Entry-Level Metallurgical Process Engineer: Foundry Growth

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Spokane Valley (WA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wage

ICHRA medical coverage

Dental and vision

401(k) with match

Life and short-term disability

Job summary

Spokane Industries in Spokane Valley, WA, is seeking an Entry-Level Process Engineer to tackle foundry metallurgy challenges from the melt deck forward. You’ll work on controlling chemistry, pouring, and heat treatment with cross-functional teams on the foundry floor.

You will learn melting, pouring, and heat treat processes, support investigations, and grow into process engineering or metallurgist roles. This position offers a hands-on, safety-focused environment and opportunities for career

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Coursework in physical metallurgy, phase diagrams, and heat treatment of steel.
• Willingness to work hands-on on the foundry floor around furnaces and molten metal.
• Comfort with data in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support melting operations to hit target chemistry on every heat, including charge calculations, alloy additions, and review of spectrometer results
• Investigate heats that miss chemistry and help find the root cause in raw materials, furnace practice, or additions
• Track process data across melting, pouring, and heat treatment to find trends and sources of variation
• Investigate casting defects such as shrinkage, porosity, cracking, and inclusions, and help develop corrective actions
• Support heat treatment processes and review hardness and mechanical test results against requirements
• Work with quality on nonconforming castings and with customers’ field performance feedback
• Write and update process instructions, work standards, and checklists for the floor
• Run trials and small experiments to improve yield, quality, and wear life of castings
• Follow all plant safety practices around molten metal, furnaces, and heavy equipment

Skills

Foundry experience

Hands-on foundry floor

Excel data analysis

Education

Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering or related

Job description

Spokane Industries in Spokane Valley, WA, is seeking an Entry-Level Process Engineer to tackle foundry metallurgy challenges from the melt deck forward. You’ll work on controlling chemistry, pouring, and heat treatment with cross-functional teams on the foundry floor.

You will learn melting, pouring, and heat treat processes, support investigations, and grow into process engineering or metallurgist roles. This position offers a hands-on, safety-focused environment and opportunities for career