Production Engineer LPCS

EXCELLENT BENEFITS!

Quarterly Cash Bonus Program

Full benefits that start on the 1st of the month following your hire date

401K

Paid holidays, vacations, and sick leave

Tuition reimbursement

Gym membership reimbursement for you and your family

Safety shoe and safety glasses reimbursement

And so much more!

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

This position reports to the Engineering Program Manager and performs the function of Production Engineering including dimensional and part/metallurgical engineering responsibilities to aid in the production of investment castings.

Incumbent is responsible for the development and optimization of all assigned product and strive to produce high quality, statistically repeatable investment castings.

Incumbent plans and conducts research and/or development of products, processes, plans and procedures. Designs methods to improve efficiency in production, reduce process variability and assure compliance with production constraints and quality standards. Must exercise discretion, independent judgment, and urgency in the evaluation and execution of possible courses of actions.

Effective decisions will result in successful part programs and considerable financial benefit to the company.

Incumbent must work with the manufacturing employees and operations leaders to identify and define quality and production obstacles and to successfully implement effective solutions.

Incumbent will work with a team of other engineers and/or technicians on an ongoing basis or as needed for the term of assigned projects.

PRODUCTION ENGINEER
Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for identifying and correcting engineering related problems.
• Perform hands-on manufacturing process review and root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing tools and procedures to support production.
• Perform cost reduction projects and rework plans to correct non-conforming product.
• Present on projects and product related activities
• Ability to handle many projects with tight deadlines.
• Demonstrates high urgency and strong motivation.
• Develop written action plans documenting quality problems and identifying plans to address those problems.
• Establish part routers in accordance with PCC procedures and customer requirements.
• Provide input for and review the manufacturing work instructions and technique cards.
• Review customer drawings and specification changes for impact.
• Assist in preparing quotes.
• Coordinate with Quality, Sales, Planning, Manufacturing, and production personnel.
• May supervise other engineers or technicians on assigned projects.
• Participate in the concurrent engineering process with customers.
• Work with customers to ensure that their specifications and designs are compatible with casting manufacturing process capabilities.
• Responsible for gating design and metallurgical quality.
• Plan and manage part metallurgical qualification.
• Read and interpret blueprints with GD&T.
• Create the dimensional engineering requirements and work with vendors to develop tooling concepts and verify effective fabrication of tooling and fixturing.
• Review the dimensional result of tools and wax patterns.
• Review and analyze dimensional layouts, CMM/Blue light data, and First Article Inspections.
• Use dimensional inspection results and statistical analysis to identify areas requiring.
• Identify and address safety considerations within the scope of job responsibilities.
• Be cognizant of the specific shipping goals for each part number and support the Manufacturing organization in meeting those goals.
• Responsible for annual cost savings projects totaling 3x the employee's salary.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering; equivalent technical experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Broad knowledge of mechanical, industrial, materials science engineering along with investment casting technology.
• Knowledge and demonstrated ability in engineering principles and disciplines; employed manufacturing processes; statistical analysis (data correlation); technical report and article preparation; preparing specifications; ability to define, plan, and complete major projects; ability to supervise/direct activities of professionals with diverse expertise.
• Experience using Computer Aided Design (Solidworks), GD&T, Statistical programs, and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Capable of interacting with various levels of the organization.
• Must be able to work well with the hourly work force to effectively address their requests.