What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director Metallurgy/Engineer- Technical Director position at ELLWOOD Group Inc?
The position will provide technical expertise to Engineering, Sales, Raw Material Purchasing, Operations, and Quality. This expertise will be used to assist in making product dispositions and in evaluating business opportunities for the plant. Some travel, particularly in support of customers, will be required.
The Director of Metallurgy and Engineering will be fully engaged with the leadership team, and work as the manager to fill gaps while reaching necessary staffing levels. This position will also collaborate to upgrade technical staff to meet the financial needs of the business as well as retool for future needs to cover retirement and other exits. The Director of Metallurgy and Engineering will assist the technical teams in NPI efforts and assists in business development efforts as a technical representative for all necessary customers, including customer visits if necessary.
Education and Experience
- B.S. or higher in Metallurgy from an accredited college or university required.
- Minimum of ten (10) years working experience as a Metallurgist/Materials Engineer.
- Demonstratable supervisory and team leadership skills preferred.
Skills and Abilities
• Strong background in report development and presentation of findings.
• Excellent communication skills in discussion of metallurgy and related support/
• Must be able to work well with other in all different types of environments
• Knowledge of physical and chemical metallurgy test procedures.
• Familiar with operation and maintenance of lab testing equipment.
• Effectively work with minimal supervision.
• Good math, computer, and decision making skills
• Experience in 3D modeling with SolidWorks or other software.
• Strong Microsoft Office suite skills.
• Strong managing or leading teams is preferred.
• Closed Die Forging experience preferred, as well as Aerospace and Steel experience within the forging industry.
• Must have strong problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate the results of their research to others effectively,.
• Must be innovative, persistent and is methodically attentive to details.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Lead technical organization (including metallurgy and design engineering)
• Refine policies and procedures that standardize and align our operations.
o Manage and direct technical staff members.
o Conduct analysis to identify and implement continual improvement activities
o Represent our organization to customers, suppliers and certifying agencies.
• Conduct metallurgical investigations relating to process control and product development.
• Provide material recommendations for new product development and to meet customer and/or industry requirements.
• Organize, perform and/or supervise failure analysis.
• Write accurate and persuasive technical reports detailing causes and corrective actions associated with analysis of data and issues.
• Write dispositions of material on non-conformance issues.
• Direct material/product analysis including preparation of samples and analysis of data.
• Work in conjunction with QA to conduct training as well as to design and implement Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes.
• Analyze production and material limitations as well as the standardizations of manufacturing specifications when required.
• Sample systems, procedures, and statistical techniques; design or specify inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment.
• Interface with all other functions within the organization.
• Provide technical expertise for issues associated with the engineering, procurement, and use of raw materials.