Description

• Responsible for performing quality inspections using the various NDT methods as applicable (X-Ray [Film and CR], Penetrant and Magnetic Particle testing). Responsibilities include processing, inspecting, and evaluating surface and subsurface discontinuities and accepting, rejecting, or reworking hardware in accordance with customer specifications.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Certifies product that is in conformance with customer specifications and maintains traceability to such certification as is applicable.
• May create NDT techniques and work instructions
• Performs penetrant, X-ray, and magnetic particle inspections and interprets results.
• Performs preventative maintenance and calibrations on NDT equipment.
• Operates vapor degreaser and performs the necessary process checks.
• Properly processes, sorts, and verifies X-ray film.
• Performs etch, passivation and electropolish as needed.
• Grinds, finishes, and sandblast parts as needed.
• Communicates closely with engineers on scrap, rework and process issues.
• Certifies product that is in conformance with customer specifications and maintains traceability to such certification as is applicable.
• Maintains lot integrity.
• Ensures paperwork is properly done.
• Helps other areas as needed.
• May be required to take hazardous waste training.

SPECIAL SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Meets all requirements to certify in RT, PT and/or MP.
• Has demonstrated in depth knowledge of inspections & components to established standards.
• Requires ability to read and interpret specifications and a firm understanding of gauging and measuring equipment.
• Effective communicate with tact and diplomacy to achieve desired results.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Able to work in a production environment.
Able to read and comprehend English.
Able to read and interpret blueprints and specifications.
Able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Able to write simple correspondence. (Techniques.)
Able to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Able to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Able to lift and carry up to 35 lbs. occasionally.
Able to lift and carry up to 25 lbs. continuously.
Near vision requirement is Jaeger J1 for both eyes, at no less than 12 inches; or equivalent. Color perception is required each year; Standard used: Ishihara-Applicant shall differentiate and distinguish contrast in 20 if 24 test plates (Minimum). Corrected or uncorrected.
Able to use Microsoft Office applications.
Able to pass PCC NDT certifications required by in-house Plant Level II.
Able to communicate effectively with co-workers.
Complies with company and departmental policies and procedures, including company’s attendance policy.
Able to meet individual productivity requirements.
Able to meet internal quality requirements.

Desired Competencies:
High School Diploma or G.E.D.
Normal Working Conditions
Works under indirect supervision following established practices and clear-cut policies in the
performance of the majority of duties. Makes decisions when general instructions, established methods and clearly defined precedents indicate what action to be taken, but refers unusual problems to superiors.
Occasional worked required with toxic or caustic chemicals.
Environmental conditions encountered frequently are working near or with hazardous waste.
Continuous work in areas with wet or humid conditions-non weather, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of radiation required.
Occasional walking, reaching above shoulder level, and talking required.
Frequent stooping or squatting, hearing, pushing or pulling required.
Continuous standing, using hands to handle or feel, and reaching below shoulder level required.
Typical noise required for the work environment of this job is Loud Noise. (Appropriate ear protection is required.)

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.