Senior Metallurgist - Titanium/Ni Forging Quality Lead

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

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.