Company Introduction :
ASCO, part of Swiss group Montana Aerospace, began operations as a private subcontractor in 1954.
Today ASCO Group is engaged in a broad range of development, engineering, manufacturing and assembly activities providing multidisciplinary subcontracting services to various markets and aerospace programs around the world.
Asco operates from several locations, Belgium, Canada, Germany and USA, with a turnover exceeding 340 million euros.
Asco produces over 2,500 assemblies every month and has the ambition to be a world leader in design and manufacture of high lift devices, complex mechanical assemblies and major functional components for the aerospace industry.
Montana Aerospace AG is a highly-vertically integrated manufacturer and supplier of system components and complex assemblies for the aerospace, e-mobility and energy sectors with worldwide engineering and manufacturing operations has acquired 100% of the share of the Asco Group beginning of April 2022.
For our Belgian plant we are looking for a Operations Project Leader (OPL)
From the start-up phase to the implementation in production, the Operations Project Leader (OPL) has to lead, organize and coordinate specific Asco project industrialization team(s) to support new product development or improvement on products already in production in order to achieve global Asco objectives of cost, quality and on time delivery.
Accountabilities :
1. Management of project team
Lead, coordinate and follow-up the project industrialization/operations team for the assigned industrialization projects (new programs, improvement projects) in order to accomplish the defined short- and long-term objectives (cost, quality, on time delivery) of these projects (including identification and traceability of product).
1. Lead industrialisation team meeting
2. Guide team through the industrialization processes
3. Enhance communication with his role of leader as being the focal point of contact on the project
2. Parts to production
Lead industrialization projects to mature production processes and thus transfer these mature processes/products.
4. Keep a detailed action list to guaranty all deliverables to operation units (OU)
5. Track actions with all departments
3. Quality
6. The OPL will have to guaranty a process that will support general ASCO target in term of quality
7. Ensure traceability of parts in production
8. Follow-up with industrialization team all deviations that we have on first parts during the test phase
9. Keep a log with all deviations and corrective actions defined to solve issues
10. Deliver a stabile process to OU (Cp, Cpk)
4. Budget/cost
Detail and control the Recurring and Non Recurring Cost project budget that was received from the project manager to accomplish the objectives. Distribute the detailed budget to all concerned parties.
11. From the process definition, follow-up the recurrent cost (RC) to ensure the profitability of the future process.
12. Detail in the project charter the necessary budget to support all the indus activities.
13. From the beginning of the project, track all project expenses and define project plan/actions to minimize NRC cost and ensure project within budget.
5. On time delivery
The OPL is responsible for the project on time delivery. He will follow-up parts during the different production phases
14. Define a project planning that will support customer requirements in term of on-time delivery
15. Base on the project plan, track actions in each asco department
16. When a delay is expected, highlight the risk to the responsible of section and ask for action to maintain the project on planning
Profile Know How and Experience
Education: Master degree in Engineering with 2 years of experience in relevant production environment
Language (written/spoken): English/French/Dutch
Skills and profile:
17. Asset if experience in project management
18. Management and communication skills are important
19. Language (written/spoken): English/French/Dutch
20. Highly developed organizational skills
21. can provide clear reporting, good knowledge of MS Office
22. Good team player
23. Result oriented, takes initiatives – autonomous
24. Willingness to travel is an asset
Our Offer:
Asco offers a position in an innovative high-tech environment, using cutting-edge technologies, with a unique training policy and opportunities to develop yourself. Besides this we offer an interesting salary package with extralegal advantages.