Leader, Engineering

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

Technical expertise and support   

• Provide technical support in wind blade manufacturing, supporting TPI’s diverse factory and customer portfolio. The nature of this position, although one of direct support, will require a wide range of ownership, leadership and accountability in the activities and tasks set 
• Interface with program management, GTPM, quality, engineering and production organizations to advise/resolve/revise program requirements issues and ambiguities in the new product introduction phase capturing DFM, PFMEA and exceptions
• Support new product introduction as part of a multidisciplined team as a technical expert in design and manufacturing assessment
• Drive process improvement and best practices to reduce risk and increase profitability in TPI operations. 
• Support technical initiatives with the assistance of a distributed team to achieve critical technical goals
• Provide mentorship and technical development of TPI’s engineering resources
• Support the creation of global standards, documentation, and processes to drive consistency in operations, to ensure safety, improve quality and reduce risk. 
• Support areas of data integrity and data analytics to drive product conformance, performance trends and capability to identify areas of action/improvement. 
• Provide technical support for TPI’s local/site-based engineering teams
  • Share knowledge and experience in area of wind blade manufacturing
  • Support activities at sites, reviewing processes, guiding decisions and supporting development of composites knowledge
  • Be a resource to ensure decisions are made with necessary knowledge and support
• Support TPI’s internal audit function
  • Support internal reviews of TPI’s manufacturing facilities ensuring, adherence to all safety, quality and customer requirements
  • Develop facility and process risk assessments outlining areas of improvement and driving changes to support TPI’s core values of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC)
  • Ensure process and approaches found in TPI facilities are aligned with customers design intent
• Support new material evaluation, approval, and introduction to manufacturing sites
• Support and advise Customer specified design trials and technical contact. 
• Support the technical aspects of all manufacturing launches of new/revised products or requirements.
• Support continuous improvement including process, material, equipment, and documentation. 
• Support directly and through team the product transfers from one site to another.
• Support Root Cause Corrective Action programs 
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned.

The successful candidate will possess the following requirements:

• B.S. degree in Engineering required.                       
• Minimum 7 years related composites experience required with minimum of 5 years wind blade composite experience in a lead engineering role.
• Engineering drawing literacy and tolerance appreciation
• Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing techniques
• CAD/CAM proficiency is a plus
• Computer proficiency
• Ability to set and communicate priorities, create a clear vision of goals
• Leadership skills
• Quality oriented and high attention to detail
• Ability to work with vendors, customers and employees
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Verbal and written fluency in English
• Experience working with high performance teams. 
• Ability to maintain safe work environment.
• Ability to perform problem analysis and problem resolution (critical thinking).
• Hands-on practical abilities

The successful candidate will possess one or more of the following core competencies:

• Composite Materials
• Composite Processing (Molding)
• Composites Processing (Finishing)
• Defect assessment and repair processes
• RCCA and field issue investigation/evaluation
• Technical documentation and content 
• NPI/DFM/PFMEA. Change order evaluation
• Mechanical/Composites design

Secondary competencies:

• Program management
• CAD modeling and mechanical design
• GD&T tolerancing 
• Quality systems
• Technical authorship
• Data analytics