Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Senior Supplier Manufacturing Engineer, Supplier Oversight

Curtiss-Wright Corporation$86K — $143K *
US-Anywhere
+ 3 other locationsRemote
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience in a Manufacturing Lead role
  • At least 10 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
  • Prior on-site experience with suppliers is highly desired
  • Experience in commercial nuclear, defense, aerospace, or regulated industries
  • Knowledge of quality systems in nuclear or defense industries is preferred
  • Blueprint reading skills, especially GD&T per ASME Y14.5M
  • Excellent organization, communication, and presentation skills
  • Ability to solve problems involving tight tolerances and manufacturing deviations

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate initiatives by identifying critical suppliers
  • Partner with critical suppliers for flawless day-to-day production
  • Translate company goals into actionable improvements
  • Lead development processes for supplier improvements
  • Build relationships with suppliers for better communication and delivery
  • Serve as an expert in supplier manufacturing processes
  • Conduct technical reviews and oversee audits and inspections
  • Perform capacity assessments and manage documentation for regulatory compliance
  • Conduct root cause analyses for manufacturing nonconformances
  • Coordinate troubleshooting with internal teams

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedule with options for remote work
  • Work from home 1 to 2 days or a 9/80 work schedule
Full Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Supplier Manufacturing Engineer to join our Pittsburgh (Cheswick) location.

Location: Remote Chicago, IL or Philadelphia, PA

Your Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will play a key role in the Curtiss-Wright EMD Purchasing organization as a Senior SupplierManufacturing Engineer to provide hands on problem solving and technical judgement to assist mission critical suppliers. The individual will perform proactive supplier oversight to review and evaluate supplier processes and employ preventative/correction actions as required to improve on-time delivery and supplier manufacturing efficiency. The individual will be required to work hand-in-hand with Design Engineering, Sourcing team members, Supplier Quality Engineers, and Project Management to result in improved critical Supplier performance.

Salary: $86,100.00 - $143,500.00 per year

Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline only, reflecting a position based in PA. Criteria such as the candidate9s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.

Your Challenge:

  • Facilitate Purchasing department initiatives by assisting with identification of critical suppliers

  • Act as a primary manufacturing engineer partnering with critical suppliers ensuring day-to-day flawless production execution

  • Translate company goals into actionable, data-driven improvements to produce positive time savings or cost reduction

  • Lead proactive development processes to act on opportunities for improvement and to resolve vulnerability issues across critical suppliers

  • Relationship building with critical suppliers to optimize communication, on-time delivery performance through capability, yield improvement, and throughput optimization

  • Acting as expert in assigned critical supplier manufacturing process execution

  • Technical leadership via performance of technical reviews, production/first article readiness reviews, Product Failure Modes Effects Analysis (PFMEA), control plans, process audits and on-site oversight

  • Perform critical supplier capacity assessments

  • Conduct root cause analysis and corrective action efforts related to manufacturing nonconformances

  • Manage supplier preparation for documentation submittals, source inspections, audits, and regulatory or customer visits as required

  • Perform and direct nonconformance dispositioning as required

  • Coordinate cross-functionally with internal design engineering, quality, supply chain, and program teams to troubleshoot manufacturing issues

  • Share best practices and lessons learned across internal and supplier organizations

  • Travel (50% local, domestic or international as required)

What You Bring:

  • Bachelor9s degree in an Engineering discipline and/or equivalent experience in a Manufacturing Lead role

  • A minimum of ten (10) years in a manufacturing environment with primary experience in one or more of the following: machining, fabrication welding, testing, winding and/or assembly processes.

  • Prior experience working on-site with suppliers highly desired

  • Experience incommercial nuclear, defense, aerospace, energy, or similarly regulated industries

  • Working knowledge of quality systems within the commercial nuclear (i.e., 10CFR50 Appendix B, ASME NQA-1) or defense industry (i.e., ISO-9001, MIL-I-45208) desired

  • Blue print reading, particularly involving GD&T per ASME Y14.5M

  • Former experience with procedure, work instruction, drawing or routing creation, review or approval

  • Evaluation of design changes, and/or other specifications requirements, with experience in determining how those changes relate to potential manufacturing process changes

  • Former impactful experience with complex project management, problem prevention, strategy deployment and/or mentoring

  • Excellent organization, communication (written and oral) and presentation skills

  • Problem solving, especially involving tight feature tolerances and rework of part deviations

  • Champion and define manufacturing strategies of large-scale projects

  • Green or Black Belt Lean Certification a plus

  • Due to DoD requirements, candidates must be US citizens,

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain DOD security clearance.

Curtiss-Wright in Cheswick, PA designs, manufactures, tests, and provides after-market support for the most advanced, proven and reliable critical function pumps, motors, generators, seals, control rod drive mechanisms and power conditioning electronics available anywhere in the world today. Curtiss-Wright, Cheswick, PA has a long-standing and distinguished reputation for the design, development, manufacture, and qualification of critical-function machining solutions for the United States Navy and the commercial nuclear utility industry.

At this facility we have a flexible work schedule Work from home (1 to 2 days) OR 9/80 schedule.

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About Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified, multinational provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services. The company operates through three segments: Commercial/Industrial, Defense, and Power. The Commercial/Industrial segment provides products and services primarily to the commercial aerospace, general industrial, and naval defense markets. The Defense segment provides products and services to the defense markets of the United States, Canada, and other countries. The Power segment provides products and services to the power generation markets, including conventional and renewable energy sources. Curtiss-Wright Corporation was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina.
Learn more about Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Size
7,800 employees
Market Cap
$6.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$201.3 million
Founded
1929
5 Year Trend
+3.5%
Revenue
$2.3 billion
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