Position Summary:
Responsible for the overall planning, coordination, and scheduling of activities to ensure projects are completed according to specifications and within the projected cost and time schedule.
Key Responsibilities:
- All Project related activities in the organization
- Assumes role as the primary point of contact between the operations manager and new crane manufacturing and projects.
- Review product or service specifications, reports project status and completion schedule, and acts as a direct liaison concerning quality issues on the project.
- Directly coordinate between management, sales, purchasing, engineering, planning, and production operations. Establish planning schedule, identify resource requirements for each phase of the project and report progress to the operations manager.
- Prepare and review document submittals in accordance with contractual requirements.
- Troubleshoot problems encountered with projects, define and recommend solutions to be implemented by the operations manager.
- Outline and maintain manufacturing schedules in MS Project showing major tasks and components based on scope of work, delivery lead time, and resources for new crane products forecasting and production.
- Develop and maintain action item templates for all new crane manufacturing / projects.
- Assist with preparing and conducting weekly production meetings for new crane manufacturing.
- Frequently monitor the total material and labor cost incurred against the project; material and labor cost that remain to be committed to the project and compare these to target (Budget) material and labor cost.
- Sales support to Business Development team in regards to estimation during presales activities.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Offer support to other departments, which may include training personnel.
- Work directly with manufacturing engineering to maintain schedules and budgets.
- Assist with developing new design recommendations to improve the manufacturing process and efficiencies.
- Assist with resolving manufacturing related non-conformities and developing plans for corrective action.
- Directly responsible for evaluating current manufacturing processes to identify improved processes and systems to increase manufacturing throughput while decreasing costs and report back to the operations manager.
- Perform other duties assigned by supervisor.
Person Specifications:
PROFILE:
- Diploma in Mechanical or BE or B Tech in Mechanical Engineering
PMP certification preferred
- if Diploma then 9 to 10 years exp or if BE or B Tech then 6 to 8 years of experience
- Minimum of five years prior production management experience in a related industry.
- Systematic follow up skills
- Effective Communication Skills
- High level of Interpersonal skills to handle difficult situations to diffuse interpersonal conflicts
- Strong Problem identification skills.
- Project Management skills
- Knowledge of Exim procedures
- Building High Performance Teams
Proficiency in the use of common software packages including Microsoft Office suite - Word, Excel, Power Point.
Working Knowledge of ERP Software is Must.