Job Requirements
At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Degree in Mechanical/Fixture Design Engineering and 5+ years relevant and shown Manufacturing technician/engineering experience.
Design
- Design, development and qualification of fixtures and gages for turbine blades, vanes, and other components.
- Craft and develop tooling that improves the capability and efficiency of the production process.
- Design and development of tooling for machining processes.
- Design and development of custom gages for inspection processes.
- Lead the fixture and gage manufacture; collaborating with suppliers (internal and external), management, purchasing, and logistics to obtain quotations and realize the repair of fixtures and gages.
- Develop work instructions, procedures, key cards, and related Engineering and Manufacturing documentation for fixture and gage design, use and build.
- Apply the standardized approach to tool and fixture designs in a Siemens NX and Teamcenter environment.
- Collaborate with WSC Manufacturing engineer(s), Production, Quality to ensure tooling is designed, repaired to meet their performance expectations and production needs.
- Project leadership of tooling engineering projects (scheduling, experimentation, reporting, documentation) with full responsibility for due dates, results, and costs associated with your field of activities.
- Lead tooling projects through all phases, conception, R&D, qualification, production implementation, and continued production support.
- Lead continuous process improvements (analysis, solution finding, implementation) around tool design and use processes and methods.
- Work with production personnel to implement, solve, and improve fixtures and gages and their associated processes.
- Collaborate with management, product engineering, peer engineers, and operators to realize high-quality, stable processes. Provide data and documentation for product process qualifications (PPQ), work instructions, and manufacturing quality control plans.
Inspection
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and quality to identify effective critical to quality inspection requirements to support effective inspections both manual and/or CMM.
- Development of inspection plans for validating fixtures including CTQ drawings.
- Collaborate with Quality to repair fixtures and gages that are identified as non-conforming during validation.
Repair
- Analyze inspection data for reported out-of-tolerance or worn conditions.
- Develop and implement vital repair actions with Siemens tool room and/or external suppliers.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure repairs are completed and accepted by partners, production, engineering, and quality.
- Own the fixture and gage repair logistics; collaborating with suppliers (internal and external), management, purchasing, and logistics to obtain quotations and realize the repair of fixtures and gages.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Interpretation of product and manufacturing drawings and specifications
- Siemens NX CAD/Drafting and product data management systems.
- NX 11
- Siemens Teamcenter
- GD&T
- Parametric model definition tools of NX and Assembly modeling with inter part linking.
- Identifying, analyzing, and correcting fixture and gage issues.
- Upstream and Downstream processes used in turbine component manufacturing is a plus.
- MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
EDUCATION
- Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering (Bachelors or Masters)
