[Hiring] Senior Supplier Manufacturing Engineer @Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Supplier Manufacturing Engineer to join our Pittsburgh (Cheswick) location.

Your Responsibilities:

• Play a key role in the Curtiss-Wright EMD Purchasing organization.
• Provide hands-on problem solving and technical judgment to assist mission-critical suppliers.
• Perform proactive supplier oversight to review and evaluate supplier processes.
• Employ preventative/corrective actions as required to improve on-time delivery and supplier manufacturing efficiency.
• Work closely with Design Engineering, Sourcing team members, Supplier Quality Engineers, and Project Management to improve critical Supplier performance.

Salary: $86,100.00 - $143,500.00 per year. Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in PA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline and/or equivalent experience in a Manufacturing Lead role.
• A minimum of ten (10) years in a manufacturing environment with primary experience in one or more of the following: machining, fabrication welding, testing, winding and/or assembly processes.
• Prior experience working on-site with suppliers highly desired.
• Experience in commercial nuclear, defense, aerospace, energy, or similarly regulated industries.
• Working knowledge of quality systems within the commercial nuclear (i.e., 10CFR50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1) or defense industry (i.e., ISO-9001, MIL-I-45208) desired.
• Blue print reading, particularly involving GD&T per ASME Y14.5M.
• Former experience with procedure, work instruction, drawing or routing creation, review or approval.
• Evaluation of design changes, and/or other specifications requirements, with experience in determining how those changes relate to potential manufacturing process changes.
• Former impactful experience with complex project management, problem prevention, strategy deployment and/or mentoring.
• Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and presentation skills.
• Problem solving, especially involving tight feature tolerances and rework of part deviations.
• Champion and define manufacturing strategies of large-scale projects.
• Green or Black Belt Lean Certification a plus.
• Due to DoD requirements, candidates must be US citizens.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance.

Requirements

• Facilitate Purchasing department initiatives by assisting with identification of critical suppliers.
• Act as a primary manufacturing engineer partnering with critical suppliers ensuring day-to-day flawless production execution.
• Translate company goals into actionable, data-driven improvements to produce positive time savings or cost reduction.
• Lead proactive development processes to act on opportunities for improvement and to resolve vulnerability issues across critical suppliers.
• Build relationships with critical suppliers to optimize communication, on-time delivery performance through capability, yield improvement, and throughput optimization.
• Act as an expert in assigned critical supplier manufacturing process execution.
• Provide technical leadership via performance of technical reviews, production/first article readiness reviews, Product Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA), control plans, process audits and on-site oversight.
• Perform critical supplier capacity assessments.
• Conduct root cause analysis and corrective action efforts related to manufacturing nonconformances.
• Manage supplier preparation for documentation submittals, source inspections, audits, and regulatory or customer visits as required.
• Perform and direct nonconformance dispositioning as required.
• Coordinate cross-functionally with internal design engineering, quality, supply chain, and program teams to troubleshoot manufacturing issues.
• Share best practices and lessons learned across internal and supplier organizations.
• Travel (50% local, domestic or international as required).

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing
• Health and Wellness Benefits
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Referral Program
• Competitive Pay
• Recognition
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Inclusive & Supportive Culture