Metallurgist

Independent Forgings and Alloys Ltd are looking to recruit an experienced Metallurgist. Over the last few years we have invested in the business and have successfully doubled our turnover. We are looking to continue this growth and are looking to grow our established technical team to help the business continue our growth and success.

Main Purpose of the Role

• Working on a range of metallurgical issues with a wide range of materials including Titanium, Nickel and Iron based Alloys
• Manage, monitor, and proactively advise on hot material conversion.
• Design and prepare production routes, and check prepare and final drafts of works route cards.
• Prepare methods of manufacture.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers.
• Investigate non-conformance, working with Production and Quality teams.
• Develop technical expertise to enable optimisation of product and process capabilities and cost reduction activities.

Qualifications / Certifications

• Educated to degree level in Metallurgy, Materials Technology or similar,
• Knowledge of metal procedures and thermomechanical processes would be beneficial,
• A strong background working in Aerospace, Power Generation or Nuclear sectors
• Experience of working with titanium, nickel and iron-based alloys.
• A team player with great organisational, communication and problem-solving skills.

About Independent Forgings

Independent Forgings and Alloys (IFA) is one of Britain's leading independent aerospace and industrial forgers. The unique feature about IFA is the combination of open and closed-die forging while also undertaking the whole production process from raw material to the finished product in one location. Operating from a ft2 facility in Sheffield, we manufacture high-integrity, open-die and closed-die forged components in nickel alloy, titanium, stainless steel and carbon alloys for customers and tier-one suppliers within the aerospace, nuclear, power generation, marine as well as oil and gas sector.

Why work for us?

At IFA we pride ourselves on being a great place to work. As one of the UK's leading forge manufacturing company we want to ensure that we attract, motivate and retain the best people who can deliver the best service to the company and our customers.

We offer you:

• Holidays - you will have 33 days holiday, including bank holidays.
• Pension scheme - IFA wants to provide its employees a good foundation for the life after work and hence offers a 5% contribution.
• Bonus scheme - this is linked to team and company performance.
• Westfield cash plan - IFA provides level 1 health cash plan which comes along with numerous discounts and special offers, including gym discounts, online, high street and grocery retailers and many more.
• Wellhub - access to various fitness apps and gyms in the local area.
• Free work wear and PPE.
• Development - we offer genuine development opportunities to progress your career.