Senior Process Engineer – Alloy Manufacturing

About the role

The candidate must be willing to live and work in the Darlington, SC area, be a US citizen or permanent resident visa holder (no sponsorships offered) and be able to travel between company locations as well as visit suppliers and customers. Professional and Technical Expertise as well as Excellent Leadership and Communication Skills with the Ability to Blend in with the Current Team (which has a high level of cooperative working “chemistry”) are required to be proven prior to an employment offer being made.

Responsibilities

• Manages all technical aspects (including chemistry control, process yield, dimensional and surface requirements) of all melting and post-melting processes, with emphasis on achieving in-spec chemistry at the lowest cost/risk to the company, this includes both melting and refining (VOD/VCD) of materials in our process.
• Provides technically appropriate aim chemistry targets for all manufacturing specifications in conjunction with customer and industry standard mechanical property requirements, manufacturing process capability, cost considerations and customer expectations
• Manages tramp/trace element control in raw materials and revert streams
• Oversees and actively verifies the charge make-up process including suitability of charge materials, charge calculation accuracy, and weigh-up accuracy
• Manages process control, process parameters and consumable materials for the Horizontal Caster operation
• Supervises (via outside contractors) the machining of critical components for the Horizontal Caster mold assembly, shear and a variety of other critical machined components for the operation of both plants.
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