Metallurgist

  • Reed Specialist Recruitment
  • City, Sheffield
  • Feb 26, 2026
Full time Engineering

Job Description

Metallurgist

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • Lead projects to improve product quality and/or decrease cost (eg. Yield, Right First Time).
  • Interface with customers on defining technical requirements and resolving customer problems.
  • Work closely with operations to resolve internal technical problems.
  • Working with Operations to ensure all relevant documentation for current products are updated to the required standard.
  • Establish and monitor KPIs for key process operations.
  • Development and introduction of new products.
  • Operate in line with the company's culture of quality and safety every day.
  • Mentor technical graduates and placements students as applicable.
  • Travelling at home and abroad may be required to support customers and witness sub-contract activities.

Skills, Experience & Qualification

Minimum Requirements:

  • Batchelor's Degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science or equivalent.
  • A minimum of 2-3 years' experience in a relevant industrial environment with demonstrable experience within the aerospace, oil and gas or power generation sector.
  • A solid understanding of the physical metallurgy of steel and nickel-based alloys.
  • Demonstrable experience of OEM customer quality systems.
  • Knowledge and application of improvement tools and techniques - RCCA, problem solving, error proofing, RAA, SPC.
  • A flexible approach to working hours is occasionally required to support onsite customer visits and quality audits.