With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 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 high-quality, low-cost and on-time 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.
Position Summary:
The primary focus of the Manufacturing Engineering Lead is to lead improvement in process controls and operating efficiency to reduce the potential for non-conformances, operating costs and scrap within the area. The Lead must be capable of interacting with department supervision, operators, area managers as well as Product/Process Engineering.
Responsibilities:
- Working Engineer Lead with direct ownership of area processes
- Responsible for creation, implementation, and monitoring of process control systems for the applicable departments
- Works to eliminate issues causing process non-conformances, improvements in yield and scrap
- Program manages process category related scrap for applicable operations
- Works with Supervisor, Leads and Operators to improve training, solve non-conformance and process control issues and identify material and labor cost savings projects
- Develops and helps maintain overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) for relevant department equipment.
- Write Standard Operating Procedures and Engineering Procedures under the supervision of the Engineer, and revises routers as directed.
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers, and supervisors.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering
- Significant knowledge of investment casting process preferred
- Familiarity with Process Control philosophy and Equipment Uptime tracking
- Experience with use of Statistical Capability concepts
- Excellent Problem-Solving skills
- Ability to Program Manage Cross-functional teams
- Expertise in use of Microsoft Office Products (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access a plus).
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)). To be qualified to work in this facility, a successful applicant must be a U.S. Person, as defined in those regulations, and able to supply evidence of that qualification prior to starting work or be authorized to receive controlled information under a specific license or permission from the relevant government agency. The U.S. export control regulations define a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. &39;Green Card Holder&39;), and certain categories of Asylees and Refugees.
