Manufacturing Process Planner I

RADIAL SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED•Huntsville, AL

8h•Onsite

About The Position

RSi is looking to fill a Manufacturing Process Planner I position to support its NASA customer on the Marshall Engineering Technicians and Trades Support (METTS) contract. This role involves planning and coordinating manufacturing processes across support and customer organizations. The planner will select and recommend methods that improve fabrication and assembly efficiency, enhance dimensional accuracy, and reduce machine time and overall production costs.

Requirements

Ten years machine shop experience, including advanced shop mathematics
Basic computer skills
Experience interpreting work orders, blueprints, drawings, and specifications
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, accomplishing untried tasks, procedures and prototypes

Nice To Haves

Strong ability to read and interpret blueprints, sketches, engineering drawings, part programs, and technical specifications
Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision while exercising sound judgment
Advanced knowledge of shop mathematics, including geometry and trigonometry, to calculate compound angles, hole patterns, pitch, lead, and diameters
Experience developing processes, cost estimates, and pricing based on engineering drawings and current manufacturing capabilities
High level of ingenuity, problem-solving ability, and ownership in completing complex assignments
Ability to interpret and translate work orders, drawings, and specifications into efficient manufacturing plans, considering manpower, materials, and tooling
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

Making independent interpretation and translation of work orders, drawings, and specifications that may be lacking in such items as dimensions, tolerances and types of fit and finish
Performing labor in any of the processes involved in fabrication and assembly
Reading and understanding blueprints, sketches, drawings, sample parts, parts programs or other work specifications.
Detailing processes, prices, and estimates based on engineering drawings, evaluation of current capabilities (tools, machines, and personnel)
Outlining machining processes of surfaces at unusual or compound angles
Work with designers, engineers, and manufacturing personnel in work order and process preparations
Producing plans, estimates, and processes
Planning sequences of operations that involve original innovations in setups, attachments, techniques, tools, producing plans, estimates, and scheduling for complex, non-routine parts and items of equipment from raw stock of different metals, metal alloys, and other materials
Recommending and using methods and procedures that contribute toward efficiency