What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manufacturing Process Engineer position at Precision Castparts?
Principal Area of Responsibility: The Process Engineer is a member of the Wax Engineering team. The successful candidate will lead root cause analysis, develop process controls, and champion new processes. The Process Engineer coordinates dispositions cross-functionally with other departments and/or the customer as needed.
Specific Duties
Specific Duties
- Champions the development of specific investment casting processes to meet required customer specification, quality and production goals.
- Responsible for investment casting process improvements including elimination of wax defects such as cracks, handling, dimensional defects and the improvement of machine utilization.
- Develop new processes, define controls and develop solutions to process related programs.
- Coordinates with product engineer, production engineers, supervisors and other stakeholders to achieve plant scrap targets.
- Communicate with customers on process issues.
- Prepare process approval packages on developmental jobs or revised processes.
- Provide hands on, floor level investigations and problem solving.
- Respond as necessary on the off shift to advise on and provide solutions to process problems.
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers, supervisors, and peers.
- Accept special projects as assigned.
- Bachelor's degree required.
- The ability to handle stress associated with high activity in manufacturing environment.
- Ability to analyze technical data and prepare reports, statements and projections. A proactive, hands-on strategic thinker with solid problem-solving skills.
- Experience presenting to high levels of management with confidence and precision.
- Solid, overall business acumen and a strong mindset for continuous improvement.
- Attention to detail and an attitude of 100% compliance with all company and regulatory requirements.
- Work requires verbal communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
- High energy level and ability to work some flexible hours.