Specialist Heat Treatment

Job Description:

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

• Provide supervision to all assigned Technician(s) in support of the accomplishment of the manufacturing and maintenance mission.
• Develop heat treatment cycles and work instructions for parts/ components manufactured through casting, welding, machining, forging etc for performing various heat treatment processes such as Hardening (surface, through), Tempering, Annealing, Normalizing, Stress relieving, Solution treatment etc.
• Analyse casting defects related to heat treatment such as cracking, distortion, and hardness variation etc.
• Coordinate with foundry teams to improve casting quality and metallurgical performance analyse samples including preparation and imaging inspection.
• Define and monitor Preheating requirements, Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT), stress relieving procedures and ensure welded components meet mechanical and metallurgical specifications.
• Support welding qualification activities and procedure development.
• Coordinate heat treatment requirements before and after machining operations to minimize distortion and dimensional changes during thermal processing and to improve machinability and reduce tool wear.
• Assist in operating and monitoring heat treatment process and related equipment including Induction hardening machine by controlling furnace temperatures, soaking times, cooling rates, and quenching methods etc.
• Conduct hardness testing and interpret metallurgical test results, review microstructure and mechanical property reports.
• Assist in foundry operations and various casting processes i.e. sand mold casting, die casting, pattern making, mold preparation, melting, pouring etc.
• Analyse samples including preparation and imaging inspection.
• Organise work to ensure accomplishment of associated tasks including sample analysis.
• Learn, understand and comply with applicable contractual obligations and established AL TAIF Quality and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) standards.
• Assist failure investigation/analysis engineers in developing new defect analysis methodologies as required to continuously improve process quality.
• Develop expertise in a wide variety of failure analysis and material testing laboratory techniques and skills.
• Safely operate and maintain failure analysis equipment and complete the required analytical procedures.
• Follow written failure analysis plans and perform failure analysis as directed.
• Work effectively with other technicians as a team, and communicate with both technicians and engineers on failure analysis results.
• Maintain the confidentiality and security of all company information.
• Support other members of the Engineering Department in fulfilling their roles.
• Perform other duties as required by their line manager and Director, Engineering.
• Required to report Engineering Department operational risks and follow AL TAIF approved procedures for risks
• Ensure Engineering Department staff are informed about risk management procedure and have received appropriate basic risk training related to ISO
  31000:2018 Risks Management, and ISO 45001 Occupational Health.
• Implement and Monitor Mitigating Measures of Risk Treatment.

• Provide supervision to all assigned Technician(s) in support of the accomplishment of the manufacturing and maintenance mission.
• Develop heat treatment cycles and work instructions for parts/ components manufactured through casting, welding, machining, forging etc for performing various heat treatment processes such as Hardening (surface, through), Tempering, Annealing, Normalizing, Stress relieving, Solution treatment etc.
• Analyse casting defects related to heat treatment such as cracking, distortion, and hardness variation etc.
• Coordinate with foundry teams to improve casting quality and…