Metallurgist

REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing Company with a global client base. Metallurgist Job Summary Technical resource focused on process control and product activities 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. • Establish and monitor KPIs for key process operations. • Assist Product Metallurgists with issues arising from processing problems. Skills, Experience & Qualification Minimum Requirements: • Degree educated in Metallurgy, Materials Science or equivalent. • A minimum of 3-5 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 although not essential • Experience of vacuum induction melting. • Experience of consumable electrode remelting.