Core Engineer

Howmet Aerospace is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company's primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com. Follow @howmet: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

This position will be located in our new core plant in Whitehall, MI. Initial travel to Morristown, TN to learn process will be required.

Job Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for technical leadership and developing robust processes that consistently meet or exceed our customers' requirements for developing tooling, fixtures and gauges to produce and inspect the dimensional characteristics and the metallurgical quality and performance of aerospace components. Also, continuous improvement of processes by improving methods and developing new methods of manufacturing, leading to increased yields and reduced labor content.

• Conceives, evaluates, and implements problem solving activities, cost reduction initiatives and part/process improvement activities supporting all Shifts.
• Provides leadership and single point of accountability (SPA) on all critical product concerns.
• External customer escapes - Investigates and analyzes root cause; Develops and implements correction action plans.
• Part Qualification and Re-qualification - Determines and supports manufacturing requirements necessary to meet customer requirements; Performs metallurgical investigations; Assembles process documentation per customer requirements.
• Process Development and Improvement - Monitors/analyzes yield, labor, and materials data to develop process improvement ideas for new and established processes.
• Manufacturing Support - Monitors manufacturing output to ensure process control; Responds to manufacturing needs: training, work instructions and interpretation; Creates and updates work instructions needed to perform manufacturing processes.
• General Technical Support - Conducts meetings and provides technical data to meet customer needs.
• NPI Concurrent Engineering - Conducts meetings with customers to review design concepts.
• Quotation Prep - Develops material, scrap, and labor costs for cost modeling.
• Tooling Development and Build - Attends meetings and provides input based on customer specifications for BOM, routings and milestone plans.
• Periodic Qualification and Re-qualification - Initiates, prepares and validates dimensional qualification packages to meet customer requirements.
• General Technical Support - Conducts meetings and provides technical data to meet customer needs.
• Process Certification - Defines and implements control plans and FMEA per customer requirements; Collects, analyzes and prepares statistical data per control plan.
• Participate in department Tier 2 and Engineering Tier 2 daily management
• Collaborate with process owners, facilities engineering, automation, and manufacturing

Job Roles:

• Systems thinker--sees the business and its operation holistically; understands actions and reactions; considers multiple pathways of potential effect before decisions; thinks strategically about interventions with an eye toward scale
• Optimizer--constantly challenging the organization to work smarter; supports others to ensure they have what they need to do their work successfully. Willing to try new things; focused on continuous improvement even for persistent problems; constantly learning
• Anticipation--looks ahead to minimize potential issues and maximize advantages; prepares others for what comes next.
• Operational accelerator--drives continuous improvement; understands ramifications of automation and other advances; advocates for safety, ergonomics, and scalable solutions
• Organization and structure--works within existing structures while striving to improve and standardize them; provides accurate information; galvanizes others toward common goals
• Influence--leverages knowledge, relationship, data, and perspective to persuade, educate and navigate; gains buy in and adoption of ideas and practices at scale; interacts with a variety of stakeholders
• Data informed-- daily focus on things that drive quantifiable business outcomes; evaluates based on quantitative feedback; knows and explains the "5 whys" behind problems and actions. Actively involved in data collection and use in Tier 1 and Tier 2 daily management systems.
• Prioritized reaction--handles the unexpected without losing sight of important objectives; reacts where greatest leverage points exist. differentiates between urgent and important; attends to issues as they arise within the framework of a strategy and plan; focused on team deployment toward solutions.
• Relationship--connects individually and with teams across shifts and practices; builds rapport and commonality; creates a "win together" ethic; serves as liaison between shop floor and engineering; keeps the pulse of the floor; helps people feel heard.
• Independent initiative--manages time well; does not require direction; takes responsibility for finding and solving problems; optimizes based on learning and team input; thinks about the future and anticipates needs.
• Customer focus--understands requirements and applications to ensure an excellent product; manages multiple products; leverages historical knowledge and data; takes on difficult configurations and manages them professionally and objectively.
• Proactive Contributor-reaches out to get information and offer partnership; discerns needs and meets them without needing request or invitation; functions consultatively.

Basic Qualifications

• BS Degree in Engineering
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an engineering or manufacturing environment.