tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84956282484253055342024-03-14T03:34:49.871-07:00Metallurgical Engineering JobsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-79794691093021946202010-07-10T08:57:00.000-07:002010-07-10T08:58:56.936-07:00Metallurgical engineering recruiting jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;">As we had mentioned in an earlier post, in order to be successful in locating and landing <!--google_ad_section_start-->metallurgical engineering jobs, you need to be creative and use all your imagination to find opportunities in places that others simply ignored. And hopefully this article gives you one more place that you can look into and that is to consider metallurgical engineering recruiting jobs yourself, whereby you try to place other metallurgists that are looking for employment by matching them up with companies that are looking to find metallurgical engineers with the appropriate experience.<br /><br />Unlike other situations, the prerequisite for metallurgical engineering recruiting jobs is to have a general idea of the entire field rather than specialization in any one aspect. This is because companies that are trying to recruit metallurgists for their organizations come in all kinds of specialties. For instance, you may deal with a metal castings company one day which is looking for a foundry metallurgist and then the very next day you may deal with a company that is looking to fill the position of a welding metallurgist. Thus, you will need to have a general understanding of all of the metallurgical processes as well as some general engineering and manufacturing concepts such as just in time techniques, statistical process control, technical writing and so on.<br /><br />Metallurgical engineering recruiting jobs almost always have been steady without peaks and valleys in demand. The reason is that in a bad economy, more candidates are looking for positions and in a good economy more companies are looking for candidates. So in either case, you end up reaping the benefits of your efforts, whether the economy is good or the economy is bad. <!--google_ad_section_end-->The key in becoming successful is that you need to have good peoples skills and be willing to listen to your customers which are companies on one hand and candidates on the other.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-32043986342599151732010-06-12T08:25:00.000-07:002010-06-12T08:27:45.467-07:00Metallurgical engineering consultant jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;">Generally <!--google_ad_section_start-->metallurgical engineering consultant jobs are not jobs that you find in the traditional sense of the word. Usually, independent metallurgists and independent metallurgical engineering consultant jobs fall into the self employment category wherein you provide services to your clients with the expert knowledge that you have gained over several years of your own technical experience. Of course there have been some consultants who started their own ventures and then became so busy that they started hiring metallurgists to help them with their work and so you might end up getting a job as a metallurgist working for one of these highly successful independent metallurgical engineering consultants.<br /><br />As is generally implied or expected, the greatest asset that an independent metallurgist brings to the table is his or her experience in the field that usually extends to several years even decades. Metallurgical engineering consultants get jobs from other companies who do not have the financial resources to have a full time metallurgist on staff and bump into issues off and on where the knowledge and services of a metallurgist are needed and they then turn to these smaller firms for help and support.<br /><br />You might want to consider becoming an independent metallurgist yourself. As mentioned, this requires developing an in depth knowledge of your specific field and develop a network of personnel in related fields where your experience may not be that deep, but whose knowledge you can withdraw upon to complete the job at hand. For example if you are an expert fracture mechanics metallurgist and a job comes to you that is a ferrous foundry application, you may want to sub-contract the key ingredients of the job to another independent metallurgical engineering consultant who specializes in casting jobs.<br /><br />Independent metallurgical engineering consultant jobs can pay extremely well, but the <!--google_ad_section_end-->key is to line up several assignments time and time again, so your billable hours are always on the high side and you don’t run out of them, because if you do, there will be lack of revenue.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-46438132656465736992009-06-16T13:00:00.001-07:002009-06-16T13:02:40.437-07:00Metallurgical engineering technical writing jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->Metallurgical engineering graduates looking for jobs need to have an open mind and not limit themselves only to positions that are commonly heard of and blatantly popular. Sometimes thinking outside the box is needed in order to land superb metallurgical engineering jobs in fields and areas that others have not thought of and put your specialized training to practical use. Such positions usually offer the most remuneration and it is your creativity that can open up new doors. In this article, we will address one such opportunity, namely metallurgical engineering technical writing jobs.<br /><br />Many industries have a need for some one to write up technical process sheets and technical bulletins dealing with specific requirements for alloy design, chemistry control, materials quality control procedures, corrective actions for quality issues, materials specifications and many such internal documents. Companies that are in the cutting edge of research and development are also in need of people that can take a set of experimental data and convert it to a research publication paper format. Marketing departments of various metallurgical companies are in need of people that can write technical articles in various industry magazines with a slant on selling their products.<br /><br />Such situations really call for the presence of someone who is metallurgically well trained, but is also well versed in language and communication. If you have a good command over language and can convert sophisticated technical jargon into easily understandable documentation, then metallurgical engineering technical writing jobs are something you ought to take a look at. Take up a few courses in technical writing and communication; you can take on some internships at industry publishing houses and may be even start a blog where you can show off your technical writing skills in order to land the perfect metallurgical engineering technical writing job. <!--google_ad_section_end--><br /><br />Such jobs are usually in a clean working environment and can provide fairly good salaries and benefits. But as we have discussed above, sometimes looking at places that others have not looked at may be the best way to locate new opportunities.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-19503266731658799782009-06-11T12:46:00.001-07:002009-06-11T12:48:39.330-07:00Powder metallurgy jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->Metallurgical engineering graduates can find excellent employment opportunities in the field of powder metallurgy. Powder metallurgy jobs are becoming increasingly plentiful because more and more industrial components are being manufactured to near net shapes. Such near net shape processing not only reduces component manufacturing costs, it also enables the manufacture of component with exotic alloy chemistries. Powder metallurgy jobs therefore pay quite well and usually provide a challenging environment to engineers.<br /><br />In order to successfully land the perfect powder metallurgy job and keep yourself ahead of your competition, you will have to familiarize yourself with powder manufacturing techniques such as atomization methods, etc, powder classification and sieving techniques, particle morphologies and morphological testing methods, and above all be well knowledgeable in sintering technologies. If you have not yet graduated, it behooves you to take some courses in powder metallurgy and may be take on some paid or unpaid internship at some related companies in order to be successful in obtaining high paying powder metallurgy jobs.<br /><br />Powder metallurgy jobs that pay the most are generally relegated to the research and development departments. In such cases, you will be developing new and improved powder manufacturing techniques, better control of powder quality, reducing sintering defects, create new alloy powders, writing powder specifications and potentially develop new powder metallurgy applications.<!--google_ad_section_end--><br /><br />Bachelors degrees are usually sufficient for these positions. Advanced or post graduate education and training is advisable but not needed generally speaking. Of course any publications or industry research papers that you have authored or co-authored will be of great help.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-58361972172516552232009-06-06T16:26:00.001-07:002009-06-06T16:27:46.177-07:00Metallurgical engineering jobs with a law degree<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->If you are interested in making a tremendous income with your metallurgical engineering degree then a follow on degree in law can lay the foundation for an exciting set of jobs. This combination of a law degree after a metallurgical engineering degree can open the door to some very well paying jobs as we will address in this post.<br /><br />Every year many many law suits are filed in courts all over the world, wherein a manufacturer of a product is litigated for use of sub-standard materials or a sub-contractor is sued for improper manufacture of a component from a materials stand-point or improper alloy design of a high stress component and so on. When these battles reach the courts, companies look to legal firms that have had metallurgists on their staff to successfully represent them. And such legal firms can be a source of jobs for metallurgical engineering graduates that have had a follow on law degree. It is quite simple. If you were operating a law firm specializing in representing such product liability cases, wouldn’t you give jobs to metallurgical engineers with law degrees and make them a part of your team?<br /><br />Another source of jobs for metallurgical engineering graduates with subsequent law degrees is in firms specializing in failure analysis. Failure analysis jobs pay quite well and in these cases, metallurgists have to analyze and provide a report on why a certain component failed basing their findings on metallography, tensile testing and other metallurgical tools. Failure analysis firms are always looking for metallurgists and with a law degree attached, you will have a better edge over competing candidates vying for the same job.<br /><br />Metallurgical engineering graduates with law degrees <!--google_ad_section_end-->can also find jobs in law firms dealing with patent and intellectual property law. These jobs pay quite well and the work environment is usually excellent. Plus you wont be dealing with criminal cases dealing with homicides or divorce cases or mundane real estate cases; rather you will be dealing with high profile intellectually challenging situations.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-64379828254562460272009-06-05T11:28:00.000-07:002009-06-05T11:31:28.727-07:00Thermal spray metallurgical engineering jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->The thermal spray coatings industry provides exciting job opportunities for metallurgical engineering graduates who are interesting in pursuing a career away from the classical fields of foundry, joining and heat treating. Metallurgists interested in pursuing a profession dealing with rapid solidification processing should consider jobs in the thermal spray coatings industry. Geographically speaking, metallurgical engineering jobs in the thermal spray industry are pretty much global nowadays with opportunities both in developed countries and developing countries.<br /><br />In order to launch a successful job search campaign in the thermal spray industry, one needs to brush up and develop additional knowledgebase in the areas of powder metallurgy, rapid solidification, surface treatment and surface phenomena, testing and evaluation of films and coatings. As a metallurgist in the thermal spray industry, your job might involve thermal spray powders development and classification, evaluation of coatings microstructures, metallurgical laboratory support, coatings parameter development, coatings specification writing or new coatings development.<br /><br />Metallurgical engineering job opportunities in the field of thermal spray coatings is not limited to aerospace type applications; nowadays, such opportunities abound in varied fields including industrial pump components, paper industry, medical industry and power generation. Advanced material properties including thermal barrier, electrical properties, wear properties and corrosion resistance improvements that are needed in modern day components are comfortably delivered through thermal spray processing and this has led to a significant increase in demand for metallurgists in this field.<br /><br />Salaries for metallurgists jobs in the thermal spray industry <!--google_ad_section_end-->are generally higher than those in the classical industries, because the industry is not yet mature and new coatings and other developments are constantly sought after. A post graduate degree is highly recommended but a basic graduate level education can go quite a long way on its own.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-69695639096408608832009-06-03T13:34:00.000-07:002009-06-03T13:38:15.202-07:00Metallurgical engineering teaching jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->Teaching jobs in the field of metallurgical engineering are plentiful with the rise of so many new colleges and universities especially in developing countries. In developed countries the rise in the metallurgical engineering teaching jobs has resulted because many colleges and universities that did not offer this branch of study before are beginning to offer it as a new course of study. Additionally, metallurgical and materials science and engineering teaching positions are also sought after by colleges offering interdisciplinary fields such as medical and bio-materials engineering, nano-materials technology, aerospace structures technology, battery and energy materials technology and so on. Those metallurgists seeking teaching jobs should not overlook these interdisciplinary fields of engineering offered at various schools.<br /><br />In order to land a teaching job in the field of metallurgical engineering, an advanced graduate degree is almost always a pre-requisite. A Ph.D is almost always required. Additional post doctoral experience is highly recommended. Because of the high value put on faculty research activities, tremendous importance is given to academic and research publications in your portfolio. It is imperative that good quality thesis and good quality research publications be put forth during graduate studies in order to have a leg up on the competing candidates vying for teaching jobs.<br /><br />Of course, while any teaching job does not pay nearly as much as a high quality position in private industry, the perquisites of landing a metallurgical engineering teaching job <!--google_ad_section_end-->far outweighs the salary caps. Academic positions offer flexibility of time, ability to have sabbatical leaves, reduction in summer work loads and overall a better work environment. Mental satisfaction is a big advantage in pursuing academic positions.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-30727279314542963852009-06-02T13:51:00.000-07:002009-06-02T13:54:07.680-07:00Metallurgical engineering aerospace industry jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->There is no doubt that the best metallurgical engineering jobs are to be found in the aerospace industry. Because of the importance of flight safety and the potential loss of life and limb, the aerospace industry tries to make sure that the materials used are of the highest quality as well as that their performance meets the designed criteria one hundred percent of the time. This puts a tremendous level of burden on materials science and engineering with the result that the best metallurgical engineering jobs are found in this industry. Additionally it may be of interest that the metallurgical engineering jobs in the aerospace industry generally pay quite well.<br /><br />As a metallurgist in an aerospace environment, you might be dealing with fracture mechanics, low cycle and high cycle fatigue, crack growth and crack propagation studies, hot hardness and such high tech phenomena. You may have at your disposal the latest in instrumentation and laboratory equipment including scanning electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes, x-ray diffraction equipment, low cycle and high cycle fatigue testers and so on.<br /><br />A reasonable understanding of mechanical metallurgy will go a long way in ensuring success in your search for metallurgical engineering jobs in the aerospace industry. Computer modeling of materials phenomena is certainly a big plus. If you are still in engineering school, it might behoove you to take some courses in advanced engineering mathematics or computer modeling and simulation. Because the aerospace industry also deals with a lot of carbon fiber technology, exposure to this field may be of value.<br /><br />If possible, try to focus your metallurgical engineering job search <!--google_ad_section_end-->efforts towards the R and D department when it comes to dealing with the aerospace industry. Why? Because that is what pays the most when it comes to salary issues.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-47570821373194067392009-06-01T11:51:00.000-07:002009-06-02T13:31:03.785-07:00Metallurgical engineering heat treating jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->Metallurgical engineering jobs in the heat treating industry have been around for a long time and will be around for many more decades to come. Primarily because a lot of ferrous components get heat treated after fabrication such as machining in order to harden them or impart other properties to the metal bulk, heat treating industries have been steadily remaining busy for the most part and have been providing metallurgical engineering jobs for several decades now.<br /><br />Metallurgist positions in the heat treating industry generally lean towards quality control and quality assurance. Hence it is more than likely that as a metallurgist, you may end up with a quality control job or a quality assurance job in a heat treating facility. In order to improve the chances of being hired as a metallurgist in a heat treating facility, you may want to brush up your knowledge of phase diagrams, ferrous and non ferrous microstructures, time temperature transformation knowledge and general understanding of hardening, tempering, annealing, etc.<br /><br />The only downside to metallurgical engineering jobs in the heat treating industry is that these positions do not pay all too well. In other words, the salary ranges for metallurgists in the heat treating industry is not very high and that is because the industry has sort of matured quite a bit with no significant major advancements in heat treating metallurgy within the last decade. All of the advancements have been in the process equipment and controls arena and usually these do not provide positions for metallurgists.<br /><br />Nevertheless, metallurgical engineering jobs <!--google_ad_section_end-->in the heat treating industry may form a nice starting place for your career, but you may want to consider moving up to other higher paying jobs soon.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-64999934641330054942009-05-31T09:15:00.000-07:002009-06-02T13:32:25.470-07:00Metallurgical engineering foundry jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->Metallurgical engineering jobs have traditionally been abound in the foundry industry dealing with metal castings. Metallurgist jobs in the foundry industry have traditionally dealt with alloy chemistry controls, process controls as well as process engineering. In recent times however, metallurgical engineering jobs involving ferrous metallurgy such as the steel casting industry are generally not so common in developed western countries as most of these metallurgical engineering jobs have moved to countries such as China, Korea, Brazil, Mexico and India.<br /><br />That is not to say that if you are located in the western hemisphere in a country with a mature economy such as Canada, UK or the USA, you are totally out of luck trying to find a metallurgical engineering job in the foundry industry. While ferrous metallurgy positions are not so common, non-ferrous alloy foundries still hire metallurgists in such economies. Casting companies that deal with exotic alloys such as aerospace and military and defense type alloys such as high temperature superalloy castings still have great need for metallurgists. Developing a substantial level of knowledge in single crystal growth, exotic alloy metallurgy, directional solidification methods, etc will prove to be a big asset in your job search efforts.<br /><br />If you are looking to seek a metallurgist position in the foundry industry<!--google_ad_section_end-->, sharpen your skills in solidification processing, single crystal chemistry, alloy microstructures, alloy development chemistry and metallurgical thermodynamics. The foundry industry is a highly competitive business and companies try to get ahead of their competition by coming up with defect free castings and improving quality of their products and metallurgists can go a long way in accomplishing these goals. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-20855697153095577812009-05-30T07:42:00.000-07:002009-06-02T13:33:15.274-07:00Metallurgical engineering welding jobs<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;"><!--google_ad_section_start-->Metallurgical engineers can find plenty of exciting job opportunities in the welding industry. Being more of an interdisciplinary engineering area, welding engineering industries provide both mechanical as well as metallurgical engineering jobs. Mechanical engineers are utilized by welding engineering companies in the design of fixtures, as well as design of weldments themselves and other aspects of mechanical engineering design.<br /><br />Metallurgical engineering jobs in the welding industry involve analysis of microstructures to accept or reject weld quality, metallurgical alloy design of welding electrodes, metallurgical evaluation of weld strength and so on. Additionally metallurgical engineering jobs in the welding industry can lead to research and development positions dealing with welding of dissimilar metals, study of weld metal solidification phenomena, molten metal pool contamination and such exciting fields of study.<br /><br />Metallurgical engineering jobs candidates that are interested in pursuing a career in welding engineering can find a big repository of knowledgebase at the American Welding Society journals and magazines. Since welding as a process is utilized in the construction, infrastructure, automotive, aerospace and other industrial applications, the scope of finding metallurgist job openings in this industry is quite wide. One can start off as an entry level metallurgist and then progress gradually to senior positions and potentially end up in the executive levels also as either Vice President of engineering or similar positions.<br /><br />If you have a bachelor’s degree in metallurgy or metallurgical engineering from a reputed university and have an interest in the field of welding metallurgy, then finding metallurgical engineering jobs <!--google_ad_section_end-->in the welding industry may be quite easy so long as you are willing to relocate geographically. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8495628248425305534.post-66239646528172599952009-05-29T14:50:00.000-07:002009-07-04T05:10:49.916-07:00Privacy Policy<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:95%;">In this site dealing with metallurgical engineering jobs, we aim to provide you the visitor with information regarding securing and holding on to gainful employment in the field of metallurgical engineering. 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