Primary Objective

Position is responsible to provide 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

• 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.
• Measure and improve First Time Through (FTT) quality by unit.
• Ensure compliance with established quality systems and procedures.
• Review and investigate customer claims and internal CARs and prepare resolutions reports.
• 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, utilizing computer technology 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.
• Provide support relative to OEM qualification activities.
• 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, interacting directly with customers to resolve customer-generated complaints and ensure satisfaction.
• Other tasks or duties as assigned.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong Team and project management
• Statistical process control and analysis
• Effective problem solving
• Results and continuous improvement orientation
• High function computer literacy
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally on a periodic basis to customer, vendor, or other locations.
• Ability to manage and lead change

Experience

• Minimum four-year degree in Metallurgy or Material Science and Engineering
• Minimum 5 years process manufacturing, with 5 years in a leadership role
• Minimum 2 years as a process or product metallurgist in a steel mill environment with heavy emphasis on shop-floor activities
• Stainless and hi-temperature materials, Ni base alloys
• Specialty steel: VIM, VAR, hot working, heat treating, metal machining and /or finishing experience
• Demonstrated results leading project teams.

Position Reports To

• Technical Director, Process Metallurgy