Cast House Process Engineer — Optimize Aluminum Casting

Hydro; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Savings Plans with Company

Education Assistance

Bonus Plan Eligibility

Job summary

Hydro Cast House in Phoenix seeks a Process Engineer to optimize aluminum melting, alloying, casting, and related manufacturing processes to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations. You will drive technical support across operations, maintenance, quality, and HSE to improve performance and metal recovery.

You will partner with Operations and Engineering to identify opportunities, troubleshoot challenges, reduce scrap, and implement sustainable improvements aligning with Hydro's

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Analyze and optimize aluminum melting, holding, alloying, metal treatment, and casting processes to improve operational performance.
• Monitor and analyze critical process parameters, including furnace temperatures, melt rates, casting temperatures, cycle times, and metal chemistry, using production data to identify trends, improvement opportunities, and measurable results.
• Identify opportunities to improve metal recovery, reduce dross generation, minimize melt loss, reduce scrap and downtime, improve quality, and increase production efficiency.
• Develop, implement, and maintain standardized operating procedures and process control parameters.
• Evaluate process capability and identify improvements to increase casting consistency and billet quality.
• Provide technical support for furnace operations, casting equipment, molten metal transfer, and related processes.
• Support the introduction of new alloys, process technologies, and equipment improvements, including equipment installation, layout, startup, and process optimization activities.

Skills

Statistical process control (SPC)

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Kaizen

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering / Materials Science / Mechanical Engineering / Chemical Engineering

Job description

Hydro Cast House in Phoenix seeks a Process Engineer to optimize aluminum melting, alloying, casting, and related manufacturing processes to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations. You will drive technical support across operations, maintenance, quality, and HSE to improve performance and metal recovery.

You will partner with Operations and Engineering to identify opportunities, troubleshoot challenges, reduce scrap, and implement sustainable improvements aligning with Hydro's