Heat Treat & Pyrometry Engineer

Position Summary:

Supports heat treat operations by ensuring accuracy of process records and compliance to procedures and standards. Resolves non-conformances and leads cross-functional projects to improve departmental processes. Typically hold 5+ years of relevant engineering experience. Directly reports to Technical Manager with indirect reporting to the Quality and Heat Treat Operations departments

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Other duties may be assigned. In performing functions, duties or tasks, employees are required to know and follow safe work practices, and to be aware of Company policies and procedures related to job safety, including safety rules and regulations. All functions, duties or tasks are to be carried out in an honest, ethical and professional manner, and to be performed in conformance with applicable Company policies and procedures. In the event of uncertainty or lack of knowledge of Company policies and procedures, employees are required to request clarification or explanations from superiors or authorized company representatives.

• Review all Heat Treat Process Records (HTPRs) and generate charts
• Reviews and dispositions non-conformances (MRR's) and conduct Root Cause Corrective Action activities.
• Involvement in product risk assessments involving furnaces.
• Works on special projects to improve the heat treat department
• Leads and partners cross functionally all new and ongoing projects for the department
• Supports with revision of new forms and procedures required for the department
• Works closely with Maintenance and Production Departments to evaluate problems encountered with the equipment and to assist with the solutions required to resolve the problems. (Ex: SAT/TUS failures)
• Assists in implementation of controls for new equipment and the upgrade of controls for existing equipment, also in the implementation of data collection projects.
• Coordinates instrument calibration recalls
• Conduct routine audits and maintain documentation to ensure compliance with internal procedures, manufacturing plans, and applicable pyrometry specifications (AMS2750)
• Participates and prepares for all audits internally and externally including customer audits
• Create Training materials for Heat Treat Operators
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions form groups of managers, customers, and general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry including calculus. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Excellent communication skills verbal and written.
• Able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Able to communicate freely, make presentations and discuss controversial issues in a reasonable manner. Demonstrated ability to communicate with various levels of the organization.
• Thorough understanding of Aerospace Heat Treating and Forging processes and specifications including AMS2750, Nadcap, and Customer Specifications.

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical, Mechanical, Chemical, or Industrial Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in engineering in heavy industrial plant engineering management
• 5+ years of AMS2750 experience and/or training

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation 3may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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 and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.