Lead Metallurgical Engineer

Arconic Corporation is currently in search of an Lead Metallurgical Engineer to join our Quality Systems Team, based in Alcoa, TN .

At Arconic, we take pride in our work and our innovative products and technologies that advance sustainable solutions for a better world. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.

Job Summary:

The Lead Metallurgical Engineer, reporting to the Senior Product Metallurgist, is an integral part of the Quality Systems team accountable for accomplishment of business objectives consistent with Arconic values. The Lead Metallurgical Engineer will lead continuous improvement in the manufacture of automotive, packaging, and industrial sheet, driving excellence in manufacturing, evaluation, and performance of sheet products produced at TN operations in their area of responsibility.

In this role, you will:

• Direct supervision of metallurgical and quality resources, process stability within the product/ process areas of their responsibility.
• Lead Metallurgists to ensure they are focused on process stability, process improvement and ensuring end product meets customer requirements.
• Determine impact and process control for equipment and operations that affect product quality. Utilize Metallurgy/Material Science experience and knowledge to develop improvement plans for the process to ensure customer satisfaction and drive cost reduction.
• Develop, direct and execute methods to improve process stability, improvement projects to eliminate safety and quality concerns, reduce cost, and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Measure and monitor ongoing results in process management to continually improve our products and processes.
• Troubleshoot, design, and execute experiments to develop new processes and products.
• Translate customer and industry standards into process design, control plans, FMEA, production work instructions to ensure clear and accurate execution.
• Provide day-to-day technical advice, problem solving and support to operations and maintenance by applying quality systems and engineering principles and reliability tools to drive problems to root cause.
• Drive benchmarking of production processes in the area of their responsibility against best practices.

~This role is primarily day shift, Monday-Friday. However, because our facilities operate on a 24/7 schedule, this role is expected to support the overall quality function of the areas for new product trials, production disruptions, and training. This could include on-call help and/or working off-hours/off-shifts at times to support the operation.

You have: (required)

• Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a directly related discipline
• Six years or greater experience with metallurgy and metal-forming in one or more of the following areas: casting, homogenization/pre-heating, hot rolling, cold rolling, thermal processing, or finishing.
• Experience with aluminum sheet manufacturing for the automotive, industrial, and/or beverage packaging markets.
• Manufacturing within and IATF and ISO Quality systems environment
• Ability to travel to assigned customer locations as required (Approximately 10%, primarily domestic)

Exceptional Candidates also have: (preferred)

• Masters Degree and five (5) years or greater experience in casting, homogenization/pre-heating, hot rolling, cold rolling, thermal processing, and/or finishing.