Job Description:

Purpose and Scope:

• Responsible for generating production sheets, component part drawings, saw cut patterns, tooling requirements and CNC programs to the shop.
• Responsible for providing clear communications to customers in support of quotations and program management.
• Responsible for providing necessary documentation to the production floor.

Responsibilities (listed from most to least important):

• Production Documents:
o Provides existing or develops new Production Sheets.
o Generates component part drawings using AutoCAD where customer supplied drawings are not sufficient.
o Insures the shop has or has ordered all necessary tooling.
• Quotations:
o Reviews customer information for completeness. Acquires any needed information from the customer.
o Determines material usage and acquires costs.
o Develops the proposed manufacturing process including labor and machine requirements and yields.
• Customer Care:
o Communicates verbally with customers in a prompt, clear and professional manner at all times.
o Provides prompt, clear and professional written documents including quotations and written email or letters.
o Works closely with customers to solve problems.
o Works closely with customers to reach agreement on mutually achievable delivery requirements.

Organizational Relationships:
• Reports to both the Operations Manager.

Job Requirements:

Education and Training:
• A degree is a plus, but not mandatory

Technical and Other Requirements:
• Good math skills including geometry and trigonometry
• Blueprint reading
• Computer Aided Design (CAD); AutoCAD
• Trained to use hand measuring tools including calipers and micrometers
• Attention to detail
• Ability to lift fifty pounds with routine
• Good written and oral communication skills
• A demonstrated team player with problem solving skills

Experience:
• Two years minimum in a similar environment

Job Description:

Purpose and Scope:

• Responsible for generating production sheets, component part drawings, saw cut patterns, tooling requirements and CNC programs to the shop.
• Responsible for providing accurate cost estimates from customer specifications.
• Responsible for providing clear communications to customers in support of quotations and program management.
• Responsible for providing necessary documentation to the production floor.

Responsibilities (listed from most to least important):

• Production Documents:
o Provides existing or develops new Production Sheets.
o Generates component part drawings using AutoCAD or AlphaCam software where customer supplied drawings are not sufficient.
o Provides optimized cut lists for the CNC Saw using Pattern Systems or CutRite software.
o Provides CNC programs to the machining centers using WoodWOP, MicroVellum or AlphaCam software. Works with the CNC Technicians to debug programs.
o Insures the shop has or has ordered all necessary tooling.
• Quotations:
o Reviews customer information for completeness. Acquires any needed information from the customer.
o Determines material usage and acquires costs.
o Develops the proposed manufacturing process including labor and machine requirements and yields.
o Develops the cost estimate using software supplied.
o Develops the formal customer quotation and reviews with the president.
o Provides the formal quotation to the customer and follows up with answers to any questions and as to the status of the quote.
• Customer Care:
o Communicates verbally with customers in a prompt, clear and professional manner at all times.
o Provides prompt, clear and professional written documents including quotations and written email or letters.
o Works closely with customers to solve problems.
o Works closely with customers to reach agreement on mutually achievable delivery requirements.

Organizational Relationships:
• Reports to both the President and the Operations Manager.

Job Requirements:

Education and Training:
• Two year technical certificate in a related field (preferred)
• Formal training through a CNC manufacturer
• Formal in-house training on CNC equipment

Technical and Other Requirements:
• Good math skills including geometry and trigonometry
• Blueprint reading
• Computer Aided Design (CAD); AutoCAD and AlphaCam preferred
• Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM); Woodwop, MicroVellum and AlphaCam preferred
• Trained to use hand measuring tools including calipers and micrometers
• Attention to detail
• Ability to lift fifty pounds with routine
• Good written and oral communication skills
• A demonstrated team player with problem solving skills
• Curiosity as a personality trait

Experience:
• Three to five years minimum in a similar environment
• Must be local to the Upper Midwest