Senior Supplier Manufacturing Engineer, Supplier Oversight

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

Location: Remote Philadelphia, PA or On-site Cheswick, PA

Your Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will play a key role in the Curtiss-Wright EMD Purchasing organization as a Senior Supplier Manufacturing 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 candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience, the scope of the specific position, as well as market and business considerations will be evaluated when extending an offer.

We Take Care of Our People:

Paid Time Off I 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing I Health and Wellness Benefits I Learning and Development Opportunities I Referral Program I Competitive Pay I Recognition I Employee Stock Purchase Plan I Inclusive & Supportive Culture

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:

• Bachelor’s 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 in commercial 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.

Who we are:

Our Values

Environmental, Social and Governance

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. http://www.emd.cwfc.com/

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Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening.  In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. 

Curtiss-Wright is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

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If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.