Are you an experienced engineering individual with exceptional people skills? Would you like to be part of something bigger than a job? At PRL Industries, Inc., we do what only a select few companies in the country do. We are an integral part of providing support to our nation's defense. We are pleased to announce the full-time Process Engineer position. Located in Lebanon, PA, this is not a remote position. In addition to a generous salary, we offer the following benefits:
Medical
Dental
Vision
Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability
Employer-paid life
Voluntary life products
FSA
Educational Assistance Reimbursement
Generous PTO and paid holidays
Job Summary:
The Process Engineer Performs a variety of functions within PRL Industries, Inc. The Job function will touch on foundry engineering, machining, process engineering, and special projects.
Job Qualifications:
Education: A bachelor's degree in Materials/Industrial/Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering or a related engineering field is preferred. An appropriate combination of education, experience, motivation, and enthusiasm will be considered.
Experience: Hands-on experience preferred in steel foundry processes, including but not limited to welding, grinding, air-arc, heat treat, QC/QA, NDT, machining, and/or related experience. Ideally, a candidate will possess three to five years of metals manufacturing process experience, which should include Lean manufacturing concepts, pattern/tooling design, casting upgrade processes, and machining of ferrous and non-ferrous metals. They will be able to analyze problems and implement corrective actions/solutions.
Skills: Familiarity and/or ability to learn/use/implement related manufacturing tools/concepts and read blueprints is necessary. Strong computer skills and the ability to learn industry-specific software are essential. Candidate must possess good judgment and decision-making skills. They must communicate well verbally and written with shop personnel, peers, plant management, customers, and suppliers.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Support general and departmental management of production and manufacturing operations, materials, inspection, and NDT.
Make decisions regarding improving productivity, quality, and operational efficiency.
Communicates daily with manufacturing and QA personnel. Takes the initiative to provide a feedback loop to Engineering to aid in correcting job-specific shortcomings such as inadequate casting engineering, excessive rework, and deficient job routing steps. Direct interaction with NDT inspectors, especially with dimensional inspection personnel, will be paramount. It will aid in defect classification by interacting with both manufacturing and QA, as well as helping determine the best methods to minimize defect removal and weld classification.
Advises problem solutions to production supervisors.
Aid in developing new products and/or technologies within PRL Industries, Inc., with the goal of improving quality, increasing process control, and/or reducing costs.
Works cohesively within the Engineering department as needed to develop new casting projects, including making solid models and creating pouring simulations.
Manage both internal and customer projects.
Facilitates/aids/performs process routing development/construction within the ERP system for jobs at PRL Industries, Inc.
Performs quoting, including casting, pattern, machining, and related services.
Actively takes part in the daily material review board and related events to rectify/provide solutions to situational issues prohibiting production forward progress.
Actively takes part in the daily material review board and related events to rectify/provide solutions to situational issues prohibiting production forward progress.