Technical Director

Job overview

Technical Director This is an onsite, full-time position in Vernon, NY, with a salary range of $170,000-$220,000. Superior Metals Manufacturing is a leading producer of highly engineered components. This role serves as the site's senior metallurgical leader and technical authority for all specialty alloy production activities, providing strategic and operational leadership for alloy design, chemistry control, and process optimization.

What you'll do

• Serve as the site's primary technical authority on superalloy metallurgy, alloy development, chemistry control, and specialty melting processes.
• Lead, develop, and manage the Engineering team by establishing priorities, setting performance expectations, providing coaching and mentorship, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for alloy targeting, specification development, trace element management, raw material/revert utilization, consumables definition, and melting and processing activites to ensure compliance with all customer and internal requirements.
• Partner and provide central technical leadership to each of the CPP casting sites, working to optimize SMM’s processes and products to achieve industry-leading performance and yield for castings made from SMM alloy
• Lead a culture of cleanliness, precision, and process control across all aspects of SMM engineering and operations Direct and support all technical aspects of Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM), including process optimization, heat reviews, troubleshooting, and resolution of issues impacting product quality and furnace performance.
• Lead metallurgical investigations and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) activities related to process deviations, product quality concerns, and alloy performance issues, from discovery through validation of results.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance yield, process capability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Identify, evaluate and implement new technologies, equipment, and processing methods that improve operational performance and product quality.
• Provide technical oversight for raw material qualification, supplier development, and disposition activities related to raw materials and revert inventories.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison for customers, supporting specification reviews, contract reviews, audits, quality concerns, and metallurgical inquiries.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Purchasing, Maintenance, and Commercial teams to align technical initiatives with business objectives and customer requirements.
• Lead technical meetings and provide mentorship and training to enhance metallurgical knowledge and process understanding across the organization.
• Support capital projects, new process development, and strategic initiatives through the application of sound metallurgical principles and technical expertise.
• Promote compliance with all safety, quality, regulatory, and company policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
• Ability to work at the Chittenango facility

What we're looking for

Education

Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, or a related field.

Experience

10+ years of progressively responsible experience in specialty metals, superalloys, vacuum melting, or related metallurgical manufacturing environments. Demonstrated expertise with nickel-based superalloys and specialty alloy systems. Significant experience supporting Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) operations required. Experience leading technical investigations, RCCA activities, and process improvement initiatives. Six Sigma Black Belt certification or equivalent strongly preferred. Previous leadership experience preferred.

Skills & competencies

technical director

superior metals manufacturing

vernon ny

full-time

management

metallurgy

engineering

superalloys

vacuum induction melting

process optimization

quality

manufacturing

Work arrangement

• Visa sponsorship: No

Benefits & perks

• health, dental, and vison insurance, retirement plans, bonuses

About the employer

Superior Metals Manufacturing is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing. Sector: 32.