Spring 2027 Mechanical Engineering Co-op Assignment

About the role

PCC Airfoils, LLC, headquartered in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, is a world leader in the fast‑paced, high‑tech industry of investment casting. Each of its thirteen locations manufactures blades, vanes and components for gas turbine engines, with parts found on virtually all commercial and military aircraft as well as industrial gas turbine applications. The Airfoils Division is a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Precision Castparts Corp, a Berkshire Hathaway company, which has over $7 billion in sales and employs more than 34,500 people across 160 locations worldwide. Precision Castparts Corp is a diversified manufacturer of complex metal components serving aerospace, power and general industrial markets, and is the market leader in large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered critical fasteners for aerospace applications, as well as the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. PCC also manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, forgings and clad products for power generation and oil & gas, commercial and military airframe aerostructures, and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries.

The co‑op student will work on job assignments related to their engineering education. These increasingly challenging assignments provide an effective learning experience and a sound intellectual and/or financial return for PCC.

Responsibilities

• Apply principles learned in school to aid PCC in analysis, product improvement, and use project management techniques to plan and control projects.
• Accomplish performance goals and receive progressive responsibility throughout the co‑op experience.
• Attend weekly departmental meetings.
• Take ownership and responsibility for identified projects.
• Participate on project teams for assigned projects; analyze improvements and new product or applications and develop requirements and specifications with the team.
• Work within specifications to meet project goals and objectives in a timely and accurate manner.
• Participate with peers, project team members, and other departments on new product development, product line extensions, and product enhancements.
• Learn metallurgical analysis techniques and use them to solve process problems.
• Learn super‑alloy chemistry and conduct analysis to understand relationships between chemistry and casting quality.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Full‑time student pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in aerospace, metallurgical, material science, manufacturing or mechanical engineering.
• Minimum grade point average of 2.5 or higher.

Qualifications

• Proficient with Microsoft Office.
• Good writing skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills; ability to work through technical issues.
• Action orientation.
• Functional and technical skills.
• Drive for results.
• Customer focus.
• Learning agility.
• Integrity and trust.
• Peer relationships.

Benefits

• Company housing available at no cost to the student.
• Company fitness center rates available.

Pay

Co‑ops will be paid $24 per hour for the first rotation, with progressive compensation available for future co‑op rotations.

Schedule

Work schedule is based on a 40‑hour per week week; overtime is available if necessary.