Senior Laboratory Technician

at  Howmet Aerospace

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• The key activities outlined below represent an overview only of the position of Senior Laboratory Technician based on site at the Leicester Plant and should not be seen as a prescriptive list of activities. A flexible and responsive approach to this role is vital, together with the initiative in identifying and focusing on the needs of the business and its customers.
• Reporting to the Quality Manager, the role is responsible to ensure evolution and performance of a fast paced metallurgical laboratory function, manage certification for MTL (and potentially NDT) to Nadcap and EN9100 requirements. Key duties are to manage the laboratory in terms of cost, consumption, qualification, calibration and performance/training of laboratory employees.
• Experience of Metallurgy, Mechanical property testing, Heat treatment effects and microstructural analysis is required.
• Attention to detail is paramount and the interpretation of technical specifications in relation to the processing of exotic alloy (e.g. Nimonics) necessary
• Supervision of Lab staff trained in the testing by means of Vickers and Rockwell hardness, Tensile Testing, Shear Testing, Fatigue testing, Stress Durability testing and basic optical metallography (especially with relation to Hot and Cold forging and associated heat treatment).
• Exposure to coating, electrochemical/corrosion properties, and Aerospace standards would be a distinct advantage.
• Experience of working within the confines of Nadcap requirements is also expected.
• Working in a busy laboratory assisting hands on with day to day issues for demanding customer deadlines e.g. P&W, RR, GE etc.
• Knowledge and Gravitas of personality to make decisions based on sound logic.
• Some basic report writing and numerical calculations will be required.