Aero Alliance Avenza Manufacturing Engineer

- Provide technical support in the disassembly, repairs and assembly processes for the shop floor

- Define, design, and follow the execution of equipment/devices/machines starting by drafting technical specification till to the commissioning in the workshop. The M.E. will work strictly with:

• Lines leaders/shop leader: to know and satisfy the needs of the shop.

• EHS: to be compliant with internal and by Law requirement.
• Quality team: to respect the product high quality level.
• Lean team: to develop solutions in line with the lean concept.
• Finance dept: to define the expenses and business cases where needed.
• Product engineer dept: to know the product.
• Sourcing Dept: to discuss the requirement asked for the bid phase.

- Develop Work instructions, methods, processes and procedures to give detailed information to the shop. i.e.: Handling, and lifting procedures, assembly, and disassembly procedures, etc. …collaborating with ops and cross-functions team (see previous point)

- Define hours to apply to the shop floor operation routings according to the operation to perform.

- Lead analysis and perform metrics and KPI to monitor shop floor performances in terms of efficiency/ productivity (hours analysis applied on the routings: for instance planned Vs actuals)

- Provide leadership/mentorship for team to lead shop floor improvement projects to resolution

- Share best practices across shop floor to drive consistency, ensure our processes are continuously improving

- Understand and collect the shop depts needs to create the investment plan.

- Track the expense for the fixtures among the depts to respect the budget defined year over year.

- Service Routings Analysis to define equipment/fixture/methods to perform the activities in shopfloor

- Purchase commercial equipment/device to support production.

- Support process improvement initiatives (like AWO, Committee) to reduce waste, cycle time, improve EHS/Quality/Ergonomics.

- Develop a strong partnership with internal and external teams to build continuous process improvement

- Partner with cross-functional leaders to drive a strong culture in Quality and Safety

- Hold self and team accountable to Aero Alliance Compliance and Integrity standards

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma) or equivalent knowledge or work experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent analytical skills
• Proficient skills in PC, Microsoft Office, Excel, Access
• Use of CAD tooling
• Oracle or other ERP system experience  
• Fluent in English and Italian
• Be a Solution-oriented problem solver

• Be flexible in a dynamic environment.
• Working experience in FEM
• Strong attention to details and quality.
• Customer-focused mindset
• Experience with Gas Turbines engines, preferably aircraft or aero derivatives
• Ability to interact with all levels and functions of the organization
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs and projects
• Lean Manufacturing experience driving process improvements
• Lean, DMS and problem solving processes Knowledge
• Six Sigma certification a plus