Technical Director

Superior Metals Manufacturing is currently looking for a Technical Director to join our team!

If you’re looking to join a company positioned for strong growth - with real opportunities to advance - Superior Metal Manufacturing may be the place for you. We’re proud to offer a competitive compensation package, outstanding benefits, and the chance to work in a state-of-the-art facility alongside a skilled and collaborative team.

Location: Chittenango, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $170,000-$220,000 but will be evaluated depending on candidates’ knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Job Summary:
Reporting directly to the General Manager, the Technical Director serves as the site's senior metallurgical leader and technical authority for all specialty alloy production activities. This role is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership related to superalloy design, chemistry control, vacuum induction melting practices, raw material utilization, process optimization, and technical problem-solving. The Technical Director partners closely with Operations, Quality, Purchasing, and Commercial teams to ensure products consistently meet customer requirements while driving continuous improvement in quality, yield, and manufacturing performance.

This position also serves as the primary technical liaison for customers, suppliers, and affiliated CPP sites on metallurgical matters.

Essential Job Functions/Duties:

• Serve as the site's primary technical authority on superalloy metallurgy, alloy development, chemistry control, and specialty melting processes.
• Lead, develop, and manage the Engineering team by establishing priorities, setting performance expectations, providing coaching and mentorship, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for alloy targeting, specification development, trace element management, raw material/revert utilization, consumables definition, and melting and processing activites to ensure compliance with all customer and internal requirements.
• Partner and provide central technical leadership to each of the CPP casting sites, working to optimize SMM’s processes and products to achieve industry-leading performance and yield for castings made from SMM alloy
• Lead a culture of cleanliness, precision, and process control across all aspects of SMM engineering and operations
• Direct and support all technical aspects of Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM), including process optimization, heat reviews, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues impacting product quality and furnace performance.
• Lead metallurgical investigations and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) activities related to process deviations, product quality concerns, and alloy performance issues, from discovery through validation of results.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance yield, process capability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Identify, evaluate and implement new technologies, equipment, and processing methods that improve operational performance and product quality.
• Provide technical oversight for raw material qualification, supplier development, and disposition activities related to raw materials and revert inventories.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison for customers, supporting specification reviews, contract reviews, audits, quality concerns, and metallurgical inquiries.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Purchasing, Maintenance, and Commercial teams to align technical initiatives with business objectives and customer requirements.
• Lead technical meetings and provide mentorship and training to enhance metallurgical knowledge and process understanding across the organization.
• Support capital projects, new process development, and strategic initiatives through the application of sound metallurgical principles and technical expertise.
• Promote compliance with all safety, quality, regulatory, and company policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
• Ability to work at the Chittenango facility

• Engineering team performance, development, and retention.
• Balanced achievement of operational efficiency, external product performance,…