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

WymanGordon: WymanGordon is a worldwide supplier to the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets. We hold quality accreditations for all of the major airframe and engine manufacturers for both civil and military applications. WymanGordon creates rotating closeddie forgings which are critical for aerospace and landbased gas turbines. WymanGordon also manufactures structural forgings for airframe, nuclear, petrochemical, power generation, and space applications.

Location Profile

Located in Dillon, South Carolina Wyman Gordon is a major industrial manufacturer serving a wide range of industries including aerospace, power generation, and industrial businesses.

Position Summary

The primary focus will be to oversee the organizations manufacturing and engineering processes by ensuring the proper use of tools, materials and procedures. The Quality Engineer is also tasked with creating documentation, devising quality tests and defining the criteria a test result should meet. The Quality Engineer works with operations and process engineering to create and maintain standards for manufactured products.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Prioritize and implement multiple concurrent process improvement projects, along or as part of a multifunctional team, to drive customer satisfaction and business productivity.
Analyze production and service limitations, then develop, implement, and evaluate quality assurance process sampling systems, procedures, and statistical techniques to track the progress of improvement efforts.
Oversee the evaluation of test equipment, precision measurements, accuracy measurements and performance testing.
Work with management team to disposition nonconforming material and devise remediation actions.
Work with New Product development teams to approve new suppliers of materials / services used in product realization; work with Manufacturing Engineers to resolve quality issues related to existing suppliers.
Conduct training on quality assurance concepts and tools.
Collect, organize, monitor and distribute information for the Company and to customers / suppliers related to product quality and process improvement.
Specify, develop and accept advanced technology, quality information and test equipment.
Provide advanced quality engineering of new production introduction involving new processes or advanced automated equipment.
Act as a consultant to the quality, manufacturing and engineering teams to improve quality and manufacturing processes, introduce new products and improve product design.
Train and provide ongoing leadership of assigned personnel to meet schedules, quality and measurements, and organizational goals.
Manage NCR database to drive timely dispositioning of product and implementation of corrective action plans.
Manage the internal auditing program including scheduling all audits, performing audits, and making sure all audits and audit findings are closed in a timely manner.
Point of contact with customers, regulatory, and government agencies on quality related issues, and audits
Perform external supplier audits and work with suppliers to close out findings.
Develop process sheets supporting marking and shipping.
Responsible for executing 1st Article Inspection reports.
Drive improvement in the QMS System
Implementation of quality requirements for new customers
Drive improvement in Statistical Process Controls
Facilitate investigations into root cause and corrective action analysis
Drive FMEA and Control Plans to improve the quality and reliability of the process
Communicate and support Zero Defect culture.
Responsible for managing the submittal of concessions.
Lead a specialized team in the Quality Group.
Perform overchecks or act on behalf as a Designated Supplier Quality Representative.
Ability to support export compliance.

Experience & Education

Knowledge and Training:
Bachelors degree preferred with a minimum of four (4) years of professional work experience as a Quality Engineer. CQE or equivalent is preferred. Aerospace and / or Automotive Quality experience is preferred.
Quality planning experience.
Geometric dimensioning and tolerance, drawing interpretation, and familiarity with regulatory specifications.
Knowledge in machining, inspection technologies or heat treat preferred.
Prior experience in areas of quality assurance such as: DOE, FMEA, SPC, RCCA, 8D, controls plans, material control, process control, systems performance, product evaluation, MSA, metrology, automated measurement and software is preferred.
Six Sigma training and the ability to apply statistical methods to analysis of engineering problems is preferred.
FMEA
Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and teamwork across functional boundaries
Excellent communication skills
Ability to convey technical and conceptual material to individuals at all levels in customer organization as well as within Wyman Gordon
Computer programs (ERP, Minitab, Microsoft Office, CAD/CAM)

Required Skills

Must have the knowledge, skill, and ability to meet expectations for required competencies in position, which includes:
1) Safety, health, and environmental awareness
2) Business ethics and compliance
3) Technical/professional competence and quality & time management
4) Interpersonal relations and communication skills
5) Initiative, flexibility, innovation, and adaptability
6) Continuous improvement and problem solving
7) Planning and organizing
Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks and high volume of work on a deadline.
Basic PC skills including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
Ability to professionally communicate and work cooperatively with others
Attention to detail
Basic English language skills and the ability to read, follow, and interpret planning and work order instructions
Basic math skills to include adding, subtracting, multiplication, division, and fractions.
Willingness to learn
US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required due to government military contracts.