This role serves as a technical expert for product and process issues including those related to forging, heat treating, quality assurance, product development, and process improvement efforts.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Interpret industry and customer specifications and communication requirements.

Collaborating with customer and sales team members on difficult technical jobs

Develop, write, and ensure effective execution of manufacturing procedures including forging and heat treatment procedures.

Teaching office and shop employees’ metallurgical concepts and practices

Develop and maintain raw material specifications.

Troubleshooting and problem solving utilizing a scientific approach

Disposition of material (NDE) and mechanical test failure rejections

Research and development projects for process improvement and product development.

Work closely with cross-functional teams (Sales, Forge, Heat Treat, Vendors) to develop new customers, product types and/or market segments.

Supporting raw material supplier development including auditing and quality issues

Represent Company in industry organizations as requested.

Position is responsible for providing order-to-cash metallurgical leadership and support related to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of processes and products that safely and cost-effectively meet or exceed customer demands for quality, consistency, and on-time performance.

Essential Job Functions:

Ensure personnel and staff compliance with safety policies and rules. Promote a safety culture.

Cultivate effective employee relations based on mutual respect, a team-based culture, and employee engagement in safety, quality, continuous improvement, and all other business activities.

Prioritize workload for the metallurgical staff based on business demands and available resources.

Communicate performance expectations to assigned employees, including safety, quality, and all documentation.

Initiate, develop, and implement plans that will improve existing process and product quality and consistency.

Initiate, develop, and implement manufacturing plans, processes, and procedures related to new products.

Ensure compliance with established quality systems and procedures.

Lead and manage product development initiatives and projects, ensuring timely and effective results that support cost-effective implementation of customer demands.

Develop capabilities regarding SPC, SQC, Lean, etc.

Define and report meaningful metrics related to development and production to ensure timely and efficient communication.

Oversee the Specific Product Design (SPD) process to provide direction and deliver timely and accurate results in line with customer expectations.

Review test results for compliance with product specifications/customer requirements

Determine root cause and ensure implementation of corrective actions through analysis of rejects and non-conformities in order to resolve customer-generated complaints and ensure satisfaction.

Experience:

Minimum four-year degree in Metallurgy or Material Science and Engineering

Minimum 5 years steel manufacturing with 3 years in a leadership role.