<p>SUMMARY</p> <p>The Senior Metallurgist plans and directs activities concerned with developing and maintaining metallurgical standards and procedures for forged product. Supports new product introduction through contract review and development of manufacturing / testing documentation. Develops process control parameters and reviews performance to determine compliance. Performs laboratory evaluation of metallographic samples. Develops laboratories to ensure capability and conformance to requirements. Facilitates First Article/Metallurgical Qualifications. Manages product and process control data.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.</p> <p>New Product Introduction / Contract Review / Change Management:</p> <ul> <li>Review and evaluation of customer drawing and specification requirements directly impacting metallurgical product integrity and manufacturing practices </li><li>Develops quality plans and documentation requirements to evaluate metallurgical integrity of forged product during the manufacturing process </li><li>Qualifies incoming orders to ensure specification compliance for metallurgical/special processes / complete review as quality representative </li><li>Ensure metallurgical properties through design and communication of forge, heat treat, testing, and other manufacturing instructions </li><li>Prepares first article / metallurgical qualification approval documentation </li></ul> <p>Test Failure / Thermal Non-Conformance Review and Analysis:</p> <ul> <li>Disposition metallurgically non-conforming material and performs root cause correction action analysis </li><li>Negotiate concessions with customers for disposition of non-conforming parts </li><li>Develop corrective action processes and continuous improvement programs for metallurgical integrity of forged product </li></ul> <p>Laboratory / Production Support:</p> <ul> <li>Conducts internal and external quality audits of metallurgical / special processes </li><li>Lab evaluation including metallography and NDT micro examination </li><li>Orchestrating maintenance and calibration of lab equipment with internal and external resources </li><li>Ensuring proper heat treatment through daily review of processing records </li><li>Evaluating forge and heat treat furnace performance versus pyrometry requirements including detailed review of critical product </li><li>Responsible for required calibrations per customer standards for forge and heat treat furnaces, including outsourced pyrometry work </li><li>Preparing for forge and heat treatment portions of customer / 3rd party audits </li><li>Confers with Manufacturing and Engineering personnel in planning, scheduling, coordinating and directing quality / metallurgical evaluation activities to ensure conformance to customer requirements and specifications </li><li>Incoming raw material verification / release and product testing release </li></ul>