Senior Metallurgist – Premium Melting

Carpenter Technology
Reading, Pennsylvania
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 4+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Organization","Prioritization","Decision-making","Mentorship"]

Provide technical support to the melt shop for VIM, ESR, and VAR processes, helping ensure melt quality and adherence to customer frozen practice agreements. Apply statistical methods to solve problems, design experiments, and drive variation reduction. Improve yield, productivity, and cost by optimizing procedures, qualifying new raw material/refractory sources, and supporting customer technical issues and audits. Collaborate across operations, technical, R&D, purchasing, and quality teams.

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Carpenter Technology
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Senior Metallurgist – Premium Melting

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Job Summary

Provide technical support to the melt shop for VIM, ESR, and VAR processes, helping ensure melt quality and adherence to customer frozen practice agreements. Apply statistical methods to solve problems, design experiments, and drive variation reduction. Improve yield, productivity, and cost by optimizing procedures, qualifying new raw material/refractory sources, and supporting customer technical issues and audits. Collaborate across operations, technical, R&D, purchasing, and quality teams.
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Support all aspects of the melt shop processes assigned (VIM, ESR, VAR) for internal and external customers.
  • •Maintain melt quality through timely melt record review and verification of adherence to procedures and frozen practice agreements.
  • •Apply statistical methods, design experiments, and reduce variation through process management and standardized work.
  • •Improve yield, productivity, and cost reductions through new procedure development and process optimization.
  • •Evaluate and qualify new raw material/refractory sources, review specifications for new products, and support customer technical issue resolution during audits.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Life InsuranceMedicalDentalVisionFlexible SpendingDisability Coverage401k

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field.
  • •4+ years of relevant work experience.
  • •Specialized knowledge of metallurgical principles, standards, methods, and practices.
  • •Understanding of statistics, Six Sigma, and BPI practices.
  • •Ability to access mill and manufacturing areas, with limited travel.
Experience:4+ yearsAerospaceTransportationMedicalEnergy
Education:Bachelor's in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science
Skills:CommunicationOrganizationPrioritizationDecision-makingMentorship
Tech Stack:Six SigmaStatisticsBPI

Company Brief

Carpenter Technology
Develops and manufactures specialty metals and engineered materials used in aerospace, defense, medical, energy, and industrial applications. The company focuses on high-performance alloys, additive manufacturing materials, and precision components.
Industry: Materials Science
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Reading, United States
Founded: 1889
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