Senior Lead Machine Builder

Location:

Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Job ID:

R0058650

Date Posted:

2024-08-15

Company Name:

WRIGHT INDUSTRIES, LLC

Profession (Job Category):

Production & Skilled Trades

Job Schedule: 

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

As a Senior Lead Machine Builder, you will never build the same machine twice.  You will work in a cross-functional project team.  Together you’ll design, build, program, and deploy custom automated equipment and solutions for every application, process, and industry you never thought possible.  In this role you will report to the Machine Build Manager and interact with Project Managers as well as customers regarding the status of projects.  

What You’ll Do: 

• Interface with Project Managers regarding project requirements, schedules, runoff and trips. 

• Interface with Customers on the job requirements and assisting with runoff. 

• Schedule resources considering the overall workload and tasks that must be accomplished. 

• Release prints according to timeline schedule – sequencing purchased and fabricated parts to arrive when needed. 

• Work cross functionally with all departments during all phases of the project including de-bug and runoff. 

• Drive best practice and cost savings opportunities with the build team. 

• Ensure schedule and hours budget are inline and monitor status. 

• Coordinate with other leads to balance resource capacity scheduling throughout the BU. 

• Participate with engineering on concepting, design, and print reviews to ensure print release and build goes smoothly. 

• Focus on task management of the team, working with and mentoring them. Give clear direction of what needs to be done for the day. 

• Prepare and deliver performance reviews as well as providing day to day performance feedback. 

• Maintain budgets and WIP expectations. 

• Support, promote, and execute company initiatives. 

• Strive to achieve the highest level of performance from each team member as it relates to their individual ability. 

• Set employee expectations, provide feedback, coaching, and accountability to insure employees meet company expectations as needed and during formal performance reviews. 

• Involved with quoting to ensure accurate time expenses are calculated. 

• May travel to customer site for involvement with quoting, installation, and repair. 

• Serve as top technical expert in their discipline. 

• Work with shipping/receiving or PM to arrange trucks to transport machines. 

• Order materials to skid jobs for shipment. 

• Coordinate tear down and installation. This begins in the design phase to help the engineer break up the job into sections sized to ship. Determine