Manufacturing Engineer 3

Company Profile:

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) is a leading worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power, and general industrial markets. PCC is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, and forged components used in jet aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. The Company is also a leading producer of highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace and other general industrial markets, manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications, and supplies metal alloys and other materials to the casting and forging industries.  PCC is a high-quality business with dominant positions in most segments of the markets in which it serves.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over 10 billion dollar company employs more than 29,500 people worldwide.  PCC has over 160 plants and has a presence in twenty-six states in the US and in over a dozen countries.  PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer, delivering the highest value to its customers and shareholders while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

Effective early February 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Position Summary:

Designs manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling. Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout. Designs sequence of operations and specify procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance. Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality. Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques. Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques. Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations. 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs contract review of the customer’s requirements from Purchase Order (P.O.), specifications, and drawings.
• Prepares routers (manufacturing plans) and Op/Process sheets for the production processes.
• Analyze non-conformances and create dispositions for rework.
• Prepares work instructions/procedures for the production and rework processes.
• Creates purchase requisitions for external suppliers to process production parts per customer’s requirements (from specifications and drawings).
• Works with suppliers to qualify special processes (heat treat, corrosion protective coating, welding, machining, etc.)
• Designs and fabricate production tooling to support manufacturing processes. Knowledgeable in CAD software (CATIA or similar) to create tool drawings and Op sheets.
• Works with customers and suppliers (internal and external) to support program’s needs.
• Performs root cause investigations to support production technical issues.
• Conduct RCCA utilizing 8D, fishbone, 5 whys and similar
• Supports production to ensure attainment of business goals, including addressing quality issues, working with maintenance to address equipment failures, working directly with manufacturing personnel to ensure a smooth-running operation.
• Analyzes product or equipment specifications and performance requirements to determine designs which can be produced by existing manufacturing or processing facilities and methods. Documents standard work with work instructions.
• Manage specification, selection and execution of major capital and tooling acquisitions to drive technological improvements that positively impact Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity and Inventory.
• Coordinates manufacturing or building of prototype product or system.
• Ensures all work is in compliance with environmental, health and safety standards, industry specifications, customer requirements, company standards and related specifications.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Work with production and facility personnel to optimize equipment, tooling, and work-bench layouts to meet manufacturing, company, and customer needs
• Interpret customer engineering databases (drawings, specifications, and processes)
• Coordinate engineering changes with internal and customer teams and assures entry into engineering and MRP databases
• Support production, planning, production control, procurement, and quality personnel in interpretation of engineering into work orders as required
• Support non-conformance rework/repair with manufacturing process recommendations and/or dispositions and consult with customer and internal team members as required
• Support planning, production, and programming to implement and optimize machining set-ups and programs