Job Description

INNOVANCE, INC

Innovance is the holding company for a family of four, 100% employee-owned, Minnesota-based manufacturing companies (Lou-Rich, ALMCO, Panels Plus, Mass Finishing, Jorgensen). Our mission is to lead, nurture, and grow a team of industrial manufacturing companies committed to making our OEM customers' products better.

ABOUT ALMCO

ALMCO has been in business for over 75 years manufacturing quality industrial parts washers, industrial deburring, polishing, and tumbling equipment. Leading companies in automotive, aerospace, medical, ammunition, construction, fasteners, and many other industries trust ALMCO for high-quality equipment, media, and ongoing service.

Position Description:

This position is responsible for estimating manufacturing processes and process time estimates for a variety of manufactured parts, weldments, assemblies, and painted products. This information will be entered into Almco's ERP system and used to drive standard costs, capacity planning and other functions. As part of this process, engineering drawings will also be reviewed for missing information and errors. This position will also be involved in deciding whether a product should be made in-house or purchased from our external suppliers. For parts that will be purchased, additional tasks include submitting RFQs, and exploring/researching potential suppliers.

Essential Functions:

• Generate accurate estimates of process steps and process times for parts for product made in-house.
• Review engineering drawings for errors and missing information.
• Perform time studies on repeat shop orders.
• Submit RFQs and Research new suppliers
• Use software to nest laser parts to generate time and material requirements.
• Generate summary of sheet materials used each year to generate material requirement forecasts.
• Recommend changes that improve manufacturability.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications:

• Two-year associate degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in manufacturing.
• Minimum 5 years' experience quoting or estimating parts/assemblies produced with laser, shear, saw, fabrication, welding, press brake, machining, outsource, painting, etc. required.
• Must be a proactive, analytical and a results-oriented problem solver with follow-through skills and have the ability to recognize and proactively solve problems, define solutions, prioritize and handle multiple responsibilities at one time while meeting deadlines.
• Must have good communications skills, both verbal and written and the ability to communicate clearly and effectively to others, both within the organization and to outside suppliers.
• PC skills including ERP (IFS), MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, is a plus.
• A strong ability to set and prioritize goals.
• Ability to multi-task within a team environment.
• A positive can- do attitude and strong motivation to succeed.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Refuse to be satisfied with average performance.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands or fingers, and talk and hear, standing, bending, stooping, reaching and lifting up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those and employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you have a right to request that the Authority make reasonable accommodations in order to help you accomplish your work, which must still be performed in all essential functions.

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