Foundry Engineering Supervisor

J&T Business Consulting; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

J&T Business Consulting in Spokane, WA, seeks a Foundry Engineering Manager. This hands-on role focuses on reducing scrap, improving casting quality, and increasing throughput across molding, melting, and finishing.

You will lead the pattern shop and foundry engineering, provide technical recommendations to department managers and senior leadership, and drive root‑cause improvements. This role emphasizes technical problem solving and collaboration with manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical/Materials/Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on foundry engineering experience.
• Direct experience with pattern design: gating, risering, and solidification.
• Strong, metrics-driven root-cause problem solving and scrap reduction.
• Lean Manufacturing knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the foundry's primary technical solver to drive throughput and quality across molding, melting, and finishing.
• Review scrap and rework reports to identify root causes and reduce scrap.
• Coach molding and melting teams to improve as-cast quality.
• Drive pattern and method design to improve yield and reduce finishing requirements.
• Identify critical control points and implement corrective actions.
• Reduce consumption of foundry consumables without compromising quality.
• Manage the foundry engineering staff.
• Apply statistical methods to analyze processes and establish standards.
• Provide technical support to departments inside and outside the foundry.
• Support new product development by translating customer requirements into producible casting designs.
• Recommend improvements to foundry equipment and facilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Root-cause problem solving

Pattern & method design

Lean manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering or related field

Job description

Spokane, United States | Posted on 09/10/2026

We are seeking a Foundry Engineering Manager to serve as the foundry’s primary technical problem solver. This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on reducing scrap, improving casting quality, and increasing throughput across molding, melting, and finishing. The role leads the pattern shop and foundry engineering function and provides technical recommendations to department managers and senior leadership.

This is a technical role centered on root‑cause problem solving and process improvement. It is not a quality‑systems or QMS administration position.

Primary Responsibilities

• Acts as the foundry’s primary technical problem solver, using metallurgical analysis and foundry experience to drive throughput and quality across molding, melting, and finishing.
• Reviews scrap and rework reports to identify root cause and drive measurable, sustained scrap reduction.
• Works closely with the molding manager and melting manager to improve casting quality and reduce downstream finishing. Coaches molding and melting teams on practices that improve as‑cast quality.
• 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 (chemicals, sleeves, filters, refractories, and similar) 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.

Knowledge and Skills

• BS in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field. Foundry metallurgy background preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of foundry engineering experience, with direct hands‑on experience in white iron and/or steel casting.
• Demonstrated experience with pattern and method design, including gating, risering, and solidification.
• Strong, metrics‑driven root‑cause problem‑solving skills, including casting defect analysis and scrap reduction.
• Detailed knowledge of Lean Manufacturing a plus.