Technical Manager

Technical Director/Metallurgist: Primary Objective

Position is responsible for providing order-to-cash metallurgical leadership and support related to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of processes and products that safely and cost-effectively meet or exceed customer demands for quality, consistency, and on-time performance.

Position Reports To

Director of Process Metallurgy

Essential Job Functions

• Ensure personal and staff compliance with safety policies and rules. Promote a safety culture.

• Cultivate effective employee relations based on mutual respect, a team-based culture, and employee engagement in safety, quality, continuous improvement, and all other business activities.

• Prioritize workload for the metallurgical staff based on business demands and available resources.

• Communicate performance expectations to assigned employees, including safety, quality, and all documentation.

• Initiate, develop, and implement plans that will improve existing process and product quality and consistency.

• Initiate, develop, and implement manufacturing plans, processes, and procedures related to new products.

• Measure and improve First Time Through (FTT) quality by unit.

• Ensure compliance with established quality systems and procedures.

• Review and investigate customer claims and internal CARs and prepare resolution reports.

• Lead and manage product development initiatives and projects, ensuring timely and effective results that support cost-effective implementation of customer demands.

• Develop capabilities regarding SPC, SQC, Lean, etc.

• Define and report meaningful metrics related to development and production to ensure timely and efficient communication.

• Oversee the Specific Product Design (SPD) process to provide direction and deliver timely and accurate results in line with customer expectations.

• Oversee contract review and material application to customer orders.

• Provide support relative to OEM qualification activities.

• Review test results for compliance with product specifications/customer requirements

• Determine root cause and ensure implementation of corrective actions through analysis of rejects and non-conformities in order to resolve customer-generated complaints and ensure satisfaction.

• Other tasks or duties as assigned.

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills High interpersonal effectiveness to achieve inter- and intra-plant collaboration

• Strong team and project management skills

• Statistical process control and analysis

• Effective problem solving

• Results-focused and continuous improvement mentality

• High-function computer literacy

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally on a periodic basis to customers, vendors, or other locations.

• Ability to manage and lead change

Experience

• Minimum four-year degree in Metallurgy or Material Science and Engineering

• Minimum 5 years process manufacturing, preferably in an AS9100/Nadcap certified mill environment, with 3 years in a leadership role

• Stainless, low alloy, bearing steels and high-temperature materials knowledge

• Specialty steel processing: AOD, VIM, ESR, VAR, hot working, heat treating, metal machining, and /or finishing experience non-destructive and destructive testing.

• Demonstrated results leading project teams.

Characteristics

• Team-based leader

• Self-starter

• Self-disciplined

• Meets commitments

• Proactive

Physical Requirements

• Speaking, hearing, near and far eyesight

• Ability to safely move around and work in both an industrial plant and office environment

Security Level

• US citizen or US person meeting ITAR requirements

• Sponsorship of VISA will be considered for strong candidates

Pay Details: $120,000.00 per year

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