With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability - not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Position Summary:

Formulate slurries and other materials, conduct and record required tests, and make adjustments allowed within established procedures to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing with the best possible production yields.

Essential functions:

• Keep manufacturing supplied with required approved slurries and other materials at all times.
• Formulate, maintain, test, and record/enter data for slurries at defined intervals as required by written procedures.
• Formulate, adjust, test, and record/enter data for other materials including but not limited to binders, spray wax, LP catalyst, blue dye, and impreg.
• Conduct required housekeeping activities for slurry related equipment including but not limited to slurry tanks, the slurry "room", mixing blades, test equipment, tabletops, scales, and the scrap slurry area.
• Assist in other injection related activities such as ejector pin cleaning and injection of test bars.
• Communicate the status of materials and tests with manufacturing, engineering, and quality as required.
• Cross train for Lab Technician responsibilities which includes:

• Sample collection, preparation, and testing on core materials and test bars (including XRD, MOR, SAG, dilatometry, others) for production and engineering trials as required.
• Meeting daily commits for the heat treat process
• Calibration of process control equipment such as hydrometers and thermometers
• Recording/entering of test results
• Communication of issues with manufacturing, engineering, and quality as required.
• Conducting process audits as needed.

Required Skills:

• Must be detail oriented and well organized.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Must be self-directed to plan and conduct required activities with minimal supervision.
• Must have good interpersonal skills for daily interactions with manufacturing, engineering, and quality employees.
• Must have adequate computer skills to enter data into Microsoft Excel and CQCS.

Experience & Education

• High school education is preferred
• Manufacturing processing, laboratory, or in-process manufacturing testing