Senior Metallurgist

Precision Castparts; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts seeks a metallurgist to join the Metallurgy group in Houston to ensure high-quality instructions and product review, and to manage daily activities to meet shipment schedules.

You will interface with customers, suppliers and internal departments; review data for conformance; conduct root-cause analysis and initiate corrective actions. Working hours are 1st shift, M-F, 7:30am–4:30pm, with travel not required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy or Materials Science is required.
• Minimum 5 years forging industry experience with high temperature Titanium and Nickel aerospace alloys preferred.
• Advanced degrees preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interface with customers on matters pertaining to product requirements, quality and design.
• Interface with material suppliers in matters pertaining to material quality and technical design.
• Review process data and determine if parameters conform to requirements.
• Conduct failure analysis and determination of root cause and corrective actions.
• Review metallurgical test data and any non-conformances to determine if additional testing or customer approvals are needed; generate non-conformance reports as needed.
• Witness Forge trial runs and participate in material review board activities, investigate any forging quality or process issues.
• Clear metallurgical related issues to assist in meeting shipping schedules.
• Develop testing and cut up plans of products, review cut up data and write reports.
• Provide instruction to forge and heat treat shops on process parameters.
• Participate in new product introduction, cost reduction and continuous improvement activities.
• Actively participate to improve product/process, productivity and cost.
• Develop full working knowledge of customer specification and quality requirements.
• Interface with Met Records, Engineering, Quality and Sales Department.

Skills

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy or Materials Science

Job description

Position Summary

This metallurgist will work in the Metallurgy group. This individual will need to maintain a high level of quality for instructions and product review. Manage daily activities to stay on schedule for our product shipment. Develop good working relations with both internal and external customers.

Position Summary

This metallurgist will work in the Metallurgy group. This individual will need to maintain a high level of quality for instructions and product review. Manage daily activities to stay on schedule for our product shipment. Develop good working relations with both internal and external customers.

Primary Responsibilities

• Interface with customers on matters pertaining to product requirements, quality and design
• Interface with material suppliers in matters pertaining to material quality and technical design
• Review process data and determine if parameters conform to requirements
• Conduct failure analysis and determination of root cause and corrective actions
• Review metallurgical test data and any non-conformances to determine if additional testing or customer approvals are needed; generate non-conformance reports as needed
• Witness Forge trial runs and participate in material review board activities, investigate any forging quality or process issues
• Clear metallurgical related issues to assist in meeting shipping schedules
• Develop testing and cut up plans of products, review cut up data and write reports
• Provide instruction to forge and heat treat shops on process parameters
• Participate in new product introduction, cost reduction and continuous improvement activities
• Actively participate to improve product/process, productivity and cost
• Develop full working knowledge of customer specification and quality requirements
• Interface with Met Records, Engineering, Quality and Sales Department

Knowledge & Skills

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy or Materials Science is required. Advanced degrees in relevant field is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years forging industry experience with high temperature Titanium and Nickel aerospace alloys preferred
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Good project management skills

EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree

EXPERIENCE: Super alloy, Manufacture, Forging, Heat Treat

WORK CONDITIONS: Office environment with some interaction with the manufacture shop and testing lab

TRAVEL: Not required

HOURS: 1st Shift M-F 7:30am - 4:30pm