Contract Metallurgist

Climb Recruitment are proud to be working with an industry leader in supplying high quality performance material grades and finished machined parts to the Aerospace, Defence, Oil & Gas, Marine and Green Climate solutions industries worldwide.

With increasing capability, capacity, and investment in people through the Sharing in Growth coaching and mentoring programme, they are looking to recruit a talented Contracts Metallurgist into their team.

Role Purpose

To ensure all aspects of contract review are completed correctly and the requirements are flowed down to the operational environment to provide fully compliant parts to customer requirements. To ensure all documentation is completed and supplied to the relevant stakeholders both internal and external to maintain compliance and minimise product liability. To provide technical expertise to all aspects of the organisation.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Undertake contract reviews (including OEM related orders) to ensure the material to be purchased or allocated meets customer requirements. Ensure a suitable, cost-effective production route has been created, any additional testing has been identified and make amendments where necessary to ensure that the finished job will meet customer requirements

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Provide support of an operational and technical nature whilst performing contract review of incoming purchase orders, intra-company order requirements and specification/procedural requirements.

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To review manufacturing routes to ensure compliance with specification and purchase order requirements whilst striving for maximum efficiency.

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Work in conjunction with the engineering, quality and sales departments to create manufacturing routes which may include intricate operations such as hardness testing, heat treatment, ultrasonic testing and subcontract operations.

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Review and interpret complex material specifications including feeding back findings/issue to customers through the sales department where necessary.

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Create documentation such as test requirement sheets for mechanical, analytical, non-destructive and metallurgical testing, manufacturing process specifications, inspection and test plans and subcontract purchase order instructions to heat treatment and machining companies as required.

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Working with the customer to resolve all technical and operational issues that arise in a timely manner.

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Raising and resolving NCR’s and raising concessions for submission to the customer

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Acting as the interface between the customer and our client’s suppliers. Visiting suppliers and customers and acting and accompanying our customers on supplier visits

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Witnessing specific processes/testing to ensure they are produced in a way that complies with ours and our client’s customer’s requirements.

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Acting as the interface between our client and 2nd and 3rd party inspectors

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Raising customer related certificates and documentation packages and submission of documentation to the customer.

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Cover Technical & Quality Manager in their absence.

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Entering/filing of specifications in Filestream, Epicor and Optimat.

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NDT and Hardness – Overall Technical Responsibility

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REACH, ROHS & Conflict Minerals responsibility to updating and maintaining our client’s documents.

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Provide training as required for sales and purchasing staff to cover technical aspects of the business including new starters, backward integration for existing staff and refresher training as identified by department heads.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes Required

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Degree or HND in Metallurgy or Materials Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of demonstrable industry experience.

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Experience of melting, hot working, and testing

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Experience of writing procedures and training employees across a business.

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Experience of Quality Management Reviews and FMEAs

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Experience with reviewing manufacturing routes to ensure compliance.

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Worked within metal stockholding or producer, ideally with nickel-based alloys.

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Experience of working to OEM technical specifications and Quality requirements as well as writing technical reports.

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Experience of error proofing

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Good problem-solving skills with a good understanding and experience of using methods such as 8D, 5 Whys, Six Sigma

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Able to use academic knowledge and previous work experience to coach andc mentor others when required.

Hours of Work & Pay/Benefits

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Mon – Friday 9am to 5pm (1-hour lunch) – Site Based

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Competitive Salary, discussed with us prior to candidate submission

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Contributory pension scheme 4% Company + 3 x life cover