Manufacturing Engineer

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:

This is a projects-centered role focused on process improvement in a fast-paced complex manufacturing environment. Many types of manufacturing exist at PCC Fluid Fittings; core amongst these are machining forging painting assembly and heat treatment. Competencies required of the candidate include good critical and out-of-the-box thinking abilities a hands-on approach to problems and processes good attention to detail quick learning and the employment of excellent time-management practices.

In this role the candidate should expect to lead significant capital lean/six-sigma and process improvement projects. This includes managing the projects budget developing and driving action-items necessary to achieve the projects goals coordinating necessary resources (both internal and external) and taking lead on all other aspects of the project. Lastly the candidate must be able to effectively report on their project(s) status and financial impact to management team.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Support mentor develop lead and act as a role model for entry-level Manufacturing Engineers on projects tasks initiatives and personal improvements. This includes;
  • Assistance in the development and maintenance of action items lists and project plans
  • Assistance in the development of fundamental time and project management techniques
  • Facilitation of developing project-centered skills such as Root-cause analysis team report-outs presentations and basic shop-floor improvement projects

• Define and maintain a project pipeline of future opportunities for the business. This includes productivity improvement projects cost-down initiatives quality improvement projects and safety projects.

• Examples include lean/Kaizen initiatives capital investments six sigma projects root-cause analysis project management and time management.

• Coordinate and lead cross-functional teams of engineers area managers/supervisors programmers and shop-floor personnel in both tactical and strategic continuous improvement projects. Types of projects and skills that will need deployment include:
  • Lean/Kaizen and 5S projects
  • Implementation of key concepts such as Kanban SMED standard work scheduled work-flow Value Stream Maps etc.
  • Six Sigma
  • Capital Project Management

• Support the plant through the performance of:
  • Creation and management of bills of materials and manufacturing routings
  • 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
  • Creation and revision of low-level drawings to support multi-set up operations
  • Management of the Statistical Process Control system in use by shop-floor personnel

• Planning facilitating and driving of tactical projects throughout the plant. This includes 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:
  • Cost-control 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 Root-cause 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 high-level 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

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Required:

• Ability to communicate and perform all critical tasks as outlined herein in English at a high level
• Ability to interpret and create Engineering drawings per AS4296 and ASME Y14.5M-2009
• Ability to interpret analyze and draw conclusions from complex data
• Ability to interpret technical procedures and governmental or inter-organizational 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 shop-floor employees
• A basic understanding of project financials product/process costing and cost analysis
• A high-level of reasoning and problem solving ability

Desired:

• A minimum of a four-year degree in an Engineering discipline
• 3 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 surface-treatments
• A track-record of successful high-impact projects including new equipment installations Lean/Six-Sigma 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
• Proficient in speaking Spanish
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt