Process Engineer - Flat Rolled Products

Description

Process Engineer – Flat Rolled Products

Euclid, Ohio | $90,000–$115,000/year | Full-Time | Onsite

Improve the Process Behind High-Performance Metals.

Producing thin-gauge refractory metal sheet and foil requires precise control of materials, equipment, and manufacturing processes.

Elmet Technologies is hiring a Process Engineer – Flat Rolled Products for our Euclid, Ohio facility to develop, oversee, and improve the manufacturing processes used to produce flat-rolled molybdenum, tungsten, and toll-processed products.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll work directly with Manufacturing and Quality to solve production problems, improve process capability and material yield, develop new products and processes, and ensure our manufacturing methods consistently meet demanding customer requirements.

If you’re an engineer who likes being close to manufacturing and seeing the results of your work on the production floor, this is an opportunity to make a measurable impact.

What’s In It for You

Elmet offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to build your expertise in advanced materials manufacturing.

• $90,000–$115,000 annual salary
• Benefits starting Day One
• Three medical plan options
• Dental and vision coverage
• Company-paid life insurance
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability
• 4% company match on retirement savings
• Paid time off
• Paid company holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Professional development opportunities
• Internal career growth

What You’ll Do

As a Process Engineer, you’ll take responsibility for developing, documenting, controlling, and improving manufacturing processes associated with thin-gauge refractory metal sheet and foil. You’ll:

• Develop, document, and oversee manufacturing processes for flat-rolled molybdenum, tungsten, and toll-processing products
• Develop and maintain OPCs, BOMs, routings, and detailed manufacturing instructions
• Make sure documented processes accurately reflect actual production practices
• Partner with Manufacturing and Quality to ensure quality, safety, and workmanship standards are met or exceeded
• Analyze manufacturing processes to identify opportunities to improve capability, consistency, and material yield
• Develop and implement new manufacturing processes and methods
• Evaluate and introduce new equipment and tooling
• Support the development and introduction of new products
• Work directly with employees on the manufacturing floor to troubleshoot and resolve process problems
• Provide technical support to customers to define product and process requirements
• Help troubleshoot existing customer materials and applications
• Partner with Quality Control and Quality Assurance to investigate nonconforming material
• Support the resolution of customer complaints
• Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions
• Perform FMEA and other analyses in support of quality and process-improvement initiatives
• Ensure manufacturing processes support both customer requirements and appropriate product costing

Requirements

You Could Be a Great Fit!

This role requires an engineering foundation combined with relevant manufacturing experience. You could be a strong fit if you have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related discipline
• 3–5 years of experience in flat rolling or a closely related manufacturing environment
• Experience developing, documenting, or improving manufacturing processes
• Working knowledge of MRP/ERP planning systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
• The ability to communicate technical information clearly, both verbally and in writing
• The ability to work independently while collaborating closely with Manufacturing and Quality
• A willingness to spend time on the manufacturing floor understanding processes and solving problems at the source
• A results-oriented approach and the initiative to move improvements forward

Additional Tools in Your Toolbox

Experience in any of these areas can help you hit the ground running:

• Flat rolling
• Refractory metals
• Molybdenum or tungsten processing
• Thin-gauge sheet or foil manufacturing
• Hot working of metals
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Lean Manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• FMEA
• Corrective and preventive action
• Process capability analysis
• Material yield improvement
• New equipment or tooling implementation
• New product introduction

Experience with SPC, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and hot working of metal products is preferred rather than required.

What Success Looks Like

Successful Process Engineers make manufacturing processes easier to understand, control, and improve. You’ll know you’re succeeding when:

• Manufacturing documentation accurately reflects what happens on the production floor
• OPCs, BOMs, routings, and work instructions are accurate and usable
• Manufacturing processes consistently meet customer requirements
• Process capability and material yields improve
• Production problems are investigated and resolved instead of repeatedly worked around
• Quality issues and nonconforming material are addressed systematically
• Corrective actions address underlying causes
• New equipment, tooling, and processes transition successfully into production
• New products can be manufactured consistently and efficiently
• Manufacturing and Quality see Engineering as a practical partner in solving problems
• Customers receive knowledgeable technical support when process or material questions arise

Engineering That Happens on the Manufacturing Floor

This isn’t a role where process engineering happens entirely behind a computer. When a process isn’t performing as expected, you’ll work directly with the people running it. You’ll review the data, understand what is happening to the material, identify potential causes, and determine what needs to change.

That could mean modifying a process, improving tooling, revising manufacturing instructions, investigating a quality problem, evaluating new equipment, or determining why material yield isn’t where it should be. The goal is to understand the process well enough to make it more capable, consistent, and efficient.

Develop Expertise in Flat-Rolled Refractory Metals

Elmet specializes in high-performance materials including tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, and niobium . At Euclid, this role focuses specifically on the manufacturing processes associated with thin-gauge refractory metal sheet and foil .

That gives you the opportunity to deepen your expertise in flat rolling and advanced materials while building broader experience across process engineering, metallurgy, quality, equipment, tooling, and continuous improvement.

Build Products That Perform Where It Matters

Elmet Technologies is a U.S.-based manufacturer of precision-engineered products serving demanding industries including aerospace, defense, semiconductor, and energy . Our Euclid operation combines specialized materials with advanced manufacturing processes to produce products where consistency, quality, and performance matter.

As a Process Engineer, your work will directly influence how those products are manufactured, how effectively our processes perform, and how we continue improving them.

Ready to Make the Process Better?

If you have experience in flat rolling or metals manufacturing and want to solve real production problems in a hands-on engineering environment, we’d like to hear from you.

Apply today and help advance manufacturing at Elmet Technologies.

Search Process Note

The Elmet Group is managing this search directly and is not accepting submissions from outside recruitment firms.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Elmet Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a proud federal contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.