Discipline Chief, Manufacturing Eng. - Investment Casting

Pratt & Whitney

Asheville (NC)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Pratt & Whitney, a leader in aerospace propulsion, seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineering Discipline Chief to lead a key process family and advance MRL elements across PW shops. You will drive PFMEA, Control Plans, Gage R&R and optimize processes to improve quality and cost.

With expertise in nickel alloy investment casting and cross‑functional leadership, you will guide design for variation, coach teams, and support regulatory/compliance reviews within RTX’s PW Advanced Casting Group.

Qualifications

  • University degree or equivalent with extensive relevant experience.
  • Experience with nickel alloy investment casting and complex manufacturing.
  • Strong analytical and statistical skills, able to lead cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for PW manufacturing engineering discipline and MRL advancement.
  • Drive PFMEA, Control Plan, and Gage R&R with three PW internal shops.
  • Lead process improvement actions to reduce defects and costs.
  • Evaluate engineering changes and support DFSS/DFV methods across ops.
  • Represent manufacturing in audits and cross-functional reviews.
  • Communicate lessons learned to enable broad implementation.

Skills

Nickel alloy casting
Cross-functional leadership
Problem solving
Data analysis
DOE / multivariate stats
Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering
Advanced degree in related field

Tools

MS Office
Minitab

Job description

Pratt & Whitney, a leader in aerospace propulsion, seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineering Discipline Chief to lead a key process family and advance MRL elements across PW shops. You will drive PFMEA, Control Plans, Gage R&R and optimize processes to improve quality and cost.

With expertise in nickel alloy investment casting and cross‑functional leadership, you will guide design for variation, coach teams, and support regulatory/compliance reviews within RTX’s PW Advanced Casting Group.

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