Process Specialist- DC Casting

Job Summary:

The Process Specialist will provide technical support for operations on shift. The candidate will enforce procedures, enhance continuous improvement efforts, and enact necessary changes.

 

Responsibilities:

·       Perform on shift procedural audits of both personnel and equipment

·       Identify SOP gaps and work with operations management to strengthen procedures

·       Act as an on-shift leader to support plant-wide safety initiatives

·       Coach and support casting personnel w/re SOP’s

·       Utilize process audit results to focus operator training in specific areas needing improvement

·       Expedite disposition of non-conforming material, including all required systems movements

·       Disposition key equipment as it is removed from active service

·       Perform quality critical testing, including both PreFil and LiMCA

·       Troubleshoot electro-magnetic casting (EMC) and direct chill (DC) casting issues

·       Utilize extensive process data systems to monitor and improve cast shop processes

·       Track and distribute long term SPC trends for the operation

·       Collect quality critical samples to be analyzed within the Constellium laboratory network

·       Lead Cross functional teams to investigate and resolve complex castability and process issues

·       Perform daily process data reviews with a goal of reducing process variability.

 

Qualifications:

·       4-year technical related degree from an accredited University required

·       Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Metallurgy, Metallurgical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering preferred.

·       Engineering Degree with 3-5 years' experience in plant technical role or technical degree with 7 years’ experience preferably in a heavy industry. 

·       Certification as an ASQ-CQE, CQA, or six-sigma preferred.

·       Must be able to write technical reports.

·       Must be able to transfer technical information into layman’s terms for complete communication.

·       Ability to work with a broad cross section of people from top managers, hourly work force and internal and external customers.

·       Ability to handle multiple tasks and establish appropriate priorities.

·       To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient with Microsoft Office software e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.

·       Strong problem solving, judgment, and critical thinking skills.

·       Aptitude for detailed work requiring a high degree of accuracy.

·       Good communication, high level of autonomy, collaboration and interpersonal skills are equally important.

·       Perform, understand and communicate detailed information analysis and evaluation, and have a good track record working effectively within a team-based environment.

·       Proven ability to coach/develop others while demonstrating the value for accountability and leading by example.

·       Ability to work in extreme temperatures in plant environment often requiring extensive walking or moving about the plant or standing for long periods of time.

 

About Constellium:

Constellium Muscle Shoals is an aluminum manufacturing plant based in Alabama with over 1,200 employees. With its widest strip mill in the USA and a world-class recycling center, the site represents one of the largest sites within Constellium and is a world-class can recycling center, with the capacity to re