Quality Engineer

Company Profile:

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) is a leading worldwide, diversified manufacturer of complex metal components and products. It serves the aerospace, power, and general industrial spanets. PCC is the spanet leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, and forged components used in jet aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines. The Company is also a leading producer of highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace and other general industrial spanets, manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings, and clad products for power generation and oil & gas applications, and supplies metal alloys and other materials to the casting and forging industries. PCC is a high quality business with dominant positions in most segments of the spanets in which it serves. The company has a history of superior earnings growth and was the fourth best performing stock in the S&P 500 during the last decade, up 1580.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, this over $10 billion publicly traded company (NYSE: PCP) employs more than 29,500 people worldwide. PCC has over 160 plants and has a presence in twenty-six states in the US and in over a dozen countries. PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time 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. Buffet, acquired Precision Castparts Corp. Mr. Buffet stated, “I’ve admired PCC’s operation for a long time. For good reasons, it is the supplier of choice for the world’s aerospace industry, one of the largest sources of American exports. Berkshire’s Board of Directors is proud that PCC has joined Berkshire.”

“We are very pleased to be joining forces with Berkshire Hathaway,” said Mark Donegan, PCC’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We see a unique alignment between Warren’s management and investment philosophy and how we manage PCC for the long-term. We believe that as part of Berkshire Hathaway, PCC will be exceptionally well-positioned to support our customers’ needs into the future. This transaction offers compelling and immediate value for our shareholders, and allows PCC’s employees to continue to operate in the same manner that has generated many years of exceptional service and performance to our customers.”

Business Profile:

PCC Aerostructures is a leading supplier of complex components and assemblies to the global aerospace industry.

PCC Aerostructures now includes more than 35 plants in the U.S, Europe and Asia with over 5000 employees and has ambitious growth plans. Businesses within PCC Aerostructures include Primus International, SPS Aerostructures, Centra, Avibank and AVK, Klune, ProCoat, Southwest United Industries, Progressive Incorporated, Synchronous, Noranco and Kalistrut. Plants locations include Washington, Utah, California, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, Canada, Mexico, the UK and China.

Location Profile:

Walden’s Machine was founded in 1976 by Charlie Walden. Primus purchased Walden’s in 2006 and PCC purchased Primus in 2011. The Company offers a complete range of products and services including high speed machining (3, 4 & 5 axis medium/complex aluminum and hard metal machining), kitting, assembly and integration, decorative coatings, airfoil/propulsion structures specialist and global supply chain management. Walden’s is a 24 hour facility and is staffed with 340 employees.

Walden’s has a reputation for spanet leading performance and responsiveness in high speed machining. Some of their well-known customers included, but are not limited to, Boeing, Bombardier, Spirit Aerosystems, Bell Helicopter, Airbus, and GE Aviation. The Company is fully certified for IS0 9001 and hold Revision “C” registration for AS9100.

Position Summary:

Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials finished product. Collaborates cross-functionally to ensure quality standards are in place. Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment. Designs and analyzes inspection and testing processes, mechanisms, and equipment. Conducts quality assurance tests. Performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications. Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements. May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality. May be certified in lean and Six Sigma quality engineering methodologies.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop, coordinate, implement, update, monitor, and assure compliance with policies and procedures
• Monitor policies and procedure’s effectiveness through teamwork and statistical methods; Recommend improvements; Support training
• Support program and audit Corrective Action with root cause analysis, metrics, proposed solutions, and closure reporting
• Serve as the point-of-contact for internal and external quality related issues
• Support customer and 3rd party (i.e., AS9100) audits and provide audit reports as required
• Instruct team members in product conformity practices
• Familiarize and attain proficiency with Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methods and implementation
• May occasionally perform special projects; Perform other duties as assigned

Required Skills:

• Good understanding of common inspection measuring equipment including, but not limited to, surface plates, micrometers, height gages, radius gages, protractors, profilometers, bore gauges, and dial indicators
• Well versed in ISO/AS9100 Quality requirements
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Thorough understanding of MRP systems, broad knowledge of Quality-specific software
• Good blueprint reading and manufacturing/inspection related math skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills and an ability to work proactively in a teamwork environment

Required Experience:

• 3-5 years recent aircraft manufacturing environment experience, work as an auditor or Manufacturing Engineer or equivalent time and grade

Level of Education:

• BA/BS in Industrial, Mfg, or Mech Engineering;
• ISO 9001 or AS9100 internal auditing experience a plus.