Cast House Process Engineer — Lean Data-Driven Casting

Norsk Hydro; Phoenix (AZ); Presencial; USD 85.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life

Retirement Savings Plans with Company

Education Assistance

Bonus Plan Eligibility

Parental Leave

Descripción de la vacante

Norsk Hydro in Phoenix is seeking a Cast House Process Engineer to optimize aluminum melting, alloying, casting, and related processes. You will drive safety, efficiency, and cost improvements while supporting operations, maintenance, quality, and HSE teams.

The role emphasizes process stability, standardization, and continuous improvement with a focus on reducing scrap, improving metal recovery, and equipment reliability across shifts.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical, Chemical, or related field.
• 3–5 years of process/manufacturing engineering in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Must be English speaking; Spanish is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Use manufacturing and process data to identify root causes, implement improvements, and evaluate sustained impact on quality, reliability, downtime, and throughput.
• Analyze and optimize aluminum melting, holding, alloying, metal treatment, and casting processes to improve performance.
• Monitor critical process parameters (furnace temps, melt rates, cycle times, metal chemistry) and identify trends and improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve metal recovery, reduce dross, minimize melt loss and scrap, and increase production efficiency.
• Develop and maintain standardized operating procedures and process control parameters.
• Evaluate process capability to improve casting consistency and billet quality.
• Provide technical support for furnace operations, casting equipment, and molten metal transfer.
• Support introduction of new alloys, process technologies, and equipment improvements.

Conocimientos

SPC

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Process optimization

Metallurgy knowledge

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering

Herramientas

SPC software

Quality management systems

Statistical analysis tools

Descripción del empleo

Norsk Hydro in Phoenix is seeking a Cast House Process Engineer to optimize aluminum melting, alloying, casting, and related processes. You will drive safety, efficiency, and cost improvements while supporting operations, maintenance, quality, and HSE teams.

The role emphasizes process stability, standardization, and continuous improvement with a focus on reducing scrap, improving metal recovery, and equipment reliability across shifts.