Manufacturing Project Manager

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For over 100 years, Blue Scope continues to build on our reputation of quality brands and products, leading technology and a customer-first spirit. Through our global brands, we are one of the largest manufacturers of building solutions in the world. Our diverse, bright and inspired workforce is committed to bettering the communities we serve through breakthrough thinking and innovations. Your goals, ideas and perspective can help shape our future – we look forward to hearing them!

The Manufacturing Project Manager works in a team environment to provide manufacturing engineering and project management support to all BBNA manufacturing facilities. The Manager works with the Operations Excellence group for strategic manufacturing capacity planning and capital project implementation priorities. They manage capital project activities with each location, equipment vendors, Production Scheduling Group, Business Systems, and plant management staff associated with equipment, process and change management tasks.

The Manufacturing Project Manager develops project plans including budget, timing, and management of installation activities. They are also accountable for project completion and payback attainment.

• Obtain quotes from equipment vendors that meet OSHA and company equipment specifications and performance requirements. If specifications do not exist, collaborate with others to develop required specifications.
• Develop detailed project plans which include layout drawings, capital and operational expense budgets, payback justification and timelines necessary for project approvals.
• Coordinate equipment build activities with vendor and receiving Plant Management to ensure on-time project completion to the published FAT/SOP/SAT date.
• Work closely with Plant Management, Plant HS&E, Plant Manufacturing Engineers and Plant personnel on design, build, installation, and process change events. Coordinate with Production Scheduling to define implementation dates.
• Conduct frequent project meetings with equipment vendors, key plant personnel and other stakeholders to communicate project status, changes and issue resolution plans.
• Meet with plant and division finance managers on project spend interests to include purchase order and invoice reconciliation, detailed tracking of committed expenditures, asset number assignment and costing.
• Negotiate with suppliers and vendors for pricing and delivery of capital equipment.
• Assist with capital asset process for new equipment, including assigning asset numbers and costs and generating FASCRs for disposing of retired assets
• Coordinate with Shipping group on freight logistics and document preparation, especially for transport into United States

• Develop and implement improvement projects to increase equipment or process efficiency, reduce labor, scrap, and/or improve conversion costs that can be leveraged across the manufacturing footprint.
• Review manufacturing equipment for alignment with Sales/Engineering projections and production capabilities and costs.
• Provide technical assistance to production and maintenance personnel for equipment troubleshooting, communicating with equipment vendors, or working with upstream groups to resolve data/documentation issues impacting manufacturing.
• Develop and update manufacturing layouts for new equipment installations or rearrangement projects.
• Work with each plant to oversee plant layout drawing management to our Share Point site to ensure plant drawings remain current.

• Work with Plant HS&E, Plant managers, Plant Manufacturing Engineers, Production Managers and Equipment Vendors to ensure safe use of the equipment, Arc Flash hazards are accounted for and Lock Out-Tag Out/Safe access are thoroughly addressed before equipment arrives or before equipment modifications are implemented.
• Lead Safe Access/LOTO discussions with equipment suppliers and HSE group during design activities. Assist with…