Position: Production Engineer
Reports To: Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Status: Exempt (Salary)
Pay Range: $65,000 to $80,000 per year
ROLE
As part of Enstrom’s Operations Team, the Production Engineer will perform and coordinate quality, manufacturing and industrial tasks to support helicopter production.
TASKS
- Leads production activities associated with defective materials, components and assemblies including prioritizing, verifying, dispositioning and tracking defects
- Leads root cause analysis and corrective action for internal manufacturing defects
- Coordinates with Product Engineering and supports root cause analysis and corrective action for supplier and product defects
- Supports industrial engineering by leading time studies and creating and verifying time standards
- Tracks and reports KPIs
- Supports continuous improvement activities and goals for production
- Collaborates with all Enstrom teams including Planning, Production, Quality, Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering
- Complies with all safety, quality and production requirements
- Performs other duties as required
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- 3 years manufacturing
- 2 years manufacturing processes including machining and assembly
- 2 years measurement equipment use and calibration
- Demonstrated continuous improvement in production environment
- Problem solving and root cause analysis method (5 Whys, FTA, Fishbone, A3)
- Associate’s degree in manufacturing, mechanical or industrial engineering
- 2D and 3D CAD
- GD&T print reading
- Work instruction understanding and adherence
- MS Office including Teams, Outlook, Word and Excel
PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Aircraft manufacturing
- FAA regulations
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aerospace, mechanical or industrial engineering
- Sheet metal, fiberglass, welding and painting
- Solidworks CAD and CAM
- GD&T print creation
- Work instruction generation
