Product Engineer

**REPORTS TO:** Project Engineering - Manager **FLSA STATUS:** Exempt **SUPERVISES:** None **Benefits** - Salary range $10,000-$130,000 per year depending on experience - High deductible medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, including spouse and children (modest payroll deductions) - 10 paid holidays per year - Vacation - 3 weeks - Supplemental leave (used in conjunction with Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave) - 401K with matching company funds - Quarterly bonus structure - Tuition reimbursement **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 Product 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 compliance to customer and industry specifications. Ensure correct practices, sampling, testing, etc. are associated with each specification. Review incoming specifications for acceptability withing existing metallurgical practices. - 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. - **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 (written and verbal) and 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 i…