Foundry Engineering Technician

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Associate’s degree or Technical Degree in one of the following fields Mechanical Engineer or Metallurgical Engineer or related field. Minimum of 2 years’ experience will be considered in lieu of education requirement.

EXPERIENCE: Previous experience in a foundry or industrial manufacturing environment. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Male/Female/Veteran/Disabled

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Works with Manufacturing Engineering Manager and Production teams to perform a variety of technical assignments in maintaining production/processing methods and controls to meet quality standards in the most cost-efficient manner. Investigates and resolves work-in-process problems, review standard/general and special processes for improvement and compliance. Recommends and implements improvements and/or modifications in sequence of operations, and related matters. Monitors assigned operations to ensure compliance with approved methods and quality standards. This position will require working closely with Production, Engineering, and Quality.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Understanding of metallurgy, casting methods, and technical drawings.
• Understanding of sand casting and troubleshoot problems to reduce scrap and increase throughput.
• Assist in developing and refining casting methods to improve quality, yield, and throughput.
• Assist with analyzing production data to keep processes within specifications, reducing scrap, and entering ISO quality standard compliance.
• Assist with resolving technical issues during melting, molding, heat treating, and finishing.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date work instructions and process change records.
• Understanding of metal castings, specifically aluminum and magnesium, techniques, metal alloys, and solidification.
• Understanding of SolidWorks or casting simulation software.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work with cross functional teams.
• Understand manufacturing processes for improvement to provide consistent output and quality of manufacturing materials and methods.
• Assist with interpreting inspection results, investigating nonconforming materials, and instituting corrective action.
• Investigate and resolve production process problems
• Maintaining process work instructions for all casting process areas
• Work with Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing to identify root cause of discrepant material and assist in developing corrective action.
• Be familiar with customer and regulatory specifications 
• Be familiar with all internal work instructions and forms, and maintain good ISO practices

These job duties are not all inclusive. The Company, from time to time, may require the incumbent to perform additional duties as assigned.