manufacturing engineer

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senior electrical engineer

Leonardo

The company is small. Very accommodating when you are needed, but not so if you're not. There was no formal introduction/familiarization training on procedures (ie: quality steps, part acquisition, engineering turnaround times). Basically you will learn how they operate while you are working or if you make a mistake. While I was there supervisors worked extremely well with operators and tried their best with the little support they had. Bottlenecks were parts inventory, engineering turnarounds, and very vague planning on OPs. The plant is in a nice part of Northeast Philly and your co-workers were friendly once they got to know you. There is a rumor Mill and there are a few that make trouble for their own entertainment...but that happens everywhere in this environment. Benefits are great. Healthcare is two tier'd BCBS. One is free if you don't depend on them. The other is very INEXPENSIVE and coverage is great. They have dental,vision,etc. The usual. 
Cafeteria is expensive and there's free coffee. Shops are clean and tooling crib and the attendees are awesome. There's also off street parking within the campus. Production orders are unstable and there are many contractors working around you. Advancement is rare. Training is an afterthought.

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The work environment is good. Your coworkers are easy going, and gives off a family style mom and pop shop business.  However, because they were initially a small company that is now attempting to play in the big leagues along side Boeing, Bell, and others, they lag behind. They can't keep up with funding of tools, supplies, and consumables.  Their maintenance manager is also a micromanager that is giving off prejudice vibes. I'm pretty sure he's a narcissist and has been a huge reason why a lot of the most experienced guys they've had at the company bail ship.  On top of this, they have been extremely cavalier with the process during the covid pandemic. People are testing positive and people are still being told to work without test results.  Once they make the full leap into the big leagues, the spotlight will show. 

I manage over 50 million dollars of avionic and mechanical equipment.  Align material delivery schedules with constantly changing configuration of completely customizable helicopters.  Inform senior management and head of production in daily meetings on updates to production critical parts.  Perform analysis for European and American suppliers on delivery schedule adherence (DSA).  Manage inventory and open orders to align with working capital reduction goals.  Identify possible risks to the production lines and mitigate through exploring options of alternate part numbers, make in house options, and transferring stock from another plant. Read drawings and specs with production engineers to fully understand the requirements that the orders entail, and any possible rework options there may be.  Through project management skills, I am requires to find the means to fulfill demand with less than lead time constraints.

The work is easy enough however the processes they have in place are so mismatched and chaotic there is too much wasted energy on paperwork, computer maintenance tracking, duplication of maintenance etc!  Big time lack of communication but these are issues which could be easily addressed and corrected IF that was considered important.  The only metric they use for success is a computerized workload  management matrix tool.  Moving assembly through stages to meet promised deadlines is what's important even at the cost of producing a quality product.  was recently terminated but since then at least 8 others have resigned/quit.  wanted to be part of the team to push through and fix what we could but the atmosphere was not condusive to that.

A complete tear down and rebuild of a MK2 Helicopter from the ground up.  It was a great experience because that fact that you had to due a complete rebuild of the aircraft instead of the normal just remove and replace parts.  The upper management was great in the fact that they were always up on top of the day to day events and the fact that they were always concern about the health and well fare of the people working on the floor.  We had a great group of people that had the knowledge and work good with each other.  The hardest part of the job was waiting on parts for the helicopter because most of the parts came from England and it would take any where from three to eighteen months to get the parts.  Enjoyable part was when the aircraft was complete and out on the flight line for it's test flight.

I would not recommend working in the HR department, particularly Payroll (unprofessional ). My experience revealed an environment where employees were not supported and concerns were dismissed even by VP. Anyone considering a role here should proceed with caution and Watch management. The work environment became increasingly hostile, with excessive micromanagement and behavior that felt more like bullying than leadership. Speaking to others in derogatory ways. False accusations without discussion. Payroll has a high turnover, I was the 4th in my position within a year - now I can see why. I'm glad I resigned MY WAY.

As a Lead structures mod mechanic, and designated inspector, I learned to delegate the work to my co-workers to get the a/c done on schedule while it was in my department. I really enjoyed watching the a/c go from an empty fuselage frame to an a/c with all of the added mods by the customer. Keeping up with the jobs as completed, and inspecting them as they were turned in for inspection, kept me busy all 12 hours of the work day. I enjoyed the opportunity to work the overtime as needed, which really helped me make a decent wage.

Typical day was stressful becasue management was hard to please. Even if you kept moving all day, it was not good enough. Manager did not know how to kindly speak to employees - did not feel like a team. Be careful working at the warehouse, you will be rushed to learn an in depth complicated program (SAP) and will be expected know all the ins and out of it in like 3.5 days. Management does not like you asking questions to other employees if you weren't sure of something. You have to figure it out. So glad I no longer work there! You couldn't pay me enough to go back to that dump.

At completion part 145 Avionics Department, Not plan to work every day, not sequence on the jobs,  not managing, hard to guess what they want, you have to figure it out the job, not work instructions. Leadership not at all,  they don't recognized when they are incorrect and is even worse when you make them notice. Technician Experience doesn't count for new hire, justify your time work is always a challenge, company is using zap system, plus contractor needs to do another 2 more forms for tracking hours. The most enjoyable part is when you go home 

Very difficult company and chaotic environment.  The company is always short of cash and senior leadership totally out to lunch.  Opportunities for advancement are very limited.  Cult-like personality with C-level leadership.  Layoffs are always a threat and happened a few years ago.  Multiple turn-over with executive leaders recently.  Toxic environment and overall the company lacks ethical standards at the highest levels.  Watch your back!

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