ISO Technical Director

Precision Castparts; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts' Wyman-Gordon facility in Worcester, MA seeks a Technical Director to lead metallurgical and engineering activities, ensuring safe, cost-effective processes that meet quality, consistency, and on-time delivery across Worcester, Brighton, and Princeton sites.

You will direct lab/engineering teams, establish procedures, drive NPI with engineering and quality, and liaise with customers and regulators. Travel to sister plants ~25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or higher degree in Metallurgy or Materials Science.
• MS degree strongly preferred for advanced technical leadership.
• 10–15 years of experience in related powder metallurgy.
• Nickel-based superalloy background preferred.
• Willingness to travel to other facilities (~25%).

Responsibilities

• Main point of contact with customers, regulators, and government agencies on metallurgy, lab, or engineering issues and audits.
• Develop concise operating procedures across multiple facilities for repeatability and core knowledge.
• Participates in new business development, proposals and timeline management.
• Drive out variances in processes to improve yield and reduce NCRs/scrap/submittals.
• Coordinate communication between plants and disciplines (quality, operations, sales, metallurgy).
• Contribute to policy development impacting NPI and ISO groups.
• Lead cross-functional teams to reorganize/improve functionality across facilities.
• Project manage the NPI process with engineering and quality teams.
• Serve as primary technical contact for new equipment qualification and implementation (isothermal forging, atomization).
• Interface with all organizational levels.

Skills

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Pressure handling

Stakeholder communication

Travel readiness

Education

BS in Metallurgy or Materials Science

MS in Materials Science

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

WG Worcester/Brighton/Princeton Facilities

Wyman-Gordon, located in Worcester, MA, provides Isothermal Forgings for military and commercial turbine applications using nickel based and titanium powder alloys. Both the Princeton KY and Brighton MI facilities supply raw material to the forge shop through use of Vacuum-Melt Atomizers, Lathes, and Equipment for Complete Billet Processing and Certification.

Primary Function

The Technical Director is responsible for providing metallurgical and engineering leadership and support related to the development, implantation, and continuous improvement of processes and products that safely and cost-effectively meet customer demands for quality, consistency, and on-time performance. This role will have full management responsibility over facility metallurgy, lab and engineering in Brighton MI, Princeton KY and Worcester MA.

Essential Job Functions

• Main point of contact with customers, regulatory, and government agencies on all metallurgy, lab or engineering related issues, and audits
• Develop concise operating procedures/policies across multiple facilities to drive repeatability and core knowledge requirements
• Participates in new business development, quotes and timeline management.
• Drive out variances within process to improve yield and reduce NCR/Scrap/submittals
• Manage communication between plants and disciplines including quality, operations, sales and metallurgy
• Participates in development of business unit/plant policy for areas that directly impact or are impacted by NPI.
• Participates in Teams of cross-functional personnel for the purpose of reorganizing/improving functionality across ISO group
• Project manages new Product introduction (NPI) process in conjunction with engineering and quality.
• Primary technical contact for new equipment qualification and implementation including but not limited to Isothermal forging and atomization equipment.
• Interfaces with all levels of the organizations.

Education And Qualifications

• S. Degree in Metallurgy or Materials Science.
• Advanced M.S. in Materials Science is highly preferred.
• 10-15 years in related powder metallurgy
• Nickle based super alloy background preferred.
• Knowledge of computer software. Adept at Microsoft Office to communicate with customers and internal management current sales and deliver impacts.
• Able to effectively communicate complex thoughts and procedures to all levels of the organization.
• Travel to other facilities as needed (~25%)

Special Skills And Physical Requirements

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficient at multi-tasking
• Ability to deal with ease under pressure from a fast paced production schedule, customer demands, operational and managerial conflicts
• Able to convey technical and conceptual material to individuals at all levels in customer organizations as well as in Wyman-Gordon business unit.
• Able to drive change across multiple facilities/states.