Sr Mfg Engineer AT/EP

Caterpillar•San Diego, CA

10d

About The Position

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer supports all areas of the gas turbine business by developing and implementing production plans, repairs, and solutions for a wide variety of parts used across gas turbine packages. The role maintains and creates production planning, supports repair development and manufacturing operations, and works with internal teams, suppliers, machinists, and shop-floor personnel to ensure parts meet engineering specifications and are delivered on time.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline, or 7 or more years of machining experience in lieu of a degree.
Knowledge of machining manufacturing operations.
Proficiency in Baan, Creo, Windchill, SFIS, GD&T, and 3D modeling; Creo is preferred.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work as a team player.
Emotional intelligence to understand team dynamics.
Proficient knowledge of non-standard fixturing methods.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in Creo Parametric.
Proficiency in ASME Y14.5 geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

Responsibilities

Maintain, update, and create manufacturing production plans for gas turbine engine and package parts.
Provide manufacturing services to other Solar Turbines CAMs and suppliers that are at capacity.
Support Repair Development Engineers in creating repair plans for overhaul engine parts.
Create instruction sheets and Baan production orders for repairing and creating gas turbine parts.
Source materials for part creation and repairs.
Work with supply chain engineers to create third-party manufacturing plans.
Read and interpret engineering drawings to develop manufacturing plans.
Apply ASME Y14.5 geometric dimensioning and tolerancing to manufacturing plans.
Use trigonometry and machining fundamentals to calculate parallelism and runout conditions for machining sand-castings and forgings to engineering specifications.
Use engineering and machining fundamentals to propose acceptance or repair of discrepant parts to MRB design engineers.
Read and interpret CMM reports.
Support multiple shifts of shop-floor mechanics and machinists with technical solutions to improve ergonomics, reduce cycle time, and reduce tooling.
Support on-time delivery of turbine parts through frequent verbal communication with supervisors, team leads, and schedulers.
Cover for other manufacturing engineers when team members are absent.
Lead containment, root-cause analysis, and corrective action for high-frequency defects, escapes, and scrap parts in a timely manner.
Work closely with machinists to create appropriate work holding, time standards, and routings.
Use Creo Parametric CAD software to inspect part dimensions and create internal and external manufacturing planning drawings.