NDTE Engineering Manager LPC

About the role

Manage the NDT Engineering Department. Reporting to the Plant Quality Manager, the NDTE manager will fulfill the role of Responsible Level III responsible for the implementation of NAS 410 and the overall administration of the NDT qualification and certification requirements for nondestructive testing and visual/dimensional personnel. Has full technical responsibility for interpreting, planning, organizing, executing, coordinating, and tracking progress of assignments.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, coordinates, and directs NDT engineering projects or programs inside and outside the company, including concurrent engineering.
• Works closely with customers, sales, planning, and manufacturing to provide coordination on new product introduction and to support specific existing products.
• Plans, supervises, coordinates, and monitors the work of a staff of engineers and technicians; estimates manpower needs; and schedules and assigns work to meet completion dates.
• Provides performance appraisals, salary administration, and project budgets. Responsible for group budgets.
• Supervision, coordination, and directions relate largely to overall objectives of the project or programs, meeting schedules, critical issues, new concepts, and policy matters. Consults with others concerning technical direction, unusual problems, and developments.
• Implements NAS 410 and administers qualification and certification requirements for nondestructive testing personnel, requiring thorough knowledge of written instructions, codes, specifications, and standards imposed by PCC’s customers, and of materials, components, product technologies, methods, and techniques used by PCC.
• Manages audit of all areas, evaluations, and compliance of all NDT processes of the plant.
• Develops, recommends, and conducts inspection training programs, methods, and sampling techniques that assure economical and effective product appraisal to customer specification.
• Ensures the NDT facility properly performs all NDT methods to applicable customer, government, and industry specifications including AC7114, NAS 410, and QCM 9.1.1.
• Provides research, guidance, and facilitation between Engineering, Quality, Sales, and Manufacturing for analysis and response to NDT inspection-related customer complaints and returned product, determining emphasis to prevent recurrence.
• Serves as the primary liaison with customers on inspection items and visits customers and suppliers where necessary on specific inspection matters.
• Plans, schedules, and coordinates the NDTE department to fully support planning, scheduling, auditing, evaluation, and manufacturing requirements.
• Acts as the final authority and arbitrates disputes concerning interpretation of NDT-related specification requirements and/or acceptability of nondestructive test results.
• Identifies, researches, and develops new NDT processes and procedures that promote improved inspection effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.
• Approves documentation substantiating equivalent training and equivalent experience.
• Approves vision examiners prior to the administration of examinations.
• Approves NDT method procedures.

Qualifications

• BS degree in NDT, Engineering, or equivalent, or four years’ experience in at least two applicable NDT methods plus four years’ experience as NDT Level III.
• ASNT Level III certification.
• Certified NDT Level III examination.
• Aerospace manufacturing experience (3 to 5 year minimum) or 8 to 10 years in other manufacturing sectors.
• Must be able to maintain NDTE Department within budget.
• Progressive experience including project responsibility requiring direction of the efforts of several engineers.
• Demonstrated capability to work with customers and/or other internal organizations developing parts/processes/activities in a concurrent team approach environment while holding responsibility for project outcomes.
• Contributed significantly to new or improved NDT methods and techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects involving direction of other engineers and technicians.
• Good track record in taking charge of projects and meeting profit, quality, and delivery requirements.
• Capability to maintain, create, and supervise a group of engineers and technicians that perform in a team environment while encouraging personal accountability and individual growth.