Foundry Engineering Manager: Throughput & Quality Leader

J&T Business Consulting; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

J&T Business Consulting in Spokane, WA seeks a Foundry Engineering Manager to lead the foundry engineering function, reduce scrap, and improve casting quality across molding, melting, and finishing.

You will coach pattern and process design, drive throughput, and provide technical recommendations to senior leadership. This hands-on role emphasizes root-cause analysis and continuous improvement in a manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• BS in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of foundry engineering experience, with hands-on experience in white iron and/or steel casting.
• Experience with pattern and method design (gating, risering, solidification).
• Metrics-driven root-cause problem solving and scrap reduction.
• Lean Manufacturing knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

• Act as the foundry’s primary technical problem solver, using metallurgical analysis and foundry experience to drive throughput and quality across molding, melting, and finishing.
• Review scrap and rework reports to identify root cause and drive measurable, sustained scrap reduction.
• Work closely with the molding manager and melting manager to improve casting quality and reduce downstream finishing.
• Drives pattern and method design (gating, risering, solidification) to improve yield and reduce finishing requirements.
• Identifies critical control points in the foundry process that drive defects or quality loss, and implements corrective action.
• Reduces consumption of foundry consumables without compromising casting quality.
• Manages the foundry engineering staff.
• Applies statistical methods and engineering calculations to analyze processes and defects and to establish technically sound process standards.
• Provides technical support to departments both inside and outside the foundry.
• Supports new product development, including translating customer requirements into producible casting and method designs.
• Recommends improvements to foundry equipment and facilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Metallurgical analysis

Foundry experience

Pattern design

Lean manufacturing

Education

BS in Metallurgical Engineering / Materials Science / Mechanical Engineering

Job description

J&T Business Consulting in Spokane, WA seeks a Foundry Engineering Manager to lead the foundry engineering function, reduce scrap, and improve casting quality across molding, melting, and finishing.

You will coach pattern and process design, drive throughput, and provide technical recommendations to senior leadership. This hands-on role emphasizes root-cause analysis and continuous improvement in a manufacturing setting.