Job Title: Maintenance, Machining, & Automotive Tooling / Advisor / Consultant
Location: remote / travel within domestic U.S.
Subcontract agreement (1099; LLC preferred)
Shift: Flexible as needed (dedicated upon deployment)
Deployment: project deployment to customer locations as needed

Position Overview:

As a subcontracted advisor through Belcan, you will deploy to our customers and/or suppliers as needed to support projects related to automotive and assembly maintenance, machining, and tooling. Great matching candidates will have strong manufacturing and supply chain leadership and supervisory skills capable of driving measurable solutions and outcomes for clients. In this job, you will be on site at customers and/or customer suppliers working to assess, mitigate, consult, identify, and administer outcomes.

As critical project issues and needs for improvements or crisis intervention arise, this job will deploy to those customers. This job is a flexible, subcontract 1099 or LLC status. Great matching candidates will have strong manufacturing and supply chain experiences capable of both reporting and creating measurable solutions and outcomes for clients. This job requires the ability to develop and lead proactively through problem solving to demonstrate value creation.

Core job duties:
* Deploy and travel to customer(s) and suppliers as needed. Work content can require extensive travel typically with standard return visits
* Act as an advisor and consult customer through both individual and team contributions to assure critical customer needs are met and project is completed
* Responsible for developing & implementing systems & procedures that increase operating equipment effectiveness (OEE), including rigorous PM, TPM and Lock Out/Tag Out processes
Develop & maintain systems to capture equipment performance & maintenance history
* Provide experience and expertise in evaluating, analyzing, and providing solutions to complex tooling and crib issues
* Perform supplier tooling audits, cost analytics and onsite reviews
* Use data to prioritize and schedule work, make replacement decisions, monitor productivity
* Implement capital expense projects designed to improve safety, efficiency or to satisfy compliance requirements
* Direct & monitor activities of the maintenance & engineering teams
* Ensure that facility is operating in compliance (equipment, methods, reporting and permits) with regulatory body and company requirements
* Estimate Tooling Costs, track tooling and equipment, and troubleshoot processes issues to maintain production operations
* Working knowledge of environmental & OSHA regulations and the ability to manage multiple projects
* Communicate and interact with shop floor personnel, quality/process teams, customer management team, material teams, purchasing teams and other engineers involved in the process

Core Skills and Qualifications:
* Ten plus years' experience as a seasoned specialist and Subject Matter Expert (SME) within manufacturing and supply chain as it relates to the automotive industry
* Capable of operating onsite alone to professionally represent Belcan to support multiple parties" interests (Customer/Supplier)
* Operate with speed and precision
* Ability to travel as needed and deploy rapidly in short notice to begin work due to assessment, supply chain disruptions, and project improvement initiatives
* Knowledge and experience with manufacturing, maintenance, tooling, machining, repair, etc
* Experience with tool/fixture/mold design, maintenance, repair
* CNC programming and operator experience using G and M codes
* Good knowledge of mechanical and electrical maintenance procedures, lock out tag out, as it relates to manufacturing environment
* Demonstrated capability to accurately assess deficiencies in manufacturing processes, and possesses the technical know-how to troubleshoot and solve complex manufacturability problems
* Must have experience in both short and long-term improvement projects, with demonstrated capability to gain consensus and implement manufacturing process improvements
* Proficient in their understanding and performance drivers of contracted KPIs
* Experience with root cause analysis and lean methodologies to aid in both throughput, quality and capacity related issues

Other relevant skills:
* Mechanical aptitude and an understanding of design for manufacturing concepts
* Hands on experience in the shop/manufacturing environment
* Understanding of Mechanics of Materials and Structural Design
* Lean Six Sigma experience
* Knowledge of CAD Modeling (2D, 3D)
* Proficiency in MS Office products
* Experience with Cost reduction

If you are interested in this Advisor job, please apply via the 'apply now' link provided.

EOE/F/M/Disability/Veterans