MO Team Leader-Metallography Lab

Position Summary

The MO Team Leader - Metallography Lab supports Technical Services and production by coordinating daily metallography laboratory activities and ensuring metallurgical testing, sample preparation, hardness testing, microscopy evaluations, and quality investigations are completed safely, accurately, and efficiently. This position serves as the day-shift leader for the Metallography Lab and supports product development, product qualification, steel quality investigations, equipment readiness, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Main Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Coordinate and prioritize incoming metallography, microscopy, hardness testing, and quality evaluation requests.
• Coordinate equipment maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, repair activities, and spare parts readiness.
• Support product development trials, product qualification work, steel quality investigations, and metallurgical evaluations.
• Assist with audits, customer visits, corrective actions, incident investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Train and mentor laboratory personnel on metallographic preparation, microscopy, hardness testing, and laboratory procedures.
• Maintain accurate laboratory records, procedures, reports, and training documentation.
• Safely operate metallography laboratory equipment and sample preparation equipment.
• Develop and revise JSA's for the Metallography Lab to maintain compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and housekeeping requirements.
• Understand and support the company's goals and values and comply with all company, department, safety, quality, environmental, and ethics policies and procedures.

About You / Qualifications

Required

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 1 year Technical Services laboratory experience
• Must have completed all training required to work independently within the Metallography Laboratory
• Understanding of the theoretical and mechanical aspects of equipment in chemical and physical testing laboratories
• Working knowledge of metallographic sample preparation, microscopy, hardness testing, and related laboratory practices
• Good computer skills including MS365 proficiency
• Organizational and time management skills
• Very good communication, collaboration, interpersonal and teamwork skills

Preferred

• Associate's degree or higher in a technical or scientific discipline
• 5+ years of Technical Services laboratory experience
• Familiarity with software used to operate metallurgical laboratory equipment as well as AI tools

Supervisory Responsibilities / Direct Reports

This position has no supervisory responsibilities and no direct reports.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee will be required to:

• Use a wide variety of equipment and hand tools
• Use computer, desk devices, and office equipment
• Use push buttons, switches, joysticks, computer keyboard and mouse, pen and paper

The employee will be required to sit, stand, and/or walk as follows:

• Sitting 3 hours at a time; average 7 hours a day
• Standing 0.5 hours at a time; average 0.5 hours a day
• Walking 0.5 hours at a time; average 0.5 hours a day
• Alternate sitting, standing, and walking as needed

The position requires the following talking, vision and hearing capabilities:

• Talking person to person, on the phone, and in a group setting
• Hearing in person, on the phone, and in a group setting
• Vision near, midrange, far, and peripheral vision
• Depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

The position requires the following pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying capabilities:

• Push, pull, lift, and/or carry items weighing 50 pounds or less

The employee will occasionally be required to:

• Balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl or climb
• Drive

The employee will frequently be required to:

• Sense temperatures and textures with both hands together or separately

The employee will constantly be required to:

• Twist at waist level, reach above shoulder level, reach at or below waist/desk level
• Reach above shoulder level, at waist/desk level, and below waist level
• Handle, grip, hold, and grasp with both hands together or separately
• Feel with both hands together or separately
• Fingering with both hands together or separately

The employee will be required to work in the following conditions: (While wearing safety equipment and/or clothing for protection from hazards)

• Indoors/Outdoors
• Extreme hot and cold conditions
• In wet and humid conditions
• Amid fumes, dust, dirt, grease, and smoke
• In confined areas, high places, and around equipment in motion
• Amid noise
• Amid mechanical, electrical, chemical, laser, x-ray, and industrial magnets hazards

Position Type, Expected Work Hours, Travel Requirements

• Position is full time, onsite and is eligible for overtime
• Very limited travel by driving a car or flying on an airplane

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.