Metallurgical Technician: Quality & Process Specialist

Arconic; Pleasant Valley Township (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Arconic in Davenport, IA seeks a Metallurgical Technician to support skin sheet, aerospace, and automotive sheet lines by ensuring quality performance and process control.

You will collaborate with plant production and quality teams, perform calibration of testing equipment, analyze data, and apply metallurgical practices to solve quality problems. This role also involves participating in experimental studies and training others in basic statistics and control charts.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to identify, solve and implement solutions to quality problems within a specific area of the plant/assignment.
• Provide metallurgical practices and decisions on a day-to-day basis, evaluate and control product quality and provide technical guidance and training.
• Participate in experimental studies including planning, data collection, data analysis reporting of the results, and implementation of the conclusions reached.
• Oversee or perform calibration and maintenance of testing equipment.
• Understand and use basic computer skills and programs.
• Understand and use basic control charting skills and understanding of statistical data analysis language.
• Provide technical expertise relating to problem solving, developing, and controlling quality issues. When situations arise, help to coordinate in design of developments of new technical processes/equipment

Job description

Arconic in Davenport, IA seeks a Metallurgical Technician to support skin sheet, aerospace, and automotive sheet lines by ensuring quality performance and process control.

You will collaborate with plant production and quality teams, perform calibration of testing equipment, analyze data, and apply metallurgical practices to solve quality problems. This role also involves participating in experimental studies and training others in basic statistics and control charts.