Tooling Program Manager Jobs in Rochester, MI (NOW HIRING)

Program Management Responsibilities; CNC Machine Programs

General Responsibilities:

• Participate in on-going technical liaison with customer product engineering on necessary part design issues, locate, clamp and transfer areas and tolerance concerns
• Act as technical liaison to customers manufacturing/industrial engineers in areas of plant layouts, facilities requirements and spare part requirements
• Technical coordination of machine, 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 Germany PMO Project Manager on projects assigned a PM.
• 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
• Coordinate fixture /gage locate and clamp points with gaging system/CMM suppliers and advise concerning in-process dimensional gaging requirements
• Order ancillary equipment and coordinate technical interface drawings with equipment suppliers.
• Coordinate machine qualification and acceptance of process and duplicate machines at HUS.
• 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 to support Program Launches

Program Management Responsibilities; Crankshaft Machine Programs (If assigned responsibility)

• Monitor program status and assist Heller Germany (HNT) with program needs during machine design, build and shipment.
• Local contact assisting HNT with customer product engineering on necessary part design issues
• Local contact assisting HNT with communication to customers manufacturing/industrial engineers in areas of plant layouts, facilities requirements and spare part requirements
• Provide technical coordination for other Heller divisions providing equipment for the crankshaft machine product line, to achieve maximum commonality. 
• Assist HNT with monthly progress reports to customer in Gantt chart form using project management software through machine shipment from Germany.
• Update and distribute monthly progress reports to customer in Gantt chart form using project management software from shipment through final signoff as applicable and requested by HNT.
• Maintain other Heller standard project management reporting tools such as meeting minutes and Order Change Requests
• Monitor and assist HNT with machine qualification and acceptance of process.
• Coordinate installation and tryout of Heller machines at customer site, meeting machine acceptance and timing requirements
• Maintain, update and publish Open Issues Lists for each North American plant installation as applicable and requested by HNT.
• Manpower & resource planning at customer’s site for all ancillary Suppliers together with HNT.
• Coordinate & report out of lessons learned from the installation process together with HNT.
• Coordination of resources during the installation phase together with HNT.
• Coordinate final signoff of all program documents for all equipment together with HNT.
• The ability to travel both international and domestically to customer plants to support Program Launches

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate project team members
• No direct supervisory responsibility

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 Heller 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.