Company:
Howmet Aerospace - Usine Laval
Location: Laval
Closing Date: 07/08/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
POSITION PURPOSE
Main responsibility is to provide technical aluminum casting know-how to relevant manufacturing department and engineering, to maintain or improve product quality or processes.
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES
Provides training and technical development and instructions to employees and departments in order to establish manufacturing consistency and repeatability.
Ensures that the employees have the necessary material, supplies, and tools to perform their work adequately.
Ensures that the required production process is being followed.
Communicates and explains activity instructions and product criteria requirements complete comprehension by the employees.
Ensures that the employees know how to perform their duties and respect the required standards.
Provides experience and skills to manufacturing and engineering related to part and process issues/activities.
Responsible for product criteria setups and updating.
Works with engineering in projects, investigations, and studies to develop, improve, correct, or optimize part quality or processes.
Responsible for process control and product development
Troubleshoot casting product and process issues/problems in production
Establish, document, and verify part specific gating and risering, molding, foundry, and heat treat techniques/parameters.
Analyze casting defects using metallography and NDT methods
Evaluate, plan and eliminate defects, failures, and scrap for both production and development programs to ensure a robust process and consistent casting metallurgical quality
Provide technical support and corrective action relating to customer complaints, customer returns, and internal/external audits.
Ensure the proper calibration and operation of emission spectrometer for chemical analysis
Support, implement, and promote foundry environmental health and safety practices
Technical oversight and responsibilities in materials testing lab (tensile, chemistry, hardness, metallography)
Test new foundry methods and practices
Support all continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and cost reduction initiatives
Support foundry research & development process/product activities
COMPETENCY PROFILEEducationDEC (college or foundry technology certificate) or Bachelor in Engineering (Metallurgical, Material Science)Professional Designation
None
ExperienceMinimum of 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.Job Skills
Training in the following will be favorably considered.
Continuous improvement
Health & Safety
Foundry experience
Bilingual
Training requirements
Training map
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