Process Engineer - Mentor, OH
7321
Education:
B.S. degree in metallurgical, materials engineering or related discipline preferred. Equivalent and relevant experience will be considered.
Personal Characteristics:
Able to meet deadlines and be accountable for quality/ quantity. Able to work flexible hours with a history of dependability as demonstrated with strong attendance record. Comfortable using a team approach to problem solving. Have strong sense of urgency. Individual must be a motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently. Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers and supervisors.
Work Experience:
Minimum 2 years investment casting experience preferred. Good organization and interpersonal skills. Experience with land-based turbine product is desirable. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
Principal Area of Responsibility:
Utilizing customer specifications, the Process Engineer develops and optimizes casting methods to manufacture single crystal, directionally solidified and/or equiaxed industrial gas turbine blades, vanes and related parts to meet customer and production requirements.
Specific Duties:
- Champions the development of specific investment casting processes to meet required customer specification, quality and production goals.
- Responsible for investment casting process improvements including elimination of defects such as cracks, shrinkage, grain defects and the improvement of metal utilization.
- Develop casting processes, define controls and develop solutions to process related programs.
- Coordinates with product engineer, production engineers, supervisors and employees and the metallurgical laboratory.
- Communicate with customers on metallurgical issues.
- Prepare process approval packages on developmental jobs or revised processes.
- Provide hands on, floor level investigations and problem solving
- Respond as necessary on the off shift to advise on and provide solutions to process problems.
- Maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co-workers, supervisors, and peers.
- Accept special projects as assigned.
Physical and Mental Demands:
- Incumbent must physically and mentally be able to perform the job as required.
- The ability to handle high stress associated with high activity with tight deadlines.
This requisition is closed to applications.