Metallurgist

Accurate Steel Forgings; Thirumazhisai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accurate Steel Forgings in Tamil Nadu, India seeks a Metallurgical Specialist to ensure quality and process compliance across heat treatment, forging, plating, coating and welding, aligned with IATF 16949 and CQI standards. You will lead material evaluation, process validation, audits, and corrective actions.

The role requires 6–10 years in automotive components manufacturing, strong problem solving, and hands-on testing of hardness, microstructure, and coatings, with a focus on continual

Qualifications

• BE/BTech in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering with relevant metallurgical experience.
• Experience: 6–10 years in automotive components or manufacturing, preferably involving special processes.
• Knowledge: IATF 16949, CQI-9, CQI11, CQI12, CQI15; steel grades; heat treatment, forging, plating, coating, welding, and metallurgical testing.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Heat Treatment & CQI-9 compliance and process records.
• Evaluate steel mill materials: MTCs, chemical composition, mechanical properties.
• Monitor Hot Forging process: temperatures, die conditions, parameters; inspect defects.
• Oversee Plating & Coating processes: thickness, adhesion, corrosion resistance.
• Oversee Welding process: parameters, defects, weld integrity.
• Maintain Quality Systems & IATF compliance: PFMEA, control plans, audits, 8D/5-Why.
• Coordinate testing and failure analysis: hardness, tensile, metallography, chemical analysis; implement preventive actions.
• Coordinate with production, suppliers, customers for continual improvement.

Skills

Metallurgy Knowledge

IATF 16949 CQI

Failure Analysis

Supplier Quality

Audit Handling

Report Writing

Education

BE/BTech in Metallurgy or Materials Science or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Job Purpose

To ensure metallurgical quality and process compliance of raw materials and special processes, including heat treatment, hot forging, plating, coating, and welding, in accordance with customer requirements, IATF 16949, CQI standards, and applicable specifications.

Key Responsibilities

1. Heat Treatment & CQI-9

Monitor heat treatment processes, including hardening, tempering, annealing, and carburizing.

Ensure compliance with CQI-9 requirements, perform assessments, and maintain process records.

Verify furnace calibration, temperature uniformity surveys (TUS), system accuracy tests (SAT), hardness, microstructure, and case depth.

2. Steel Mill & Raw Material Quality

Evaluate steel mill test certificates (MTC), chemical composition, mechanical properties, and material grades.

Ensure raw material compliance with drawings, customer specifications, and IATF 16949 requirements.

Coordinate material testing, traceability, supplier audits, and rejection analysis.

3. Hot Forging Process

Monitor forging temperature, heating conditions, die conditions, and process parameters.

Analyze forging defects such as cracks, laps, seams, scale, and improper grain flow.

Ensure metallurgical integrity and conduct microstructure and mechanical property evaluations.

4. Plating & Coating Processes

Monitor electroplating, zinc plating, phosphating, and other specified surface treatments.

Verify coating thickness, adhesion, corrosion resistance, and hydrogen embrittlement control where applicable.

Ensure compliance with customer specifications and applicable CQI-11/CQI-12 requirements.

5. Welding Process

Monitor welding parameters, consumables, and applicable welding procedures.

Evaluate weld defects, penetration, hardness, microstructure, and weld integrity as required.

Support welding process validation and compliance with customer-specific requirements.

6. Quality Systems & IATF Compliance

Maintain process documentation, control plans, PFMEA, work instructions, and inspection records.

Support internal audits, customer audits, supplier assessments, and corrective actions.

Apply 8D, 5-Why, and root cause analysis for metallurgical failures and customer complaints.

7. Testing & Failure Analysis

Conduct or coordinate hardness testing, tensile testing, metallography, chemical analysis, and dimensional or coating-related evaluations as applicable.

Investigate material and process failures and implement preventive actions.

Coordinate with production, suppliers, and customers to ensure continual improvement.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Qualification: B.E./B.Tech in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering with relevant metallurgical experience.

Experience: 610 years in automotive components or manufacturing, preferably involving special processes.

Knowledge: IATF 16949, CQI-9, CQI11, CQI12, CQI15 & steel grades, heat treatment, forging, plating, coating, welding, and metallurgical testing.

Skills: Technical problem-solving, supplier quality management, audit handling, failure analysis, and report preparation