Career – Metallurgical and Process Control Manager

Almex is looking for a Metallurgical and Process Control Manager to join its Buena Park location. In this role you’ll be responsible for leading the company’s quality assurance directives and managing the company’s metallurgical department.  Working closely with the Design, Manufacturing, and Field Commissioning Departments, you’ll work to coordinate a variety of goals and guide the company through its most complex technical and product related challenges.

We are searching for an energetic, entrepreneurial and team-oriented, critical thinker and communicator who thrives on new challenges and a quick pace. You’ll lead strategic engagements that deliver key research and development goals, quality management systems, new process control research, product development initiatives, and manufacturing strategies across the aluminum industry. Internal teams and external customers will look to you to clearly communicate strategic solutions in an informed and engaging manner.  Relevant experience with, and an understanding of, metallurgical quality standards, quality assurance systems, research and development programs, and manufacturing techniques is a must.

Responsibilities

• Research and Development in Molten Metal Treatment and DC Casting
• Casting Process Design
• New Product Development
• Field Technical Service Support
• In-house Quality Assurance System Management
• Quality Programs Certification Management

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science
• Knowledge of Aluminum DC Billet and Sheet Ingot Casting Processes – minimum 5 years experience
• Familiar and capable with Design of Experiments
• Must be able and willing to work the full range from theoretical to practical (hands-on)
• Self-starter comfortable working with minimum supervision
• Superior communication skills, both internal and customer-facing
• Strong relationship management, organizational, and project management skills
• Ability to work effectively with a variety of internal teams and business groups including technical mechanical and electrical engineering departments
• Accountability for time and resource investments through the use of analytics and understanding of effectiveness drivers
• Strong interest in technology understanding, development, and commercialization
• Willing to travel – domestic and international

Almex USA is the leading supplier of commercial and aerospace aluminum billet and slab casting technology and equipment.  Our products include Degassing Systems, DC Casting Machines, Billet and Ingot Casting Systems, and Automated Process Control.  Almex is engaged in equipment and processes involving green technology for efficient recycling of aluminum alloys.

Almex provides a previously unavailable combination of products and services for melting, molten aluminum purification and DC casting. We are here to help optimize casthouse operations by minimizing casting costs and maximizing quality and safety. Our focus is on the entire melting and casting processes. Almex’s patented equipment coupled with significant experience in the day-to-day casthouse operations has proven to be of unique value to our customers. Our work manifests itself through innovations in strategy, design, and experiences, covering ideation to production.

In an industry where innovation is the key to success, Almex employees thrive on complex challenges, and the learning that results from finding solutions. We value critical thinking and expect it to come from every employee. We emphasize collaboration as a path to learning, yet we also celebrate individual perspectives that come from unique experiences.

Almex offers you the opportunity to transform your career in an environment that will challenge and energize you, and, in the end, be more fulfilling than you ever could have imagined. We provide competitive benefits including health insurance and paid vacation time.

Qualified applicants who are interested in more information are encouraged to apply with .pdf resume attachment to HR@almexusa.com