Metallurgist

REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing company.

Job Summary

Technical resource focused on process control and product activities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

* Lead projects to improve product quality and/or decrease cost (eg. Yield, Right First Time). * Interface with customers on defining technical requirements and resolving customer problems. * Work closely with operations to resolve internal technical problems. * Working with Operations to ensure all relevant documentation for current products are updated to the required standard. * Establish and monitor KPIs for key process operations. * Development and introduction of new products. * Operate in line with the company''s culture of quality and safety whilst undertaking any activity * Mentor technical graduates and placements students as applicable Skills,

Experience & Qualification Minimum Requirements: * bachelor''s degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science or equivalent. * A minimum of 2-3 years'' experience in a relevant industrial environment with demonstrable experience within the aerospace, oil and gas or power generation sector. * A solid understanding of the physical metallurgy of steel and nickel-based alloys. * Demonstrable experience of hot working processes. * Demonstrable experience of OEM customer quality systems. * Knowledge and application of improvement tools and techniques - RCCA, problem solving, error proofing, RAA, SPC.

Desirable Requirements: * Experience of vacuum induction melting would be advantageous. * Experience of consumable electrode remelting. would be advantageous * Experience of NADCAP controlled heating furnaces would be advantageous.