Sr. Metallurgist

Position Summary

Wyman Gordon Pennsylvania, a division of Precision Castparts Corporation (PCC), manufactures flash-welded and cold-rolled near-net-shape rings for the aerospace gas turbine industry. The Senior Plant Metallurgist provides hands-­on metallurgical leadership and technical support to the Mountaintop and Tru-Form facilities, with primary residence  role partners with Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, laboratory personnel, suppliers, and customers to ensure safe, capable, compliant, and cost-­effective processes.

Primary material systems include nickel-­and cobalt-­base superalloys, titanium alloys, stainless steels, and other iron-­base aerospace alloys.

• Provide day-­to-­day metallurgical leadership for the Mountaintop and Tru-Form facilities and serve as a primary technical resource for manufacturing, quality, engineering, laboratory, and commercial teams.
• Establish, document, and maintain metallurgical controls for flash welding, heat treatment, forming, rolling, machining, and materials testing.
• Develop concise operating procedures, work instructions, process specifications, and control plans that promote repeatability and preserve critical process knowledge.
• Lead the Process Control Welding Initiative by defining process parameters, control limits, reaction plans, and verification methods in partnership with Engineering and Manufacturing.
• Build practical knowledge of flash welding and ring manufacturing through direct shop-­floor engagement, review of internal technical records, and collaboration with operators and engineers.
• Interpret customer, industry, and regulatory requirements and translate them into clear manufacturing, inspection, testing, and acceptance criteria.
• Own metallurgical aspects of new product introduction, process development, qualification, and customer approval activities, including technical planning, trial execution, data review, and final reporting.
• Investigate test failures, nonconformances, customer complaints, returns, and process excursions using structured problem-­solving methods; define containment, root cause, corrective action, and effectiveness verification.
• Apply statistical methods—including SPC, capability analysis, measurement-­system evaluation, and trend analysis—to reduce variation, improve first-­pass yield, and lower scrap, rework, concessions, and cost of poor quality.
• Establish and maintain controls for raw-­material purchases, outside testing, subcontract laboratories, and calibration providers; work with suppliers to improve technical and quality performance.
• Support continuous Nadcap accreditation for Welding, Heat Treat, and Materials Testing Laboratories, as well as compliance with AS9100 and customer-­specific requirements.
• Prepare for and participate in internal, customer, regulatory, and third-­party audits; lead timely closure of metallurgical findings and preventive read-­across actions.
• Maintain the specification and testing-­requirements database, evaluate revisions, and ensure changes are incorporated into affected procedures, routers, and process controls.
• Represent the company in customer technical discussions, product-­development activities, issue-­resolution meetings, and technical presentations.
• Participate in applicable industry or SAE committees and support the development or revision of flash-­welded ring standards.
• Mentor engineers, laboratory personnel, technicians, and operators in metallurgy, process control, defect prevention, and structured problem solving.
• Support plant safety, lean manufacturing, on-­time delivery, and zero-­defect initiatives, and perform other technically related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical…