Metallurgist X2

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:

• 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 re-melting would be advantageous

• Experience of NADCAP controlled heating furnaces would be advantageous 

PLEASE NOTE THE POSITION ALSO INCLUDES A BONUS OF UP TO 10% PAID QUARTERLY OTE £51,700