CAD & Process Planning Manager

Barrett Steel Limited; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading steel manufacturer in the United Kingdom seeks a CAD and Process Planning Supervisor to oversee process planning and CAD team management. This pivotal role demands strong leadership skills and the ability to balance customer needs with production capacity for maximum efficiency. Responsibilities include managing workflow, ensuring effective communication across departments, and optimizing operational processes. The candidate should have substantial experience in a management role, ideally within the steel industry, along with strong technical skills in relevant software. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Bonus Potential

Annual Cycle to work scheme

Life assurance

Company discount scheme

Access to health & wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Must have experience in a high-profile management role, preferably in the steel industry.
• Knowledge of Sigma Nest and AS400 or similar software is essential.
• Strong competencies in Microsoft applications are required.
• Excellent management and planning skills are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Plan throughput efficiently while ensuring operational efficiency.
• Manage work streams in and out of CAD for optimal nesting.
• Communicate effectively with Sales and Production teams.
• Flexibly prioritize urgent orders and manage staff workflows.
• Challenge production metrics and improve process plans.

Skills

Experience in a similar high-profile management and planning role

Sigma Nest

AS400 (or similar)

Strong Microsoft Knowledge

Excellent management, planning and reporting skills

Job description

C Roberts Steel are part of Barrett Steel Limited, the UK’s largest steel stockholder with over 150 years of heritage. Family owned, the group is made up of 30 sites and holds over 120,000 tonnes of steel stock. Barrett Steel is committed to providing innovative and exceptional service by continuously investing in the latest processing machinery and materials handling equipment. Customer needs and community support are at the heart of everything, ensuring Barrett Steel is always your local steel stockholder. For more information about the company visit https://www.barrettsteel.com/

All About the Role
Reporting to the Operations Director; the role of the CAD and Process Planning Supervisor is to manage and own the full process planning of all profile works including the management and leadership of the C Roberts CAD team. The role of the CAD and Process planning supervisor is to manage and own the full process planning of all profile works including the management and leadership of the C Roberts CAD team. This is an extremely important role within the profiles division and requires a strong person who has the courage of their convictions to challenge both profile productions and the incoming Sales personnel. The ultimate responsibility is to ensure the process plan is structured to enable Operations to achieve maximum efficiency and throughput through careful capacity planning, organisation and communication via Sales and production. The individual must finely balance the customer needs and requirements in line with production capacity and staffing ensuring that C Roberts is competitive with lead times and service delivery across the industry.

Primary Responsibilities

• Efficiently plan throughput directly proportional to demand and capability, ultimately aiming for cutting to be 24 hours ahead and nesting 3 days per machine (where possible)
• Manage and organise the work streams in and out of CAD, ensuring all machines are nesting efficiently and evenly across Profiles.
• Manage the CAD team to ensure they are multi nesting, minimising waste and increasing plate utilisation, prioritising current off cuts over new plate.
• Communicate effectively with Profile Sales and Production regarding Off Cut stock levels and itemisation as well as ensuring correct grades are being nested where required.
• Be flexible in your approach to planning, allowing for urgent orders to be prioritised with minimal disruption, ensuring all departments are aware of said changes.
• Ensure the profile cutting deadlines are realistically planned and that the load planner is communicated to with respect to orders being delivered, ensuring that the load planner isn’t planning to deliver orders we are aware aren’t going.
• Challenge production on the OEE and throughput, including time in motion should OEE reduce.
• Plan, advertise and distribute an accurate lead time, challenging Operations management regarding machine and staff utilisation where necessary.
• Own the process and staffing.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Report directly into the Site Director to ensure no ambiguity or pressure from Production or Sales interferes with operational output and efficiency.
• Manage all CAD staff leave, workflows and shift patterns.
• Attend all production meetings with lead times and urgent work for production and answers to any previous queries or issues.
• Attend and be effective in morning Ops/Sales meeting regarding urgent orders and queries, ensuring the appropriate actions are carried out.
• Attend and run the afternoon Ops meeting declaring the run to list, ultimately communicating any ‘not going’ orders to the load planner and sales, replanning accordingly.
• Support the nesting of urgent or difficult orders where necessary.

This list is not exhaustive, and any other reasonable tasks set by the Operations Director may be required to be undertaken and completed in a timely and efficient manner.

We offer you

• Highly competitive salary and benefits including
• Bonus Potential
• Annual Cycle to work scheme
• Life assurance
• Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
• Access to health & wellbeing services

Essential Skills for the role:

• Experience in a similar high-profile management and planning role, ideally in the steel industry.
• Sigma Nest
• AS400 (or similar)
• Strong Microsoft Knowledge
• Excellent management, planning and reporting skills

summary

Highly competitive salary plus excellent benefits

Hours:

Monday to Friday 7:30am-4:00pm with flexibility as and when required

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Cycle to work scheme, Life assurance, Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure, Access to health and wellbeing services, Barrett Steel pension, Company car or car allowance