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.
This position is responsible for managing all aspects of AlloyWorks manufacturing operations, including safety, quality, engineering, purchasing, scheduling, human resources, finance, budget planning, and sales.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the organization to a sustaining safety culture
- Lead and manage the organization to a zero-defect quality system
- Ability to work with and manage through coaching people at all levels of the organization to achieve operational results
- Manage and identify continuous improvement of manufacturing systems
- Manage raw material demand and purchasing
- Manage production planning to achieve most efficient and productive melting schedule and balance customer demand requirements
- Build and lead a multifunctional manufacturing team
- Implement and facilitate the establishment of company policies, goals, objectives and procedures
- Ensure that staffing levels are adequate to meet current and projected business forecasts
- Manage exempt and non-exempt salaries to achieve operational and budget goals
- Manage all aspects of AlloyWorks finances – variable, fixed, raw materials, sga, and capital planning to achieve operational and budget goals
- Failure mode analysis and root cause preventative action implementation
- Evaluate and improve on processes in plasma cold hearth and raw material support manufacturing systems
- Maintain reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yield, costs and changeovers
- Develop and implement innovative solutions to manufacturing problems/issues
- Manage/coordinate manufacturing equipment preventative maintenance, fabrication and repair
- ALL OTHER DUTIES AS REQUIRED
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Material Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar required
- Master’s in Business Management preferred
- Minimum 2 years or more leadership experience in manufacturing operations
- 7 yrs. + engineering/manufacturing experience
- Technical skills in Lean Manufacturing techniques, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Process Improvement, freight and distribution, and production scheduling; Black Belt Certification preferred
- Must be able to prioritize multiple requests/projects
- Possess ability to provide leadership, communication, organizational, analytical & problem solving
- 25 travel required
- Must be able to support a 24/7 operation
This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. &39;Green Card Holder&39;), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.
