Leader, Engineering

TPI Composites Inc•Scottsdale, AZ

About The Position

This position provides technical support in wind blade manufacturing, supporting TPI’s diverse factory and customer portfolio. While a role of direct support, it requires a wide range of ownership, leadership, and accountability in its activities and tasks. The role interfaces with program management, GTPM, quality, engineering, and production organizations to advise, resolve, and revise program requirements, issues, and ambiguities during the new product introduction phase, capturing DFM, PFMEA, and exceptions. The position supports new product introduction as part of a multidisciplinary team, acting as a technical expert in design and manufacturing assessment. It drives process improvement and best practices to reduce risk and increase profitability in TPI operations, and supports technical initiatives with a distributed team to achieve critical technical goals. Additionally, it provides mentorship and technical development for TPI’s engineering resources and supports the creation of global standards, documentation, and processes to ensure consistency, safety, quality, and risk reduction in operations. The role also supports areas of data integrity and data analytics to drive product conformance, performance trends, and capability for identifying areas of action/improvement. It provides technical support for TPI’s local/site-based engineering teams by sharing knowledge and experience in wind blade manufacturing, supporting site activities, reviewing processes, guiding decisions, and supporting the development of composites knowledge. The role ensures decisions are made with necessary knowledge and support. The position supports TPI’s internal audit function by conducting internal reviews of TPI’s manufacturing facilities to ensure adherence to safety, quality, and customer requirements. It develops facility and process risk assessments, identifies areas for improvement, and drives changes to support TPI’s core values of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC). It ensures processes and approaches in TPI facilities align with customer design intent. The role supports new material evaluation, approval, and introduction to manufacturing sites, and advises on customer-specified design trials and technical contact. It supports the technical aspects of all manufacturing launches of new/revised products or requirements, and continuous improvement in process, material, equipment, and documentation. The position directly and through the team supports product transfers between sites and supports Root Cause Corrective Action programs. Other related duties and special projects are assigned as needed.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Engineering required.
Minimum 7 years related composites experience required with minimum of 5 years wind blade composite experience in a lead engineering role.
Engineering drawing literacy and tolerance appreciation
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing techniques
Computer proficiency
Ability to set and communicate priorities, create a clear vision of goals
Leadership skills
Quality oriented and high attention to detail
Ability to work with vendors, customers and employees
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Verbal and written fluency in English
Experience working with high performance teams.
Ability to maintain safe work environment.
Ability to perform problem analysis and problem resolution (critical thinking).
Hands-on practical abilities

Nice To Haves

CAD/CAM proficiency is a plus
Composite Materials
Composite Processing (Molding)
Composites Processing (Finishing)
Defect assessment and repair processes
RCCA and field issue investigation/evaluation
Technical documentation and content
NPI/DFM/PFMEA. Change order evaluation
Mechanical/Composites design
Program management
CAD modeling and mechanical design
GD&T tolerancing
Quality systems
Technical authorship
Data analytics

Responsibilities

Provide technical support in wind blade manufacturing, supporting TPI’s diverse factory and customer portfolio.
Interface with program management, GTPM, quality, engineering and production organizations to advise/resolve/revise program requirements issues and ambiguities in the new product introduction phase capturing DFM, PFMEA and exceptions.
Support new product introduction as part of a multidisciplined team as a technical expert in design and manufacturing assessment.
Drive process improvement and best practices to reduce risk and increase profitability in TPI operations.
Support technical initiatives with the assistance of a distributed team to achieve critical technical goals.
Provide mentorship and technical development of TPI’s engineering resources.
Support the creation of global standards, documentation, and processes to drive consistency in operations, to ensure safety, improve quality and reduce risk.
Support areas of data integrity and data analytics to drive product conformance, performance trends and capability to identify areas of action/improvement.
Provide technical support for TPI’s local/site-based engineering teams.
Share knowledge and experience in area of wind blade manufacturing.
Support activities at sites, reviewing processes, guiding decisions and supporting development of composites knowledge.
Be a resource to ensure decisions are made with necessary knowledge and support.
Support TPI’s internal audit function.
Support internal reviews of TPI’s manufacturing facilities ensuring, adherence to all safety, quality and customer requirements.
Develop facility and process risk assessments outlining areas of improvement and driving changes to support TPI’s core values of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC).
Ensure process and approaches found in TPI facilities are aligned with customers design intent.
Support new material evaluation, approval, and introduction to manufacturing sites.
Support and advise Customer specified design trials and technical contact.
Support the technical aspects of all manufacturing launches of new/revised products or requirements.
Support continuous improvement including process, material, equipment, and documentation.
Support directly and through team the product transfers from one site to another.
Support Root Cause Corrective Action programs.
Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned.