Planning Supervisor

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Position Summary:

Manages the facility's master production schedule through directing the purchase and on time delivery of raw materials, shop traveler generation, and inventory flow through manufacturing operations. The Planning Manager coordinates with Sales, Engineering, Quality, and other departments to ensure on time delivery of forgings to the customer.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Reviews master schedule for all production travelers scheduled to start and establishes priorities to meet shipping dates according to customer delivery requirements. Ensures the purchase and delivery of raw materials to facilitate on time production release.
• Supervises and trains planners, audits traveler documents, and develops a Master Schedule in conjunction with Engineering, Metallurgy, Quality and Production requirements.
• Monitors conversion yield results and evaluate any anomalies. Reports any significant trends to management for evaluation and takes a lead in developing effective corrective actions.
• Responsible for quotation review to assure customer requirements are met and quality review of in-house form (QA-180). Attends new order kick-off meetings and first article review meetings to present status of master traveler, last production traveler release and obtain information for master traveler revision to improve production.
• Assigns duties and examines work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures. Studies and standardized procedures to improve efficiency of department.
• Initiates meetings with Engineering, Manufacturing, Metallurgy and Quality to develop optimum process in the planning stage of new orders.
• Utilizes Shultz Pro program conversion data to plan an ingot reduction (material type, using ingot size ratio, surface condition or process requirements) to determine or improve conversion yield. Utilize Shultz Pro program mult chart data to improve billet utilization and reduce end loss scrap.
• Provides daily, weekly, and monthly reporting to management on status of key planning KPIs Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company's policies and applicable laws as department responsibilities are assigned.
• Directly supervises 5-10 employees in the Planning department. Responsibilities include interviewing and hiring, training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills:

• 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 groups of supervisors and employees of the organization.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Computer literate in Word processers, spread sheets, technical data search and personal data organizers..

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university;
• Five to Eight years training in a forging manufacturing environment; or
• At least Ten years' experience in manufacturing, engineering and/or metallurgical industries.

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 objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly 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 the 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, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually 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.