Plant Process Control Metallurgist

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*** Benefits:
** The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company’s discretion.
* Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage
* Employer HSA contribution
* Dental & Vision Insurance
* Paid Parental Leave
* Short & Long-Term Disability
* Other voluntary benefits including:
Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance
* 401K with generous Company match & contribution
* Accrued Paid Time Off
* 12 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating Holiday
* Robust employee wellness program
* Tuition assistance program
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* Job Description:

** Plant Process Control Metallurgist

Position Summary:

The Plant Process Control Metallurgist exhibits these behaviors:
• Collaborate and lead the associates in area through coaching, engagement, communication, morale building and teaming.
• Engage, coach, and train your team and associates to continuously improve the Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost goals of the business
• Drive action wherever needed to resolve urgent issues
• Be a key team member in implementation of Dana Operating Excellence (OOE) process
• Escalate actions needed to achieve OOE implementation goals
• Team with other Metallurgical Engineer, Area Managers, Union Stewards, Support personnel and other Leadership to constructively solve operational issues that both meet the business goals and the intent of the current contract Tasks and Responsibilities:
• Engage with Engineers to develop acceptable methods of manufacturing at minimum costs
• Work with other Metallurgist, MET lab operations, lab technicians and provide the technical support to the heat treatment operations, metallurgical process controls and other areas as needed
• Develop and validate process parameters for new product launches to ensure compliance to customer, engineering, and quality requirements
• Conduct studies of metals and alloys to determine their physical characteristics for manufacturing purposes or determine compliance with manufacturing specifications and standards
• Apply knowledge of metallurgy to recommend engineering and manufacturing changes to attain design objectives in the most economical manner possible
• Work with customers to make sure their expectations are being met and exceeded
• Conduct failure analysis and provide complete reports
• Provide support to Sales and Purchasing departments - Interpreting standards, proposing materials and processes, qualifying new suppliers, resolving material or quality issues, etc.
• Responsible for communicating metrics and ensuring understanding and ownership at the production team level
• Team with support groups such as EHS, Quality Assurance, Engineering and Planning to escalate and improve urgent issues as well as drive continuous improvement
• Works with the Safety Department to monitor safety compliance and to review and plan for special requirements on incoming jobs Aid in regular audits of the department to ensure proper safety and environmental practices are being followed
• Assure the proper training of all department personnel
• Ability to understand and follow applicable company and regulatory safety and environmental procedures
• Ability to understand and correctly utilize appropriate PPE equipment as required
• All other duties as assigned by Management Knowledge & Skills

Summary:

• Experience in ferrous heat treating/manufacturing required (2-4 years desirable)
• A background in Metal components, Foundry, Forging, machine shop, assembly operation and customer problem solving is desirable.
• Experience in supporting component manufacturing for vehicle (automotive, heavy truck or off-highway) applications is preferred
• Previous experience in a NADCAP, IATF or CQI9 compliant operating system in a heat treatment shop is…