Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager
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$ 113700 - 170500
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Job Description
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With more than 120 operations and approximately 20000 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 highquality lowcost and ontime 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.
Location Profile:
Located in Gardena California Permaswage designs and manufactures separable and permanent fluid fittings and installation tooling for aerospace and defense applications.
Position Summary:
The Continuous Improvement and Manufacturing Engineering Manager oversees the entire process control function of the organization including Manufacturing Engineering Continuous Improvement and CNC Programming. This position manages the Capital Expenditure Budget for the plant and is accountable for annual cost saving improvements. This position resolves manufacturing problems using modern problem solving tools such as Six Sigma Lean A3 and Root Cause Corrective Action. This position is expected to be the subject matter expert on the organizations processing capabilities and technology.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Direct management of both Manufacturing Engineers (exempt employees) and Programmers (nonexempt employees) in performance of:
- Creation and management of Bills of Materials and Manufacturing Routings
- Creation and management of CNC Programs for use in both Tooling and Fitting manufacture
- Creation and management of manufacturing Work Instructions (DWIs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Creation and revision of Forging Dies CNC tooling CNC holding fixtures and custom gages
- Management of the Statistical Process Control system in use by shopfloor personnel
- The planning facilitation and management of strategic projects throughout the plant and coordination or acquisition of resources to support these projects to meet corporate targets. This role includes actions such as:
- Creation submittal and management of CAPEXs for the purposes of new equipment acquisitions equipment overhauls and new product or process integrations
- Coordination of equipment installations including layouts managing vendors and contractors supporting subordinates and financial budget management
- Management of the project pipeline with monthly escalation to corporate for review
- Personnel management to achieve corporate goals
- Identifying financial savings and supporting the various continuous improvement activities throughout the plant including:
- Costcontrol projects such as consumable CNC tooling raw materials usage in product manufacture and variable costs including labor and overhead costs.
- Process improvements through the use of both new and existing tools; including Lean Six Sigma the Kaizen approach A3 problem solving and Rootcause problem solving
- Supporting various quality assurance and improvement initiatives from the standpoint of manufacturing processes technologies and Methods Engineering practices. This includes investigations related to internal discrepancies customer corrective actions and returns and in the application of both product and process knowledge
- Support the management of New Product Integration with respect to the manufacturability process control equipment capability supporting personnel requirements and the completion of data (i.e. BOM RTR etc. setup in ERP
- Act as the subject matter expert for PCC Senior management relative to Permaswages processes core manufacturing competencies and identified opportunities for future improvements
- Create and make highlevel presentations of both information and data to persons both internal and external of the organization and be able to answer detailed questions pertaining to information
Qualifications:
- Ability to interpret and create Engineering drawings
- Ability to interpret analyze and draw conclusions from complex data
- Ability to interpret technical procedures and governmental or interorganizational regulations
- Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written oral diagram or schedule form.
- High comfort level with ERP systems
- High level of emotional intelligence when working with a variety of different individuals including customers vendors/suppliers consultants PCC Senior management and shopfloor employees
- A basic understanding of project financials product/process costing and cost analysis
- A highlevel of reasoning and problem solving ability
Education and Experience Requirements:
- A Minimum of a Fouryear degree in an Engineering discipline
- 5 years of Manufacturing Engineering experience in an Aerospace or similar manufacturing environment
- A thorough understanding of manufacturing processes; including CNC technologies forming/forging processes painting/coating processes ERP system interactions and chemical surfacetreatments.
- A trackrecord of successful highimpact projects including new equipment installations Lean/SixSigma projects Kaizens and RCCAs.
- Extensive project management and team management experience
- Elevated skill level with MS Excel MS Word MS Visio/Process Flow Diagrams and MS Project
- Experience with Engineering modeling and drawing software such as Solidworks AutoCAD CATIA ProE or similar.
Other:
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.
Job attendance commitment to safety and quality collaborative working and respect in the workplace are some of the job duties which may be impacted by a criminal history.
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.
Job attendance commitment to safety and quality collaborative working and respect in the workplace are some of the job duties which may be impacted by a criminal history.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
