Process Engineer - IGT

Howmet Engine Systems is currently seeking an experienced Engineering professional to join our team in Hampton, Virginia.    Are you an empowered Lead Team Partner with the drive to transform ideas into sustainable value?  We are seeking individuals who have a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a manufacturing environment, as well as the passion to put that experience to work to lead activities and support plant/location team to achieve manufacturing excellence.  Our organization is dedicated to rapid, profitable growth through operational excellence and career development.  If you are an energetic professional that wants to be a part of a dynamic team we encourage you to apply.  

Job Summary

As a Process Engineer you will be responsible all the metallurgical/materials characteristics pertaining to the investment casting process and our products.  This may involve both new development and production castings.  In this role you will be teamed up with a Product Engineer who will be responsible for the dimensional aspects of the process/product.  The prime responsibility for this position is to engineer the highest yield and lowest overall cost product while meeting or exceeding all customer defined quality requirements.  In this position you will work in a team environment with other engineers as well as hands on with the manufacturing team so strong communication skills are required.

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities

• Follows Howmet’s Safety Regulations and work Rules Handbook along with all department specific safety requirements.
• Develops and debugs processes for production and developmental castings.
• Actively pursues the continuous improvement of existing processes.
• Supplies technical support to customers.  Interacts with them regarding technical concerns
• Complies with all company attendance policies and guidelines; this includes, but is not limited to, regular attendance and some overtime.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities:

• Reads, analyzes, and interprets technical procedures.  Effectively write reports, business correspondence, and procedures. Presents information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Applies mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Solves practical problems and deals with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Communicates effectively with all levels of the organization to achieve goals.
• Possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Motivated to continuously drive improvement in assigned portfolio of parts. 
• Leadership ability is desired as this position benefits from being an influential engineer and demonstrated leadership is a plus as the potential advancement exists in 2-4 years.

Basic Qualifications:

• New or expected graduate with a Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university in Engineering.
• Must be able to provide documentation in the original form establishing both your identity and your employment eligibility in the U.S.
• This position entails access to export-controlled items you must be able to lawfully obtain access to such items.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Investment casting experience
• Coursework or equivalent experience in basic statistical and analytical tools
• 1 year in a manufacturing environment