Process Engineer - CNC Programming - Jenkintown, PA

United States of America
Pennsylvania
Jenkintown
Fasteners
Jenkintown
Engineering
Full Time

  


5408

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 be 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.

Business Profile: 

PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products, which include the PCC Industrial & Distribution Group, consist of specialized manufacturing businesses that produce fasteners, precision components, systems, tooling, and engineered system solutions for a diverse group of end customers in the automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial machinery, and other performance-driven markets.

PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products' manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industry-leading companies, which enables our customers to utilize our experience and deep product knowledge wherever they need it. Embedded in a culture of continuous improvement, our assets and industry leadership insure that we will consistently deliver our customers the best value in the markets we serve.


Business Profile: 

PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products, which include the PCC Industrial & Distribution Group, consist of specialized manufacturing businesses that produce fasteners, precision components, systems, tooling, and engineered system solutions for a diverse group of end customers in the automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial machinery, and other performance-driven markets.

PCC Fasteners and Engineered Products' manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industry-leading companies, which enables our customers to utilize our experience and deep product knowledge wherever they need it. Embedded in a culture of continuous improvement, our assets and industry leadership insure that we will consistently deliver our customers the best value in the markets we serve.

Location Profile:

Founded in Jenkintown, PA in 1903 as Standard Pressed Steel Company, SPS Technologies continues to operate from the original 560,000 square foot facility.

SPS Technologies has been developing and manufacturing critical fasteners since the early days of aviation, working closely with its customers to meet the needs of an ever-changing industry.

Many of the materials, designs, and manufacturing practices that have become industry standards were pioneered by SPS Technologies. SPS Technologies continues to advance the materials, designs, and manufacturing practices of aerospace fasteners today to meet the unique needs of next generation vehicles and assembly techniques.

Position Summary:
Responsible for designing complex tooling and preparing programs to manufacture work orders for complex aerospace and precision industrial fasteners on CNC equipment. Select suitable designs, tools and materials from a wide variety of combinations to obtain optimum tool life.


Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Review and analyze method sheets, product drawings, work drawings, and related specifications for each order to be processed and have any errors or inconsistencies resolved.
  • Prepare programs for each operation scheduled to run on CNC lathes, milling machines, and grinding machines.
  • Select and assign drills, reamers, cutters, threading tools, form tools, fixtures, spacers, holders, cams, bushings, collets, etc (tooling) necessary to setup and perform each operation as called for on the method sheet.
  • Utilize existing or standard tooling wherever possible. Design complicated tooling or modify and improve existing tooling when standard tooling does not exist giving full consideration to the dimension requirements, material, shrinkage, formability, machinability, machining rates, etc.
  • Prepare the necessary drawings for each new tool, assign part numbers and maintain part number files, parts books, reference files or other records used to locate tools and parts and to eliminate duplication.
  • Prepare layout sheets as required, especially for complicated progressions or multiple tooling, to show manufacturing the position of each tool on turrets, carriages, slides, etc., the relationship to other tools and the sequences of operation.
  • Tool check each order. Estimate the tool life for each work order and list the quantity of each item required. Review the availability of each item and prepare tool requisitions for all items not in stock.
  • Review all first piece runs at the machine to assure product conformance and to
    prove the accuracy and efficiency of the program and method. Make any necessary
    changes to improve tool life and achieve the most economical cycle time.
  • Review each order for possible cost reductions. Recommend method changes
    where CNC methods are more economical.
  • Attend programming courses and seminars as required to become knowledgeable of new methods and equipment and the latest developments in the field.
  • Resolve difficult and unusual problems, rarely refer problems to supervisor. Advise supervisor of all orders where the costs or delivery dates cannot be met. Prepare monthly summary of all cost improvements.
  • Maintain daily contacts with Manufacturing, Production Control, Purchasing and
    other engineering departments.
  • Perform other duties as necessary or appropriate to the position.

Required Skills:
• Tooling selection, turning and milling capability (3 axis, 4 axis, and 3 + 2 axis)
• GD&T Knowledge
• SolidWorks, Esprit, Automation and gantry load systems, and Six Sigma Green Belt preferred


Required Experience:
• 5 years CNC Programming
• Experience machining aerospace grade alloys


Level of Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering preferred


ITAR Requirements:

Our organization has a responsibility to comply with all applicable requirements set forth by International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”, 22 CFR 120-130). As such, this position may have access to ITAR controlled information and must meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States.

Precision Castparts Corp. is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other status protected by applicable law. 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Review and analyze method sheets, product drawings, work drawings, and related specifications for each order to be processed and have any errors or inconsistencies resolved.
  • Prepare programs for each operation scheduled to run on CNC lathes, milling machines, and grinding machines.
  • Select and assign drills, reamers, cutters, threading tools, form tools, fixtures, spacers, holders, cams, bushings, collets, etc (tooling) necessary to setup and perform each operation as called for on the method sheet.
  • Utilize existing or standard tooling wherever possible. Design complicated tooling or modify and improve existing tooling when standard tooling does not exist giving full consideration to the dimension requirements, material, shrinkage, formability, machinability, machining rates, etc.
  • Prepare the necessary drawings for each new tool, assign part numbers and maintain part number files, parts books, reference files or other records used to locate tools and parts and to eliminate duplication.
  • Prepare layout sheets as required, especially for complicated progressions or multiple tooling, to show manufacturing the position of each tool on turrets, carriages, slides, etc., the relationship to other tools and the sequences of operation.
  • Tool check each order.  Estimate the tool life for each work order and list the quantity of each item required.  Review the availability of each item and prepare tool requisitions for all items not in stock.
  • Review all first piece runs at the machine to assure product conformance and to prove the accuracy and efficiency of the program and method.  Make any necessary changes to improve tool life and achieve the most economical cycle time. 
  • Review each order for possible cost reductions.  Recommend method changes where CNC methods are more economical.
  • Attend programming courses and seminars as required to become knowledgeable of new methods and equipment and the latest developments in the field.
  • Resolve difficult and unusual problems, rarely refer problems to supervisor. Advise supervisor of all orders where the costs or delivery dates cannot be met.  Prepare monthly summary of all cost improvements.
  • Maintain daily contacts with Manufacturing, Production Control, Purchasing and other engineering departments.
  • Perform other duties as necessary or appropriate to the position.

Required Experience:

  • 5 years CNC Programming
  • Experience machining aerospace grade alloys

Level of Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering preferred

Required Skills:

  • Tooling selection, turning and milling capability (3 axis, 4 axis, and 3 + 2 axis)
  • GD&T Knowledge
  • SolidWorks, Esprit, Automation and gantry load systems, and Six Sigma Green Belt preferred

ITAR Requirements:

Our organization has a responsibility to comply with all applicable requirements set forth by International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”, 22 CFR 120-130). As such, this position may have access to ITAR controlled information and must meet eligibility requirements to work in the United States.

Precision Castparts Corp. is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other status protected by applicable law. 

This requisition is closed to applications.