate sizes and lengths) needed to meet the ordered size and length
                        • Perform dimensional analysis of bar products
                          • Establish bar manufacturing capability for specific customer items in relation to the process path
                          • Review customer bar inquiries submitted by Sales for ability to produce
                          • Monitor and enhance the bar dimensional rules in the Inquiry System
                          • Consult with Manufacturing on specific item capability (rolling, rough turning) Technical Skills:
                            • Proficiency with use of advanced business, plant and departmental systems and tools.
                            • Position requires proactive, self initiating and self managing individual with responsibility for first time quality without the benefit of downstream verification. Minimum Requirements:
                              • Associate's Degree in Business, Math, Supply Chain or Engineering (preferred) or related with 6 years of experience in data analysis (e.g., MS Access, JMP, and/or Excel) OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Math, Supply Chain, Engineering (preferred) or related with at least 4 years of experience in in data analysis (e.g., MS Access, JMP, and/or Excel)
                              • Proficient in Microsot Excel
                              • Ability to find, organize and analyze critical data
                              • Ability to present and implement solutions
                              • Ability to self-manage Preferred:
                                • Masters Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering (preferred) or related with at least 5 years of experience in data analysis (e.g., MS Access, JMP, and/or Excel)
                                  
                                  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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