Area Business Engineer
About The Position
ATI is hiring an Area Business Engineer at its manufacturing plant in Millersburg, Oregon. This day-shift role typically works from 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM and collaborates with Production Planning to optimize and schedule Operational Area production plans, maximize profit, minimize losses, and align plans with operational capabilities. The role translates business strategy into actionable production plans, monitors performance and constraints, coordinates scheduling and resources, supports production troubleshooting and reliability, and contributes subject matter expertise to operational improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field, or at least 5 years of experience in operational planning, production flow planning, materials coordination, operations management, or a similar role within manufacturing.
- Expertise in operational planning or production planning and supply chain processes.
- Deep understanding of business value drivers and operational requirements.
- Familiarity with supply chain and production work processes.
- Strong experience with production and operations data systems.
- Ability to coach and mentor peers and teams in operational best practices.
- Effective leadership qualities in a cross-functional and collaborative environment.
- Strong communication skills to influence decision-making and facilitate coordination across teams.
- Ability to identify and drive improvement initiatives that deliver measurable operational benefits.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the Operations Plan and set production targets aligned with strategic business objectives.
- Optimize and schedule Area/Line production plans to maximize profit, minimize losses, and align with operational capabilities and efficiency.
- Convert broader business strategies into actionable daily operational plans for the production area.
- Define and monitor KPIs to track production-area capability and identify improvement opportunities.
- Identify production constraints and collaborate with relevant teams to develop solutions.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain and Production Planning to optimize scheduling and resource allocation.
- Challenge schedule breaks, ensure the product wheel, and work with the OMG to optimize and freeze maintenance outage periods.
- Partner with the Performance Engineer to coordinate the operating plan and reliability issues.
- Assist Operations in troubleshooting and closing gaps between actual production performance and planned targets.
- Promote proactive identification of equipment problems and support long-term improvement initiatives.
- Maintain awareness of the P&L for a specific line or set of lines and ensure financial targets are met.
- Provide subject matter expertise to cross-functional teams supporting improvement initiatives and operational excellence.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Three weeks of paid vacation
- Two personal days
- Ten paid holidays
- Performance bonus
- Optional employee-paid Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance
- Competitive base pay with variable additional compensation opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
