Material Planner-Forge Level 1 (1st shift)

Position Summary:

Organizes plan and schedules and oversees open die production to ensure that processing procedures are carried out according to specifications by performing the following duties.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

In performing functions, duties or tasks, employees are required to know and follow safe work practices, and to be aware of Company policies and procedures related to job safety, including safety rules and regulations. All functions, duties or tasks are to be carried out in an honest, ethical and professional manner, and to be performed in conformance with applicable Company policies and procedures.  In the event of uncertainty or lack of knowledge of Company policies and procedures, employees are required to request clarification or explanations from superiors or authorized company representatives.

• Reads production demand, forging processes, and/or traveler instructions to determine processing and furnace specifications.
• Observes processing of material through the presses and compares information with the schedule to ensure compliance with processing specifications; informs supervisor of deviations from processing instructions; and documents problems, procedures and production.
• Time tracking and record keeping of DPR data, downtime, operation time, and non-conformance.
• Post transactions into Syteline
• Coordinates cross functionally with maintenance to schedule repairs, down time, or calibrations of furnaces and/or presses
• Reports tooling issues to engineering
• Schedule for 1st and 2nd shift
• Work weekend as required to meet production goals
• Escalates deviations from production schedule with proposed corrective actions
• Prepares daily and weekly production schedule to ensure company targets are achieved
• Completes DPR (Daily Production Report) and furnace light up sheets.
• Identifies tooling or material shortages and follows up with management or supervisor
• Fill in for reporting on TOC Line-walks.
• Writes MRR’s for non-conforming product.

Required Skills:

• Ability to interpret shop travelers, drawings and procedures and WI (work instruction).
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before managers or other Company employees.         
• Ability to work assigned schedule with minimal absences
• Ability to work weekends to support open die throughput plan and company targets.
• Ability to calculate time and amounts such as time at temperature, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Basic Excel skills

Experience & Education

• 1+ years in Planning/Scheduling/Manufacturing  
• Forging experience preferred

Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; and smell.  The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, extreme heat, and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

Shultz Steel LLC is an equal opportunity employer. The company's policy and practice is to provide equal employment opportunities and to assure those opportunities, without regard to age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, gender, race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation including gender identity or gender expression, religion, (including religious dress and religious grooming), mental or physical disability, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, reproductive decision making, or any other status protected by applicable local, state or federal anti-discrimination laws.

Note:  

This position involves access to information subject to U.S. government flow-down dissemination control NOFORN (Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals). As a result, U.S. citizenship is required, and candidates must hold only U.S. citizenship (no dual citizenship or other nationalities permitted).

Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) is a leading worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power, and general industrial markets. PCC is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, and forged components used in jet aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. The Company is also a leading producer of highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace and other general industrial markets, manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications, and supplies metal alloys and other materials to the casting and forging industries.  PCC is a high-quality business with dominant positions in most segments of the markets in which it serves.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over 10-billion-dollar company employs more than 29,500 people worldwide.  PCC has over 160 plants and has a presence in twenty-six states in the US and in over a dozen countries.  PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers and shareholders while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

Effective early February 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffet, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.