Job Description

Company Profile

With more than 120 operations and about 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, forgings, and clad products 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.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over 10 billion dollar company employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. PCC has over 120 plants and has a presence in twentysix states in the US and in over a dozen countries. PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a highquality, lowcost and ontime 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 offers comprehensive product lines that cover virtually every aerospace fastening application, we produce fasteners, precision components, tooling, and engineered system solutions for the automotive, defense, industrial machinery, and other performancedriven markets
PCC Fasteners products' manufacturing operations are spread over four continents, forming a network of industryleading 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

Cherry Aerospace is a global leader in the design and manufacture of multipiece fastening systems for the aerospace industry. The Cherry name is synonymous with aerospace rivets, and the CherryMax line of rivets is the most widelyused in the industry.

The Cherry brand dates back to 1940 when Cherry Rivet Company introduced easilyinstalled blind fasteners, which were quickly adopted as an aerospace industry standard. Operating out of a 286,000 square foot facility in Santa Ana, California, Cherry's full line of products includes blind rivets, blind bolts, rivetless nut plates, shear pin fasteners, temporary fasteners, and installation tools.

All Cherry products are available from a large number of distributors, including locations in the United States, Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Dubai, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

In 2016, SPS Technologies Santa Ana began the consolidation into Cherry Aerospace. SPS Technologies, Santa Ana specializes in the development and manufacture of fastener assemblies including nut plates, channel nuts, panel fasteners, studs and inserts, and selfretaining bolts for commercial and military applications. The consolidation combines the synergy of two fastener organizations to create a bestinclass facility.

Position Summary

As a senior engineer on the Cherry Aerospace and SPS Technologies team, youll diagnose production issues, implement major changes in operations, and create lasting improvements. Using your deep understanding of realworld manufacturing, you will provide daytoday support, provide direction to a team of junior engineers, develop experiment processes and tools from the ground up, and lead major modernization efforts.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Lead engineering efforts to address manufacturing issues, improvement projects, and implementing production control systems.
Provide technical leadership for product, tool, and design across the company
Evaluate design changes, develop drawings, create and update manufacturing routers, write procedures and other engineering documentation to improve manufacturing processes and product quality
Ensure compliance with product performance requirements, quality standards, and EHS (environmental, health, and safety) standards
Support production by triaging manufacturing issues as they occur and coordinate response with operations and engineering leadership
Perform root cause analysis of product quality issues using appropriate statistical and experimental methods, initiate corrective action, and implement continuous improvement solution for manufacturing processes and techniques
Proactively identify for opportunities to improve production process and deploy new technology, as well as manage major capital expenditures and tooling acquisitions
Manage, plan, implement, and lead projects to successful delivery against key milestones
Provide mentorship and technical direction to junior engineers
Perform other duties as assigned

Experience & Education

* B.S. Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Required Skills

10 years in fastener manufacturing or equivalent
Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, including heading, thread/form rolling, machining, assembly, and heat treat.
Knowledge of material properties.
Strong verbal and written communication, including ability to communicate design intent
Organized and selfstarting with strong project management skills
Experience with SolidWorks, CAD, Minitab, DEFORM, Excel, LabView, and other software
Plus: Six Sigma training/certification
Plus: Mechanical
Plus: Data analysis using SQL or other programming experience