Manufacturing Engineering Discipline Chief

RTX • Asheville, NC

5d • $107,500 - $204,500 • Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. We are seeking an experienced, proactive, and goal oriented professional to provide technical leadership to the Manufacturing Engineering discipline at P&W, perform product definition producibility assessments, and evaluate capability in order to help ensure that safety, quality, delivery, and cost requirements are met. Execution of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) elements to drive process control will dramatically improve the company’s quality and delivery signature.

Requirements

• A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
• Demonstrated ability in advanced nickel alloy investment castings.
• Demonstrated technical proficiency in complex manufacturing activities.
• Demonstrated proficiency leading and managing a portfolio of cross functional projects.
• Effective team player with strong good interpersonal skills capable of influencing and getting cooperation and action from others.
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written), work and relate with people at all levels of the organization and be self-sufficient.
• Ability to influence cross functional teams.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others to be successful.
• Excellent knowledge of MS office computer software including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Able to use Minitab and other statistical software.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in statistics, data analytics, DOE, and multivariate statistics.
• U.S. Citizenship is required due to government contracts.

Nice To Haves

• Six Sigma project leadership / management / coaching experience preferred.
• ACE/CORE/ 6 Sigma Practitioner/Professional certification.
• Strong understanding of other continuous improvement skills: DFSS, Red-X, Lean, etc.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• 6 sigma Black Belt preferred
• 10+ years of relevant experience (Manufacturing Engineering, Ops, Engr, Quality)
• Advanced degree is a plus

Responsibilities

• Provide focused & effective leadership in the advancement of manufacturing process activities to drive manufacturing risk identification and mitigation to achieve superior quality performance.
• Responsible for investment casting discipline health (core production through airfoil casting delivery).
• Lead manufacturing engineering discipline in the assessment of discipline health, identification of discipline gap and develop and execute mitigation actions to address these gaps.
• Lead manufacturing engineering reviews and follow-up actions to drive MRL improvement of module center processes and parts.
• Evaluate engineering changes and be the voice of Operations in technical reviews that establishes the MRL advancement plan and certification.
• Identify & implement process optimization & control methods to eliminate/prevent quality turn backs /escapes and reduce overall product costs.
• Represent the organization in various forums related to MRL execution.
• Develop standard work, procedures, and integrate industry-standard best practices.
• Represent manufacturing discipline in quality & regulatory audits and address follow-up items.
• Communicate lessons learned to Process development/engineering to enable implementation of design for variation (DFV) and robust design methods (DFSS) and other operational organizations for read across implementation.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Short-term disability, long-term disability and parental leave
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program (No waiting period!)
• Paid time off including: 3 weeks of vacation, 5 personal sick days, 3 unpaid days for unique situations at supervisor discretion, and 12 paid government holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior