Product Engineer - Washington State, United States - P&C Recruiting | HR

Description

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 Sales 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.

Requirements


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

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