Senior Metallurgical Engineer

The Timken Company; Lincolnton (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

401(k) retirement

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Employee discounts

Education reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The Timken Company in Lincolnton, NC is seeking a Senior Metallurgical Engineer to lead heat treat processing and related metallurgical activities for bearing-related products. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, establish standards, and ensure product quality in a high-precision manufacturing environment.

You will oversee plant materials issues, support corporate specifications, and drive improvements across heat treatment operations, maintaining safety and cost targets while mentoring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgy, materials or engineering required.
• Experience in metallurgical analysis and manufacturing environments preferred.
• Experience leading large improvement projects and supervisory roles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze metallurgical quality issues for steel, forging and heat treatment and establish resolutions.
• Develop plant standards, technical instructions, and procedures to align with corporate requirements.
• Provide technical expertise to ensure metallurgical integrity of products and assist in problem resolution.
• Identify maintenance requirements and heat treat process compliance for major asset investments.
• Identify opportunities for predictive maintenance and collect critical equipment data.
• Provide strategic technical direction on new heat-treat technologies and processes.
• Oversee control plans for thermal treatment and ensure compliance with standards; implement preventive actions.
• Lead metallurgical laboratory staff and provide day-to-day direction.

Skills

Metallurgical analysis

Improvement projects

Manufacturing environment

Supervisory experience

Education

Bachelors in metallurgy, materials or engineering

Job description

What Timken makes possible begins with you.

Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world- improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Benefits start on first day of employment.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with generous company match.
• 10 paid holidays per year plus paid vacation.
• Paid parental leave at one year of service.
• Employee discounts on products and services.
• Education expense reimbursement, eligible to apply at first day of employment.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

Position Summary:

Act as subject matter expert lead activities of multi-disciplined teams in accomplishing Business Plan objectives as related to Heat Treat processing of Wheel End hubs, Tapered Bearing Races, and Roller products representing $7M in annual value generation. Provide input and ownership for all plant metallurgical issues for the Lincolnton Bearing Plant including supplied components. Provide expertise in heat treating for materials inside and outside heat treat. Serve as plant materials representative for corporate material changes, notifications, and process specification updates as follows.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Analyses metallurgical quality issues for steel, forging and heat treatment and establishes appropriate resolution.
• Responsible for development of plant standards, technical instructions, and procedures in order to ensure that all metallurgical activities are in alignment with corporate requirements.
• Administer efforts to ensure metallurgical integrity of all plan product and to provide technical expertise and assistance in the resolution of all problems associated with the manufacture of existing, new and prototype product.
• Responsible for identifying maintenance requirements and Heat Treat process compliance as it relates to the $30M asset investment including 54 high temperature furnaces for case carburizing process.
• Identify opportunities for predictive maintenance activities and develop/modify systems for collection of critical equipment data.
• Provide Strategic technical direction on application and use of new technology and heat-treating processes.
• Oversees control plans for thermal treatment in correlation with process capability and corporate standards; analyzes the results periodically and proactively establishes preventive actions and/or corrective actions.
• Develops solutions to complex problems or projects concerning bearing or steel processing or performance. These projects could be of an innovative nature, customer application situation, plant processing project or new product development.
• Plans, coordinates, and executes multiple large projects, which may be standalone projects or be of a multi-disciplinary group of projects designed to improve overall quality, performance, or cost of Timken products.
• Leads Metallurgical Laboratory associates and provide day to day direction.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in metallurgy, materials or engineering required.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience in metallurgical analysis.
• Experience in large improvement projects.
• Experience in manufacturing environment.
• Supervisory experience.
• Masters degree in related field preferred.

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.

We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.

Why Choose Timken?

• Over a century of knowledge and innovation
• A culture of top performance
• A global, diverse environment
• Products that contribute to a sustainable world
• A conviction to improve communities around us
• Competitive salary and benefits

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