Manufacturing Engineer

Location Profile:

Aerospace Dynamics International, Inc. (ADI) in Valencia, CA manufactures machined parts and assemblies for the commercial and military aerospace industries. It offers structural components, caps, panels, bulkheads, fittings, longerons, spars, chords, wing ribs, thrust reversers, structural machine parts, manufacturing tooling and stretch form blocks.

ADI was acquired by PCC in April 2014. The company has received significant capital investments since the acquisition and has a highly positive growth trajectory ahead. Comprising seven facilities on its campus in Valencia, CA, ADI has over 240 full-time employees on staff.

The Manufacturing Engineer will direct and implement engineering strategies and objectives to ensure the achiveiment of plant goals. This person will be responsible for defining, developing, and implementing manufacturing processes that guarantee the delivery of quality product on-time to customers, at a cost that enables company success.

• Provides technical direction in the manufacturing of precision parts.
• Forecasts resource requirements in a timely manner and allocates assigned resources according to priorities and resources.
• Provides continuous surveillance to all manufacturing operations; ensures constant application of effort to control and reduce costs; recommends improvement in CNC programming, methods, processes, and materials; ensures compliance with engineering drawings, specifications and change orders..
• Estimates, analyzes and assess critical issues and resources requirements for tool development projects.
• Analyzes methods and manufacturing process problems to determine root cause and corrective actions to facilitate continuous improvements.
• Works closely with QA department in establishing and administering test and inspection methods and procedures to ensure that all products released for final delivery meet established standards of quality and reliability.
• Establishes and maintains safety operations by adhering to procedures and policies.

• Must have operational excellence experience
• Must have engineering experience, preferably in aerospace
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality controls, and costs
• Understand/use techniques for effective control of delivered quality, cost, and schedule in the processing of aerospace products
• Thorough knowledge of lean manufacturing work area practices including 5-S, Visual Controls, Standard Work, work center metrics, and continuous improvement processes and able to instruct others in these practices
• Proactive communicator who can clearly articulate results and needs across all levels
• Able to establish and communicate clear priorities and to influence others to support and act on those priorities
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical, Materials, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering. Equivalent experienced considered.

5+ years related operational experience

With more than 120 operations and approximately 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, and forgings 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…