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SalaryREPORTS TO: Product Engineering Manager
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
SUPERVISES: N/A
Benefits
- Salary range $100,000 to $130,000 base
- High deductible medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, including spouse and children (modest payroll deductions)
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Vacation (2-4 weeks depending on experience)
- Supplemental leave (used in conjunction with Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave)
- 401K with matching company funds
- Quarterly bonus structure
- Tuition reimbursement
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Product Engineer serves as the primary technical and quality conduit between outside customers and internal sales, marketing, and production functions.
The Product Engineer's essential functions include:
- Provide technical/metallurgical support to plant, inside sales, outside sales, and customer (direct and end user) personnel as required.
- Act as principal liaison between customer and plant on quality and technical issues.
- Develop and implement metallurgical practices as necessary to support efforts in product development, quality, recovery, etc.
- Provide quality assurance support. Disposition quarantined metal, claims, discrepant shipments, etc., as necessary in order to sustain "Best in Class" levels of quality and promote customer satisfaction.
- Perform manufacturing investigations on suspect product.
- Maintain customer and industry specifications. Ensure correct practices, sampling, testing, etc. are associated with each specification. Review incoming specifications for acceptability and communicate any exceptions to customers.
- Initiate and execute qualification programs where appropriate, as determined by plant capabilities, customer requirements, and market justification.
- Review and authorize requests for recertification.
- Monitor and audit (as required) vendor activities.
- Comply with all safety, quality and environmental regulations.
EDUCATION
An undergraduate degree in metallurgy or materials science is required. Advanced Degree preferred
EXPERIENCE
This individual will possess:
- 5 years relevant experience in the aluminum or related (e.g., aerospace) industry (10+ years preferred)
- Excellent problem solving, investigative, experimental, and statistical analysis skills
- Project management experience
- Strong PC skills, including Windows, Word, Excel, and various data collection and analysis packages to be self sufficient in analysis and report writing
- Clear understanding of specification and industry requirements
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; as well as organizational skills
- Proven ability to work in teams
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
This individual will:
- Be energetic, disciplined and focused on a team building operational organization
- Have well developed interpersonal and business partnering skills, with the ability to quickly adapt to, be accepted by, and interrelate with the organization at all levels
- Be willing to work flexible hours
PERFORMANCE FACTORS
- Attendance and Dependability: The employee can be depended on to report to work at the scheduled time and is seldom absent from work. Employee can be depended upon to complete work in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner; and is conscientious about assignments
- Communication and Contact: The employee communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with superiors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the company
- Relationships with Others: The employee works effectively and relates well with others including superiors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the company. The employee exhibits a professional manner in dealing with others and works to maintain constructive working relationships
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Approximately 90% of the job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. 10% of the job function is required in the plant. There is exposure to operating machinery and a manufacturing environment
