Process Control Engineer

Precision Castparts - Portland, OR

Full-time - Mid Level

Portland, OR

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

This position commonly reports to the Engineering Program Manager and may perform one or more of the following engineering functions: Part Engineering, Dimensional Engineering, Quality Engineering, Process Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering. Incumbent provides expert consultation in one or more areas for the design, development and implementation of products, processes, plans and procedures. Is recognized as a technical leader and resource. Recommends alterations and enhancements to improve quality of products and/or procedures. Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. May provide consultation on complex projects and is considered the top-level contributor/specialist. Based on their independent judgment and within the scope of their engineering expertise, incumbent is vested with the authority to stop the manufacturing process. Effective decisions will typically result in successful part programs and considerable financial benefit to the company. May supervise other engineers and/or technicians on an ongoing basis or as needed for the term of assigned projects.

Responsibilities

• Keep Process in Control
• Review and respond to department quality data on a daily, weekly, and quarterly basis.
• Update and review control charts, control limits, and process control cookbooks.
• Audit and update PCP's SOP's and Purchase Specifications, as well as Audit Plans and Reports.
• Process control is a key source of process information and process expertise for process and part troubleshooting.
• Immediate customer and quality excursions are a high priority.
• Improve measurements and capability for raw materials, input variables, process yields, and response variable using SPC and NEI methods.
• Focus on key departments metrics such as scrap, rework, and process yield.
• Improve the use and integration of SPC tools and techniques to improve process predictability.
• Conduct gauge repeatability and reproducibility studies to correct gauge error greater than 30%.
• Identify and address safety considerations within the scope of their job responsibilities.
• Responsible for annual cost savings projects totaling 3x the employee's salary.

Requirements

• BS degree in Engineering/Technical Science (preferred) with at least 2-5 years of experience in engineering related work.
• Experience with data analysis and statistical process control.
• Experience with writing technical processing requirements for manufacturing or equivalent.
• Broad knowledge of materials science engineering & manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge and demonstrated ability in engineering principles and disciplines.
• Excellent communication skills verbal and written.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with various levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated high degree of objectivity and integrity in the evaluation of people and problems.
• Demonstrated ownership of an area and while partnering with other stakeholders.
• Experience with data collection and analysis using excel.

Nice-to-haves

• PFMEA, Control Plan, process mapping.
• Dashboarding and Statistical Process Control implementation and sustainment.
• Injection molding experience (preferably ceramic).
• Investment casting experience.
• Ceramic processing experience.
• Excel (including VBA), JMP, Minitab, WebFocus and/or Statistica.