Associate Project Engineer

Essential Key Functions and Accountabilities: (Responsibilities and major tasks performed)

• Lead and manage the manufacturing launch of new products for our customers. These customers include Caterpillar, Volvo Truck Group, Trane HVAC, John Deere, and many other leaders in their industry.
• Create and manage the project budget and timeline.
• Communicate project status with our customers, maintaining trust, confidence, and the NSC reputation as a best-in-class supplier.
• Communicate project status internally to stakeholders, cross-functional team members, and to NSC leadership at each milestone of the New Product Introduction process.
• Proactively identify and resolve project risks. These risks may be very technical in nature or also risks to product cost, safety, or project timing.
• Engineer and launch new manufacturing processes to make parts fully and consistently to print specifications.
• Create all engineering data and documents to support the new manufacturing processes. This includes the following: Drawings, Bills-of-Material, Routings, Standard Rates, Process FMEA, Work Instructions, and Quality Control Plans.
• Collaborate with Tooling Engineers and Designers to design, build, and validate the tooling and quality control gauges required for your projects.
• Identify and lead continuous improvement projects.

Experience and Education Required:

• Project Management
• Ability to fully interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Engineering and Quality Control knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Laser Cutting
• Press Brake
• Metal Stamping
• MIG and Projection Welding
• Assembly and Complex Assemblies
• Complex Problem Solving
• Effective Verbal and Written Communication
• Process Improvement
• Organization and Attention to Detail
• Relationship-Building
• BS in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
• Prior experience is not required but is desirable.

Job Specific Competencies:

• Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
• Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Production Part Approval Process (PPAP)
• Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM, DFA)
• Solidworks and CAD Sheet Metal Design
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Lean Manufacturing, Six-Sigma

Working Conditions:

• In-Office Position – Occasionally Remote by Exception
• Sitting, Standing, Walking, Climbing Stairs
• Travel up to 20%

INCLUSION OF ANY ITEM ON THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT INTENDED TO EXCLUDE OTHER DUTIES OR REQUIREMENTS DEEMED NECESSARY BY MANAGEMENT FOR OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE.