TECHNICIAN LABORATORY METALLUGICAL SERVICES (sg2024)

Tych Business Solutions; Mpumalanga; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tych Business Solutions in South Africa seeks a Metallurgical Lab Technician to provide essential metallurgical support for engineers in customer complaints, product development and plant operations.

You will prepare samples, test them, and operate equipment such as saws, grinders, furnaces and rolling mills while ensuring proper etching and microscope setup to deliver accurate alloy evaluations. This role requires a National Diploma in Metallurgy and at least 2 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Metallurgy required.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a relevant position.
• Knowledge of steel/stainless steel products and/or smelting/refining of other materials.
• Working knowledge of laboratory systems and basic equipment is required.

Responsibilities

• Receipt, preparation, and metallurgical testing and evaluation of samples under supervision of senior engineer and metallurgical services.
• Liaise with originators requiring the work, and with mechanical testing laboratory workshop and analytical laboratory personnel on a daily basis.
• Operate mechanical saws, guillotines, shears, grinding, and polishing equipment for preparation of samples.
• Adhere to set standards when preparing etching solutions and examination.
• Ensure correct sample preparation techniques and microscope set-up to enable accurate metallurgical evaluation of samples.
• Operation of laboratory heat treatment furnaces, laboratory hot and cold rolling mills, and building and operating a 20kg charge induction melting furnace for making experimental alloys.
• Calculate alloy additions to the melting furnace to result in the correct chemical composition of experimental alloys requested by the senior engineer.

Skills

Metallurgical testing

Sample preparation

Laboratory equipment operation

Communication with engineers

Lab safety and data recording

Education

National Diploma in Metallurgy

Tools

Saws & grinders

Microscopes

Heat treatment furnaces

Rolling mills

Induction melting furnace

Job description

Job Description

The key function of this role is to provide basic metallurgical support for metallurgical engineers and TCS engineers in customer complaints, product development, and plant engineers.

Job Specification:

• Receipt, preparation, and metallurgical testing and evaluation of samples as required under the supervision of the senior engineer, metallurgical services, and development.
• Liaise with the originators requiring the work, and with mechanical testing laboratory workshop and analytical laboratory personnel on a daily basis.
• Operation of mechanical saws, guillotines, shears, grinding, and polishing equipment for preparation of samples.
• Adhere to set standards when preparing etching solutions and examination.
• Ensure correct sample preparation techniques and microscope set-up to enable accurate metallurgical evaluation of samples.
• Operation of laboratory heat treatment furnaces, laboratory hot and cold rolling mills, and building and operating a 20kg charge induction melting furnace for making experimental alloys.
• Calculate alloy additions to the melting furnace to result in the correct chemical composition of experimental alloys requested by the senior engineer.

Desired Experience & Qualification

QUALIFICATIONS:

• National Diploma in Metallurgy.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a relevant position.
• Knowledge of steel/stainless steel products and/or smelting/refining of other materials.
• Working experience in heavy/large manufacturing processes related to steel manufacturing, quality assurance, and control.
• Working knowledge of laboratory systems and basic equipment is required.

Email: Updated CV + copies of relevant qualifications.