Metallurgical Engineering Technician

Metallurgical Engineering Technician

About PROENERGY

PROENERGY is an engineering, R&D, and manufacturing powerhouse. The company addresses every need for fast-start power generation: turbine and package manufacturing, turnkey project execution, power purchase agreements, and asset lifecycle care for turbines and plants. Where others see impossible energy challenges, PROENERGY provides innovative aeroderivative solutions.

Our Footprint

PROENERGY delivers fast-start, dispatchable power solutions from worldwide centers for aeroderivative excellence. We are investing more than $1 billion through 2028 in infrastructure to serve our customers.

In Sedalia, Missouri, our 600,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Manufacturing—a world-class investment in fast-start power and the only campus of its kind in the world—is growing by 40 percent.

In Houston, Texas, our 500,000 sq ft Center for Excellence in Lifecycle Care features a Level-IV depot and aero repair facility, which executes comprehensive services for aeroderivative engines under one roof.

In Kansas City, we have an office with an Engineering team that supports our sought-after solutions for turnkey projects and contracted power.

And our worldwide service centers ensure local service expertise near our customers. Our expanding service footprint includes Phoenix, Buenos Aires, New Brunswick, and additional locations in Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia.

Our Philosophy

We take care of our people and strive to make a positive difference for the world. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life/Disability Insurance at minimal cost to the employee, 10 paid holidays, paid time off, and a 401K plan. If you are looking for a rewarding career and possess specialized knowledge and quality-oriented problem-solving skills, we encourage you to apply today.

Position Summary

We are seeking to hire an entry-level Metallurgical Engineering Technician. As a Metallurgical Engineering Technician you will be responsible for product engineering, resolving metallurgical issues, dealing with quality and production issues they arise, and development of improvements to existing processes. This position will interact with customers from time to time but will mainly be focused on understanding and working with engineering specifications and process improvements. A successful Metallurgical Engineering Technician will quickly grasp production processes and business culture and possess a continuous improvement mindset.

Reports To: Director Engineering

Work Location: 6401 North Eldridge Pkwy, Houston, TX 77041

Position Responsibilities

- Ensure Health, safety, & environmental (HS&E) regulatory and policy compliance.

- Lead and supervise materials processing operations and research involving powder processing, sintering,diffusion bonding, forming, heat treating (air, inert, and vacuum), machining (turning, milling, grinding,electrical discharge, and sawing), cleaning, assembly, welding (laser, electron beam, and resistance),inspecting (dimensional, ultrasonic, visual, metallographic, etc.) as well as melting (electron beam, inert-gas arc, and vacuum arc remelt), casting, extrusion, rolling, and forging

- Maintain, develop, and optimize process procedures for established, new, or modifiedmaterials/components

- Supervise or coordinate training and certification of production personnel

- Ensure materials/components are produced to design requirements (drawing, specifications, andprocedures)

- Perform and report statistical trend analyses of critical product attributes

- Interact well with craft supervisors/personnel for equipment/system repairs and compliance with E, S, H,and Q requirements to ensure integrity of activities.

- Application of new make manufacturing and repair service operations processes and material flow to shopfloor operations, both part specific and overall, in support of operations Quality, Cost, Delivery andResponsiveness (QCDR) key performance indicators.

- Facility capabilities, capacity and effective resource utilization matched to the business demands.

- Participate in the development of the operation’s strategy for new make and repair components.

- Assess and specify machine tools for both planned and existing manufactured and repaired components.

- Identify process variations and develop new efficient methods for manufacture and/or repair.

Required Qualifications

- Demonstrated Experience with some manufacturing processes such as powder processing, sintering,melting (inert-gas arc, and vacuum arc remelt), heat treating, cleaning, machining, joining (laser,resistance welding) and inspecting (dimensional, ultrasonic, visual, metallographic), characterization,testing, and analytical techniques associated with fabricating refractory and high temperature metals andalloys

- Must read, write and speak fluent English.

- US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa.

- Successful candidate will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Desired Qualifications

- 5+ years experience preferred

- Knowledge of mechanical equipment, mechanical design, and/or instrumentation and controls

- Effective organizational, analytical, interpersonal, written, and oral skills.

- Understanding the functions and critical to quality (CTQs) characteristics of gas turbine components ispreferred.

- Digital and traditional dimensional inspection methods is a plus.

- Technical competence including understanding software, hardware, networks, etc.

It is PROENERGY’s policy to provide equal opportunity in employment to all its employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, national origin, marital status, ancestry, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law