Plant Metallurgist

Kaiser Aluminum is known around the world for its superior quality. Our secret is what we put into it—innovative thinking, industry-leading reliability, and a world-class commitment to customer service. In short, the same qualities we look for in our people. We are looking for a Quality Engineer to join Kaiser Aluminum in Los Angeles at our aluminum casting and extrusion plant

Base salary $85,000 to $110,000 commensurate with experience.

What you will work on:

• Work in cross-functional teams to support plant business goals and objectives.
• Provide technical support to production, engineering, and sales and marketing groups.
• Investigate and resolve non-conforming material and customer complaints.
• Support plant quality initiatives and industry standards compliance through active participation in the plant quality strategy.
• Develop processes to maximize capacity utilization, minimize cost and provide statistically sound product performance.
• Maintain manufacturing practices and procedures to optimize product quality/performance.
• Perform internal procedural audits in accordance with ISO standards
• Develop, document, and provide training of standard work.
• Develop, plan, and implement process or product improvement projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Support plant safety initiatives through active involvement in the safety process.
• Lead and/or contribute to continuous improvement and six sigma project teams.
• Document all work and write technical reports.
• Supervise three (3) hourly Technicians.

What you will bring to the position:

• An undergraduate degree in Metallurgy or Material Science or related field is required.
• Proven ability to work in a low supervision environment while successfully meeting goals.
• Experience in aluminum casting or other molten metal environment a plus
• Experience managing technical projects/initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent analytical skills (statistical data analysis experience is a plus).
• Strong PC skills, including Windows, Word, Excel, various data collection and analysis packages.
• Self-sufficiency in data acquisition, analysis, and report writing.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to work in teams.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience or classwork with Six Sigma a plus.
• Approximately 40% of the job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. 60% of the job function is required in the plant. There is exposure to operating machinery and a manufacturing environment.

No third-party candidate submissions are being accepted at this time for this opening.

About Kaiser Aluminum: Talent people join our team because we are a company passionate about environmental sustainability, employee growth, contributing back to our communities and championing a diverse and inclusive culture. We are strongly committed to expanding inclusion, equity and diversity- how we hire, develop and inspire our diverse team members that reflects and relates to the increasingly multicultural community.