Casting Process Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review and execute approval of special manufacturing processes that have casting or related metallurgical requirements
• Cast gas turbine material knowledge: Stainless steel, nickel, and cobalt alloys
• Identifying heat treatment requirements
• Verify appropriate casting manufacturing processes and sequences will produce parts that meet metallurgical requirements. This includes:
• Investment casting, sand casting, heat treatment
• Material related non-conformance assessments and dispositions
• Root cause analysis
• Engineering drawing review for casting requirements
• Responsible for material and process qualification specification creation and revisions
• Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Education & Training:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgical, or Materials Engineering or other relevant field.
  • Must complete EHS assigned regulatory training for work area as described by PSM’s EHS Training Matrix
• Skills/Experience:
  • 10+ years experience with investment casting and/or sand casting of metal alloys used for gas turbines
  • Familiar with equiaxed, directionally solidified, and single crystal casting processes
  • Familiar with commercial material specifications – domestic and international
  • Able to interpret engineering prints
  • Able to travel to suppliers for qualification review and audits, as-needed
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office software
  • Detail-oriented, high energy, self-starter with the ability to drive the successful completion of projects within specified time frames
  • Process and Team-oriented; able to work with a diverse workforce
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Trustworthy, quick learning, innovative and reliable
  • Quality assurance experience in production environment
  • Working knowledge of non-destructive inspection techniques (penetrant, ultrasonic, radiographic, magnetic particle) preferred