Head of Alloy Development, Recycling and Casting Technical Expert (m/f/d)

Challenges that will make you grow

• Disciplinary role leading a team of between 12-15 people, mainly scientist and including also some technical experts.
• Main goals of the department are:
  • to develop new aluminium alloy solutions, that allow for a high recycling content. Need to align with the process optimization team to design specific processes, for those alloys, and support widening the alloy specification.
  • developing and implementing melt purification techniques, to allow to buy dirtier scraps.
  • Scrap management within our production and advising plants on how to evaluate and handle scrap to optimise recovery.
  • Support the production process with technical advice in melting and casting.
  • Develop and support industrialization of technologies that use alternative green energies.
• Assessing project feasibility and ensuring that the outcome aligns to the main business needs and strategy. Managing interface and working in alignment with the Business Unit Heads and management teams.
• Lead key projects that support business goals, prioritizing to deliver on key projects that support the highest valued delivered to the company.
• Overseeing delivery of high quality research and ensuring the work makes the expected impact in the organization.
• Connect the scientific work with the individual business areas and production at Speira.
• Coaching and helping your team incl. develop the skills of the team.

Qualifications that will get you ahead

• Degree (preferably with a PHD) in the field of materials and materials science, preferably with a focus on metallic materials.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in management or leading position ideally related to the topic of alloy development.
• Ability to develop people, process and strategies and communicate depending on the stakeholder.
• Project management and communication skills.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills would be valued knowledge in statistical data evaluation.
• Very good knowledge of the metallurgy of aluminum and aluminum alloys: microstructure, alloying additions and mechanical properties and link between them.
• Knowledge on processing and the process chain of aluminum rolled products, mainly on casting and melting processes.
• Communicative and motivated and enjoy working in interdisciplinary teams.
• Very good knowledge of German and English rounds off your profile; any other language is advantageous.

Our Benefits

• Attractive compensation package
• Excellent further training opportunities
• Respectful and collegial corporate culture
• Sports & and health promotion (e.g. Urban Sports)
• Work-life balance
• Canteen
• Company pension plan and pension plan according to collective agreement
• Corporate Benefits portal with many discounts
• Subsidized Jobticket
• Access to the Handelshof in Düsseldorf and HH-Harburg
• Job Bike