Senior Process Metallurgist (Cast Iron Manufacturing)

Location: Onsite in Woodstock, Illinois, United States; travel up to 10%.

Annual salary: $100,000–$125,000.

Company

Charter Casting supplies precision-engineered iron solutions, including large complex iron castings and continuously cast iron bar.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for melt, laboratory, and continuous casting operations.
• Develop melt recipes, metallurgical standards, process instructions, and product-release requirements.
• Optimize melting and casting processes, including tooling, cooling, refractory systems, molten-metal handling, and critical process variables.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing and quality issues, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Analyze manufacturing and laboratory data to improve yield, process capability, quality, and cost.
• Support new-product development, capital projects, supplier qualification, MES improvements, and customer-facing technical work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline.
• Five or more years of experience in metallurgical, materials, manufacturing, or process engineering.
• Strong knowledge of metallurgy, materials science, cast iron manufacturing, process control, and data analysis.
• Experience solving complex technical problems, leading cross-functional projects, and applying root-cause analysis and continuous-improvement methods.
• Experience with SolidWorks or willingness to learn, Microsoft Office, and manufacturing data-analysis tools.
• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; employment visa sponsorship is not available.

Nice to have

• Experience with induction melting, gray and ductile cast iron, and continuous casting operations.
• Experience with metallurgical laboratory equipment, defect and failure analysis, or customer-facing technical support.
• Experience with MES, ERP, Oracle ERP, ISO or quality management systems, Lean Manufacturing, or Six Sigma.
• Master’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Engineering, or Operations Management.
• Experience supporting capital improvement projects and developing new products or manufacturing technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role in a fourth-generation family-owned manufacturing business.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer matching and profit sharing.
• Company-paid life insurance, disability coverage, and paid time off.
• Onsite work environment focused on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.