Process Engineer
Howmet Aerospace · Cleveland, OH
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 13 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at Howmet Aerospace (aerospace & defense) in Cleveland, OH. Is responsible for daily interface and communication of issues with manufacturing, maintenance, facilities, and personnel responsible for the wax areas.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Casting
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Ohio: typical posted base $90k–$120k.
Median of the low and high ends of 8 live postings that list pay, out of 36 process engineer openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 35 other live process postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $90k–$120k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 61%
- Six Sigma 42%
- ✓ Root cause 42%
- Tooling 33%
- ✓ Team leadership 28%
- New product launch 22%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Casting, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Howmet Aerospace in Cleveland
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Job Summary
This position will provide technical leadership, direction, and problem-solving support to resolve manufacturing issues, drive continuous improvement, document process changes, and maintain effective communication and positive working relationships between the Patterns operation, the casting facility, and internal and external customers.
Essential Functions
- ◆Be a customer service liaison between our facility and casting facility.
- ◆Will develop and approve new and revised Activity Instructions criteria in the patterns manufacturing areas.
- ◆Is responsible for daily interface and communication of issues with manufacturing, maintenance, facilities, and personnel responsible for the wax areas.
- ◆Will be responsible for determination of the root cause of any deviation from a critical process specification and develop a timely and formal reaction plan which will include an escalating help chain system. The help chain system will include the notification of the local plant Operations Manager and Plant Manager.
- ◆Will routinely review process for adherence to established techniques and to ensure the repeatability of approved process.
Job
Responsibilities
The job
and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following elements
- ◆Receive communication from customers to resolve issues internally and externally
- ◆Interact with leadership and operations to manage quality and output.
- ◆Ensures that our quality meets customer defined
requirements
in the Product Criteria
- ✓Troubleshoot equipment issues and initiate service when required
- ✓Support annual physical inventory activities.
- ✓Supports and is aligned with all EH&S metrics; actively participates, promotes, and complies with all EH&S programs and policies.
Education
- ✓BS degree in Engineering and/or a combination of five years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
Experience
- ✓A minimum of five years in a manufacturing environment is strongly suggested
Employee is required to execute the following
- ✓Occasional bending, reaching, pushing and pulling when retrieving and moving various items.
- ✓Lifting intermittently of various items. Typically, assistance would be provided for weights exceeding 35 pounds.
- ✓Oral communication via telephone or in person while interacting with customers, suppliers, or other employees.
- ✓Position may require more than eight hours daily and more than five days weekly to complete work assignments.
- ✓Sitting in chairs (swivel, padded, and adjustable).
- ✓Squatting / crouching when retrieving stored items from lower shelves and file cabinets, making equipment / product inspections, etc.
- ✓Standing intermittently.
- ✓Visual monitoring of computer screens.
- ✓Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
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Skills and Abilities
- •Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
- •Ability to communicate effectively across all strata of the organization.
- •Be punctual in meeting assignments.
- •Have cooperative and loyal teamwork attitude.
- •Heavy Excel abilities including formulas, pivot tables.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Equipment Used
- •Computer, telephone and other office equipment.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The duties of this position are performed throughout the entire floor space. Duties are performed in both an office setting and in manufacturing areas where compliance with applicable safety rules is required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be occasionally required to work near moving mechanical parts and exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level is moderate. During periods of travel, duties could be performed in conference centers, restaurants, places of public accommodation, modes of travel, etc.
Supervision
This position has no direct reports. This could change after evaluation by the Operations Manager and Plant Manager.
Quality Statement
The products we manufacture are used in important industries - transporting goods and people; the defense of our country; critical energy infrastructure for hospitals and public safety. Livelihoods and lives depend upon the products we manufacture. What we do as an organization is important and the first, and best, “line of defense” against non-conforming products escaping to our customers is you. A simple message: don’t take it, don’t make it, and don’t pass it.
Contribution of Job
This position contributes to the overall performance of all EH&S metrics, on time delivery, inventory management, and the financial performance of the Business Center.