Establish and improve manufacturing processes for specialty metal strip and wire products. Responsibilities include reviewing routers and customer specifications, supporting production, investigating nonconformances and complaints, managing corrective actions and trials, maintaining furnace pyrometry standards, conducting metallographic analysis, supporting capital projects, and applying statistical methods for process optimization.
Combined Metals is a premier North American processor and specialty strip and wire distributor built through 50 years of growth and acquisition. Combined Metals is North America's largest independent processor and distributor of specialty strips and wire. Combined Metals has nine service centers supporting over 3,000 customers in the Aerospace, Defense, Nuclear, Medical, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Electrification, Automotive, and Consumer industries. Decades of quality and reliability have made Combined Metals™ a chosen source in performance applications.
Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain manufacturing standard processes and make controlled changes when required.
- Review router instructions to ensure all requirements are met and instructions are clearly communicated.
- Review customer inquiries to determine the plant’s ability to process products according to their capabilities.
- Provide technical and metallurgical support to external customers and internal teams.
- Review industry and customer specifications and comment on, or take exception to, requirements according to the plant’s capabilities.
- Disposition of Non-conforming material and investigation of causes of failures. Make any necessary changes to standard processes or procedures to prevent recurrences.
- Provide processing support to the shop floor to produce material according to customer and industry standards and requirements.
- Assist in preparation and/or review of processes and procedures to ensure the material produced meets customer requirements.
- Proven ability to work independently, be a self-starter, problem solver, and self-directed.
- Knowledge of thermal processing, cold working, and processing of metals.
- Proven ability to create and present information to all levels.
- Support continuous improvement efforts to improve manufacturing procedures and standards.
- Investigate customer complaints and assist in the determination of root causes and corrective actions.
- Technical liaison with raw material and outside processing suppliers.
- Monitor and maintain Pyrometry Standards for Production Furnaces.
- Provide technical support for capital projects, aiming to improve manufacturing capabilities.
- Work with Production Operators and Maintenance Technicians to understand the plant machinery’s strengths and weaknesses in order to route material effectively and efficiently.
- Create standards and guidelines to improve and streamline Production processes.
- Provide technical support to Allocations as necessary, and maintain proficiency at material allocation.
- Create and manage trial processes for customers to develop new product lines. Communicate the results internally and with the customer as necessary.
- Perform Metallographic Analysis as necessary.
- Utilize statistical methods to monitor processes and guide process improvements.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy, Metallurgical Engineering, Material Engineering/Science, or a closely related discipline.
- Proficiency in process simulation software
- Excellent knowledge of process optimization techniques
- Familiarity with industry regulations and standards
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