Process Metallurgist

ATI•Monroe, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

ATI is hiring a Process Metallurgist to support its Specialty Materials business unit at its Monroe, North Carolina location. The role provides post-melt technical support to the Monroe Billet production area, including hot working, conditioning, inspection, and related processes. Open-die press and radial forging experience are strongly preferred. The successful candidate will learn ATI’s safety and business cultures, processes, and products; manage interactions with internal and external groups; and bring a continuous-improvement mindset. The position works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Conversion Services, Value Stream Metallurgy, R&D, management, colleagues, and customers to support safe and effective manufacturing and customer-compliant products. ATI does not provide immigration sponsorship for any company position. ATI and its subsidiary companies provide equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations during the hiring process upon request.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science with a metals focus.
Internship or work-study experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably with an industrial metals supplier.

Nice To Haves

One to three years of industrial process metallurgy experience related to manufacturing Ni/Fe/Co-base, titanium, and/or specialty steel alloys.
Experience with continuous-improvement and lean-manufacturing methodologies.
Working knowledge of wrought-metals processing, such as melting, press forging, radial forging, hot rolling, conditioning, and heat treatment.
Ability to understand and clearly explain metallurgical principles critical to metals processing, including recrystallization, strengthening mechanisms, and microstructure-property relationships.
Experience applying thermal/deformation modeling tools to solve problems and optimize processes.
Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt, or related certification.
Open-die press and radial forging experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as the internal technical contact for thermo-mechanical processing operations that transform as-cast structure into marketable, customer-compliant product.
Maintain a visible, consistent presence on the shop floor to provide Operations with technical support when production obstacles arise and identify process-improvement opportunities.
Provide technical support for outside conversion operations and internal Conversion Services as required.
Develop and maintain operational and metallurgical expertise in thermo-mechanical processing of Ni/Fe/Co-base, titanium, and specialty steel alloys through experimentation, technical literature review, best-practice exchanges across ATI, and attendance at technical conferences.
Take responsibility for products manufactured in the Monroe Billet area, including tracking critical-to-quality process metrics and identifying opportunities to improve yield, cycle time, and cost.
Maintain and standardize hot-working operating and mill instructions.
Collaborate with Operations and Maintenance personnel to improve manufacturing standards related to workplace safety, equipment performance, and product quality.
Plan, execute, and manage product and process continuous-improvement programs; apply statistical data analysis and thermal/deformation modeling tools as required.
Lead and participate in cross-functional continuous-improvement activities, including risk assessments, problem-solving reports, cause-and-effect diagrams, process audits, and standard work.
Communicate results to management, colleagues, and customers through written reports and oral presentations.
Support Value Stream Metallurgy and R&D in developing, evaluating, and standardizing new products and processes.
Create and implement items, recipes, mill instructions, and other quality-system documents.
Provide technical support during customer audits and inquiries.