Lab Metallurgist

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Subsidiary

Aluminum Dynamics

Overview

The Lab Metallurgist is responsible for ensuring the safe, quality, and reliable operation of the metallurgical lab.  The lab contains equipment to perform mechanical testing (tensile testing and hardness), along with equipment to perform metallurgical analysis (sample prep, optical microscope, and SEM).  This position would oversee procedures and scheduling of equipment and testing, supervise lab technicians, and communicate with department metallurgists and process operations.

Responsibilities

Promote and maintain safe and efficient work environment

Select the appropriate analysis technique for a given material and interpret the resulting data, coordinating with process and product metallurgists to determine next steps of investigations

Generate failure analysis reports to be shared with the production team as well as customers

Maintain calibration, verification and operation of lab equipment, including laboratory equipment in use on the production floor as well as laboratory calibration standards

Metallographic sample preparation, inspection and characterization of aluminum material from casting to finished project, including material finished to a customer use product.

Data collection including recording and analyzing test results, maintaining accurate records, and reporting deviations or non-conformities

Support ISO/IEC 17025, as well as additional customer testing compliance requirements

Coordinate testing workflow to ensure prompt sample turnaround times while ensuring testing accuracy and standard compliance

Coordinate with department metallurgists in performing testing for trials and additional testing as required for product and process improvement or development

Other duties may be assigned as needed

Qualifications

Required

4 year degree in Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering or Materials Science. (Additional 4 year degrees in other majors may be allowable depending on curriculum

Experience with reading, understanding and conveying technical specifications

Highly effective verbal and written communication as well as interpersonal skills with a history of technical report writing

Organizational and time management skills – ability and desire to successfully manage multiple time dependent projects

Computer literacy including Office Suite and basic database query

Ability and desire to work well in a team oriented, fast paced learning and startup environment

Preferred

Preference will be given to candidates who have both an applicable 4 year degree and 3 years of hands on experience or Maters Degree.

Candidates with wrought aluminum inspection and characterization experience, particularly in end use cases like can, automotive or industrial applications are preferred.

Testing in more than one area of aluminum material testing as listed above in requirements.

Prior startup experience

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.