Senior Metallurgical Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead advanced failure analysis investigations involving mechanical overload, fatigue, fracture, wear, and manufacturing-related defects.
• Evaluate corrosion mechanisms affecting piping systems, including general, galvanic, pitting, crevice, MIC, erosion-corrosion, and stress corrosion cracking.
• Develop root cause conclusions and support effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide metallurgical and materials engineering support for manufacturing, quality, and product engineering functions.
• Support welding and joining processes, including evaluation of weld quality, microstructures, and weld-related failures.
• Apply metallurgical expertise beyond the laboratory through interaction with suppliers and manufacturing locations to support materials, processing, and performance challenges.

Metallurgical Laboratory & Testing Responsibilities

• Operate metallurgical and analytical equipment including SEM, EDS, LIBS, and optical microscopy.
• Evaluate and report mechanical properties, with particular emphasis on hardness and tensile properties.
• Characterize and evaluate primarily steels, cast iron, copper-based alloys, and other alloy systems.
• Evaluate heat treatments, microstructures, phase transformations, coatings, and structure-property relationships.
• Prepare clear, detailed technical documentation and reports.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as a senior technical authority within the Metallurgical Laboratory.
• Mentor laboratory technicians and less-experienced engineers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other groups such as Product Engineering, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Engineering, Global Supply Chain, and Operations.
• Support continuous improvement of laboratory methods, material standards, and technical best practices.