Engineering at Fastco
At Fastco, Engineering’s primary role is to develop new and improve on existing processes. The team is also responsible for the following functions:
- Process print development
- Tooling design
- Sample development & simulation
- Engineering Feasibility evaluation of potential new products
- Develop all control plans
- Create FEMA & PPAP
- Troubleshooting support in all production areas (RRT)
- Direct technical support to customers
- ECR ownership and oversight
- CAD Document control
Critical Department
What Engineering does is critical to Fastco’s success. Engineering is the only department that
- Develops process prints, which is essential for producing parts.
- Develops, designs, and makes tooling prints, which is essential for tooling up a new job.
- Creates FEMAs, PPAPs, and control plans, which is essential for process control.
The Engineering team has various primary functions that are all equally important in their own way. This means that they have to prioritize on a daily basis, multiple times a day, what is the most important to work on for Fastco as a whole.
Team Work
While the engineers may have disagreements or have strong differing opinions on something, the team works in a cohesive manner. Once a resolution has been come to, there is no subsequent drama. Everyone in the department will pick up the slack when someone is gone, and not blink an eye at it. They aren’t afraid of failing, but understand it’s not okay to just not try. The team looks forward to doing “hard” things, like difficult samples, or developing a new process. If they took the attitude of “let’s not do that because it’s too hard to do,” Fastco would only quote weld bolts, and would squeeze ourselves out of the industry.
by Josh Symon, Engineering Manager