Weld Engineer

Seeking an engineer to help support our growing Aerospace manufacturing facility as technical weld expert. Ideal candidate will partner with operations, process engineering and others to improve welding and related manufacturing processes.

What You'll Be Doing: Develop welding techniques, procedures, and application of welding equipment or problems involving fabrication of ferrous and non-ferrous metals with a focus on Titanium 6-4. Utilize knowledge of production specifications, properties and characteristics of metals and metal alloys, and engineering principles. Conduct and assist with research and development in this field. Develop and test new fabrication processes and procedures, improves existing or new welding equipment. Develop new or advanced welding methods, techniques, and procedures, to substantiate created hypothesis. Prepare technical reports as result of research and development and preventive maintenance investigations. Establish welding procedures to guide production and welding personnel relating to specification restrictions, material processes, pre and post-heating requirements which involve use of complex alloys, unusual fabrication methods, welding of critical joints, and complex post heating requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. See attached job description for full more details.

• Study production floor weld issues. Conduct root cause analysis and implements effective countermeasures as appropriate. Create quality and repair procedures for nonconforming product as required.
• Responsible for training other technical personnel in use of equipment and supports daily production needs. Directs and coordinates technical personnel in performing inspections to ensure workers' compliance with established welding procedures, restrictions, and standards; in testing welds for conformance with national code requirements; or testing welding personnel for certification.
• Evaluates new developments in welding field for possible application to current welding problems and production processes.
• May perform experimental welding to evaluate equipment, techniques, and materials.

Laser welding of Titanium (BAC 5975, BAC 5686). Understanding of specific inspection methods. Penetrate (BAC 5423), Ultrasonic (BAC 5439). Radiography (BAC 7041) and trouble shoot process concerns

• Maintain certification in Associate Welding Inspector with bi-annual progression to certification in Welding Inspector level.
• Research, justify and implement new processes and equipment. Obtain bids, evaluate bids, and make purchase recommendations.
• Manage the coordination, implementation and standardization of manufacturing process improvements. Perform work measurement studies, including time studies, process capability studies and uptime studies to meet pre-determined goals prior to formal handoff of project to manufacturing.
• At the time of tool tryout, understands workability of tools with the purpose of improving knowledge of design and helping tryout and design.

Schedule: This position is onsite role; overtime-exempt and will primarily workeight or more hours per day, five days per week based on business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Welding, Applied Optics)

• One year experience in weld engineering or related technical position
• CWI or ability to obtain CWI within one year
• Strong ability to work in a team environment and handle multiple priorities

• Computer skills - MS Office with strong Excel spreadsheet. Knowledge of MS Project, Outlook, PowerPoint, AutoCAD and ability to learn new software options.
• US Person as defined by ITAR / EAR

Preferred:

• Experience with laser welding process, including Titanium and Aluminum experience
• SCWI Certification
• Technical aerospace experience

Who We Are:

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation, or RFC as we call it, supplies custom roll formed metal components into several industries including Aerospace, Construction, Material Handling, Off-Highway, Office Furniture, Solar and Transportation. In 2000, Roll Forming Corporation was acquired by globally leading technology group voestalpine AG and became part of the Metal Forming, Tubes and Sections division. Today, voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation has seven production facilities across three states with five facilities and headquarters located in Shelby County, Kentucky and one facility each in Pennsylvania and Indiana.

What We Offer You

• Several great benefit plans, including multiple health insurance options, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability coverage, health-saving accounts, or flexible spending account
• Paid time off the first year including vacation, personal and sick time
• 401K or 401K Roth up to 6% Match
• Quarterly Profit-Sharing Bonus
• Apprenticeship programs & tuition reimbursement opportunities
• Leadership training opportunities
• TogetherWeCare, a philanthropic volunteer program that allows employees to support their community while on company time
• Countdown to Zero, a global environmental impact initiative that strives to make our work environments more efficient and environmentally friendly

Learn more at www.rfcorp.com/careers/life-at-rfc

voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation is an At Will employer. Employment will be at-will, which means that either the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without prior notice, and with or without cause.

Roll Forming Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, and any other federal, state, or locally protected classifications.

Please contact us at RFC.HR@voestalpine.com if you require any alternate application form or accommodation during our hiring process due to disability.

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