Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor- Aerospace

Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric’s innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations.

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential ‘Linc’ that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company’s website at  .

Location:

Macomb - Mile
Employment Status:
Salary Full-Time
Function:
Corporate
Pay Range: ($ - $)
Target Bonus:
15.0%
Req :
30233

This role will lead the process & manufacturing engineering functions in Lincoln Electric’s Government, Aerospace, and Defense Solutions (GADS) business unit for aerospace-type hardware applications. This role is influential for increasing customer confidence in GADS manufacturing capabilities and leads the conversion of technical & contract requirements into robust, repeatable, and efficient manufacturing processes that comply with AS9100, customer requirements, and flight-critical quality standards.

Process Development & Documentation

• Lead, prepare, and implement manufacturing requirements necessary to meet customer requirements, including for Part Qualification/Re-Qualification, PFMEA, Control Plans, First Articles, etc.
• Work with machining/tooling planners to define machining sequences, datums, cutting strategies, and in-process inspection requirements.
• Ensure risk mitigation is accounted for during process development to meet internal and external requirements.
• Partner with Quality on APQP and MSA/GR&R.
• Develop, industrialize, and improve manufacturing processes for aerospace-type hardware applications.
• Use manufacturing data to manage process control, develop & implement process improvement including creating and updating work instructions.
• Champion wide-ranging organizational improvement efforts leveraging Lincoln standard Continuous Improvement resources including tools, processes, and corporate experts.

Technical Support, Troubleshooting, and Leadership

• Coordinate multiple projects of med-high complexity and risk, including multiple sub-projects, and comprised of cross-functional and/or multi-site project team members.
• Assist Quality with MRB root cause analysis and technically sound repair planning.
• Support in technical training of Sales & Estimation and downstream process teams.
• Help identify engineering & key technical organizational capability improvement opportunities. Provide guidance and support to lower-level engineers and other technical roles.
• Maintains and actively supports improving safety of operations, adheres to safety procedures and regulations.
• Additional job duties as assigned

Essential skills and experience:

• 4-year degree in an Engineering discipline required (Mechanical, Industrial, or related)
• At least 5 years in aerospace-type critical parts manufacturing.

Desired

Skills & Experience:

• At least 8-10 years of experience in manufacturing, ideally CNC machining-centric operations. Preference for understanding of machining processes for materials like titanium & Inconel. Knowledge of fixtures & tooling for machining preferred.
• Proven track record of increasing…