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Project Technician/Rigger
Life Support International – Langhorne, PA
Job Description:
Life Support International is a small company employing about 20 staff specializing in providing the finest Life Support, Safety, Survival & Rescue equipment available on the market today. LSI recognizes we are the last line of defense in the event of emergency and the products and services we offer can make a difference between disaster and coming home safely. The combined experience of the LSI Staff enables LSI to address a wide range of disciplines relative to the design and development of life support equipment. We provide in-house design and manufacturing capabilities to accommodate special end user requirements. We are looking to add a Project Technician/Rigger to our staff to assist in the development of our new and current products.
Future expectations will include, but not be limited to:
- Create textile prototypes and patterns
- Fabricate and assemble all test equipment prototypes and rigging components
- Rig systems, equipment and vehicles for ground and airdrop testing
- Set up cameras and instrumentation
- Inspect test equipment before and after tests. Repair or replace equipment as required
- Use and maintain sewing machines and tools for fabrication, modification, and repair of equipment
- Document and maintain test documents and packing procedures
- Work with engineers on prototype units, first article and developmental units or upgrades to existing units
- Provide innovative ideas/improvements for new/existing products
- Provide training on site or at customer locations
Minimum Requirements:
- 5 years design /manufacture of textiles/parachute systems
- Experience with new fabrics and joining methods
- Experience on newly qualified personnel or cargo parachutes (systems, sub-systems and components)
- FAA Senior Rigger /USPA Instructor
- Sewing machine maintenance and repair experience
- Experience with Microsoft Office products
- Creation of sketch’s or drawings using Solid works/AutoCAD
- Experience in writing technical documents
- Experience with reading technical drawings and sketches
- Physically fit and able to work on trials at customer locations
- Travel on worldwide basis as required
- Works in a timely and accurate manner
- Works well with others and maintains a positive attitude
- Creativity and Problem-Solving Skills
- Positive Communication Skills.
Job Type: Full-time
Production/Material Planner
Life Support International – Langhorne, PA
Job Description:
It is the responsibility of the Production/Material Planner for establishing, reviewing and maintaining the production schedule in alignment with Operations, Production, Sales & Engineering Plans. Establishing the production schedule will involve working closely with production leaders and others to coordinate operations plans that achieve the company objectives relative to customer service, efficient resource/capacity utilization and inventory investment. In addition, the Production/Material Planner will perform all duties IAW LSI’s QMS and all procedures.
Duties:
- Schedule operations activities and monitors schedule attainment/adherence to support established customer service-level metrics
- Work closely with production leadership to validate schedule feasibility
- Meet daily as part of the cross-functional supply chain team to resolve scheduling issues. Team responsibilities include:
- Identify actions to resolve delayed material shipment, component shortages and other identified problems preventing schedule adherence
- Reviews established schedules to assure customer service levels are met
- Ensure that material, components and equipment are available for planned set-ups
- Sequence operations (work orders, production orders, picking tickets, etc) in optimal order to support multiple and complex constraints
- Ensures visibility of inventory status via ERP system (Macola) and supporting systems
- Proactively spends substantial amount of time on production floor to fully understand product flow, production challenges and activities
- Responsible for identifying alternate scheduling opportunities that will enhance product throughput and reduce inventory and cycle time
- Lead efforts to understand root cause and develop corrective actions for process failures relating to scheduling and planning execution
- Proactively drives activities to mitigate failures that may interfere with the production schedule
- Participation in and ownership of continuous improvement projects
Educational and Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and/or equivalent planning and scheduling experience in a manufacturing environment
- Minimum of 3-5 years of scheduling experience
Skills Required
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel on an intermediate to advanced level
- Strong analytical capabilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Ability to make complex decisions within a limited time frame
- Ability to work independently, effectively manage time & prioritize work responsibilities
- Proactive approach to identifying and resolving manufacturing/scheduling related issues
- Team oriented, must have the ability to work cohesively with others
- Possess a strong customer service orientation and must provide dedicated support of internal and external customer requirements
- Ability to implement LEAN concepts
Job Type: Full-time
