Will monitor and coordinate all aspects of the Materials Department required to meet the quality and scheduled delivery of product, while constantly exploring and engaging in continuous improvement activities.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Direct, supervise and coordinate all technical and production activities associated with rod, wire and strip manufacture, including melting, casting, welding, rolling, slitting, drawing, annealing, heat treating.
• Through supervisors and team leads, maintain production schedule to insure on-time deliveries and highlight capacity issues.
• Instruct Process Engineering on priorities for ensuring effective engineering support on capacity, quality or cost concerns.
• Work with Materials Process Engineering on process development for new products (alloys), continuous improvement and cost reductions.
• Develop the department’s capabilities through modification or procurement of equipment, training of staff, or hiring of qualified personnel.
• Responsible for establishing and tracking key business performance measures.
• Involved in the development of new alloys and processes in conjunction with R&D as required.
• Adhere to all company and human resource policies and procedures fostering a strong and dedicated work ethic resulting in continued productivity and quality improvements.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment continuing the 5S culture.
• Evaluate performance, develop and motivate production personnel through annual reviews and regular feedback, coaching, and training as necessary to broaden worker skillsets and flexibility within the department.

• Develop, verify, validate, and use physics-based and empirical models that simulate hot working, melting, solidification, fluid flow, atomization, heat transfer, and microstructure evolution in nickel-base superalloys, titanium alloys, and specialty steels.
• Utilize process simulation to support manufacturing process improvements that result in better product quality and lower manufacturing costs.
• Conduct testing and characterization in order to generate data necessary for model development, validation, or verification.
• Communicate results to management, colleagues, and customers in the form of written reports and oral presentations.
• Propose, defend and execute project concepts for new products, cost savings, quality improvement, and process innovation. Collaborate with technology and research colleagues across company.
• Maintain industry expertise and current knowledge of developments in process modeling by experimentation, attending meetings and conferences conducted by trade associations, by reviewing trade literature and by periodic visit to customer or supplier base.
• Enthusiastically tackle challenges and achieve results while dealing with ambiguity and change that accompanies working in a research environment.

METALLURGIST

JOB SUMMARY:
Utilizing independent judgment, this position provides technical support to the Sales Department and customers for all phases of steel operations. Supports Operations and ensures good quality procedures are in place. Oversees trials of new materials and processes to ensure good quality practices are being utilized. Provides metallurgical support to management personnel.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Works to improve process and product to meet customer requirements.
Provides technical support for all phases of steel operations including melting, teeming and annealing steel ingots.
Assists Operations in the Melting Department, as needed
Ensures that Operations follow established procedures and sound metallurgical practices.
Supports the investigation and disposition of non-conforming material.
Performs failure investigations on customer returns/claims.
Supports the Sales department by providing technical guidance and creation/revision of grades to meet customer needs.
Responsible for quality training for employees.

Looking for a corporate level, technological leader in metallurgy and materials science who is a hands-on, team player. The person will be expected to act as consultant and metallurgical expert to all divisions of the company, as necessary, responding to queries about materials, material acceptability, specifications, failure investigations, material performance improvements and material quality issues both internal and with our supplier base.  The successful applicant will be expected to take a leadership role in material development as the company expands its current product offering into new applications with structural and environmental challenges beyond their knowledgebase and capability.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB:

• New Product Development: Research and Development of performance enhancing materials and material heat treatments.
• Design: Support engineers on materials selection and evaluation, testing, fabrication, heat treatment, and plating.
• Manufacturing: Support the evaluation of material quality, obtain and maintain NADCAP heat treat accreditation where required, consult and assist with internal/external customer concerns regarding product quality, customer audits and approvals, materials and testing, failure analysis, destructive testing, procedures, evaluation of vendors for heat treating and plating
• Metallurgical Analysis: Improve existing metallurgical laboratory and maintain a list of vendors that can provide services outside of the labs capabilities.
• Heat Treat Department: Technically oversee and support a newly implemented heat treat department within the company.