Project Engineer - New Product Launch

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voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation, or RFC as we call it, supplies custom roll formed metal components into several industries including Aerospace, Construction, Material Handling, Off-Highway, Office Furniture, Solar and Transportation. In 2000, Roll Forming Corporation was acquired by globally leading technology group voestalpine AG and became part of the Metal Forming, Tubes and Sections division. Today, voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation has seven production facilities across three states with five facilities and headquarters located in Shelby County, Kentucky and one facility each in Pennsylvania and Indiana.

Seeking a proactive engineering professional who enjoys working with team members from all departments to help ensure our customers’ new product launch success. Apply now if you are an excellent communicator who understands how to ensure accountability and follow-through.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Leads planning, scheduling, organization, control, and completion of engineering projects within areas of assigned responsibility. Plans and formulates technical projects and organizes those involved according to project requirements. Monitors expenditures on projects and reports status to management. Maintains project schedule, monitors project progress compared to schedule and reports status to management. Estimates new business opportunities, including tooling, equipment, and cost to manufacture products. Become familiar with and develop a good working knowledge of the manufacturing processes that the company uses to produce products. Performs with minimal supervision.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Others as assigned. 

• Schedules and plans for New Product Launches.
• Serves as primary non-commercial customer interface including:
• Product technical issues, such as tolerance and GD&T negotiation.
• Coordination of customer prints during launch process.
• Acting as a liaison between the customer and internal resources.
• Holds the New Product Launch process accountable to completion on time and within budget. Reports status and obstacles to attaining goals to management for resolution.
• Establishes – or coordinates the establishment of – outside services as an element of assigned projects, working with Purchasing to do so.
• Develops, defines, and implements product packaging for assigned projects.
• Coordinates the development of work instructions and set-up books throughout the product launch process.
• Plans and documents bill of materials and process routings.
• Coordinates the development and completion of engineering matters for products in all assigned projects. 
• Oversees the collection of required data for metrics associated with New Product Launches.
• Ensures all reviews and critical communications in the New Product Launch process occur and are documented.
• Estimates new business opportunities, including the tooling, fixtures, gauging, and part cost estimates, helping to define the project’s budget and critical process measures for new products.
• Travels frequently to support customer and product development.

Schedule: This exempt-level role will primarily work eight or more hours per day, five days per week based on business needs and will primarily be daytime hours but may occasionally work or travel nights or weekends as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in technical field or equivalent education and experience
• 3-5 years’ experience with the new product launch process in manufacturing environment, including exposure to or responsibility for GD&T, SPC, PFMEA, FAI/PPAP
• Experience with customer-facing roles providing sales support (could include technical support,  quality, sales, customer service or other similar roles)
• Proficient with computer software including Microsoft Office products, Microsoft Project or similar, CAD 3-D modeling software or similar, and ability to learn new software.
• Ability to work onsite with a reasonable commute to Shelbyville, KY
• Ability travel domestically and/or internationally no more than 10-20% of time.
• US Person as defined by ITAR/EAR

Preferred: 

• Engineering, Masters or MBA degree
• Project Management Certification
• Experience in lean manufacturing and ISO, NADCAP or AS9100 quality environments.
• Experience with producing to customer specifications.
• Familiarity with or knowledge of metals and metal forming processes including welding, tube bending and/or roll forming.

visit www.rfcorp.com/careers/life-at-rfc to learn more. Contact RFC.HR@voestalpine.com for questions or assistance in applying.