Process Engineer III (82290)

Who we are:

The Gill Corporation is one of the world's largest manufacturers of honeycomb, high performance floor panels, cargo compartment liners and original equipment for passenger and freighter aircraft. The company also excels in many other types of reinforced plastics including interior sandwich panels for creating structures such as aircraft galleys and bulkheads, honeycomb core and related products.

The Gill Corporation is seeking a Process Engineer III to manage specific projects/ tasks associated with continuous improvement and/ or production sustainment; perform experiments and tests; record experimental data; make calculations and prepare brief reports covering the work and conducting risk assessments. The expectations of a level III Process Engineer is to lead with excellent communication, measure their own performance and implement remedial actions where needed. Will work directly with operating entities and Program Management to ensure that process control analyses, inspections, or audits are conducted on a continuing basis to enforce requirements and meet specifications. Most critically, spends a dedicated amount of time on the production floor inspecting and assessing where process improvement or Six Sigma/ DMAIC methodologies can be applied.

Reporting to the Operations Engineering Group Leader, they will perform but not be limited to the following responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

• Spends a dedicated amount of time on the production floor inspecting and assessing where process improvement can be applied.
• Develop and/or improve processes for the manufacture of new or existing products.
• Work with cross-functional teams (primarily Quality and Production) in leading efforts in improving product quality and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement countermeasures to prevent failure recurrence.
• Develop and implement concepts, including Lean Manufacturing, etc., to reduce manufacturing cost and increase process throughput.
• Create/manage manufacturing documentation, and provide technical oversight to bring high priority projects to a successful conclusion including training.
• Lead complex manufacturing trials supported by detailed data analysis and recommend appropriate next steps.
• Work in a proactive manner to manage the technical direction of assigned manufacturing areas, in concert with the overall technical direction of the site.
• Manage and continuously seek improvements to the processing of engineering flow down requirements to better quality, lead-times, or cost.
• Capable of providing guidance and assistance to less experienced Process Engineers.
• Capable of managing a higher project workload and be able to adjust quickly as business priorities change.
• Other essential duties may be assigned.