Ideal Candidate
Provides expert metallurgical support across Operations, R&D&I, Quality Assurance, Application Engineering, and customers.
Conducts advanced metallurgical investigations, delivers analytical reports, and recommends technical solutions.
Supports development and improvement of welding consumables for all EMEA Lincoln Electric factories.
Represents Lincoln Electric in external technical forums, committees, and conferences.
Education
Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Metallurgy, Materials Science, Welding Engineering, or similar field.
Experience
10+ years in Metallurgy, welding metallurgy, or welding consumables development/production. Experience in metallurgical characterization (microscopy, SEM/EDS, mechanical testing). Experience with welding consumable standards (AWS, EN ISO) beneficial.
Job Description
Conducts metallurgical and microscopic examinations (optical microscopy, SEM/EDS, hardness testing, failure analysis). Evaluates weld microstructures and heat-affected zones. Prepares technical reports and communicates results to stakeholders or customers.
*Product Development Support:
Contributes to development of new welding consumables (electrodes, cored wire, solid wire, fluxes). Supports improvements to existing products to enhance quality, performance, manufacturability, and cost. Participates in DOEs, formulation validation, and testing processes.
*Quality & Production Support
Provides metallurgical expertise to EMEA production sites for troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, and process improvements. Develops metallurgical standards and testing procedures. Supports continuous improvement initiatives.
*Cross-Functional Collaboration:
Works directly with Operations, QA, Application Engineering, and R&D teams to solve product and process issues. Assists Application Engineers with customer trials, qualifications, or complaints requiring metallurgical insight.
*External Representation & Industry Engagement:
Represent the company externally to promote its leading-edge theories, technologies, and innovations in the field of welding. Leadership positions in external technical bodies (e.g. IIW, EWA, AWS, ISO, CEN, ASME, API). Participates in standards committees and technical working groups. Presents at conferences and maintains awareness of new developments in welding metallurgy, materials science, and relevant literature.
Company Description
Ductil - is a member of the Lincoln Electric Group.
With an experience of over 55 years, Ductil SA Buzau, is a supplier of complete welding solutions, starting with the design and know-how in the field of welding, the entire range of welding and cutting equipment and the related consumables.
Since 2017, Ductil SA is part of the Lincoln Electric Group, the world leader in welding. Lincoln Electric is present in 19 countries, with 56 factories and over 11,000 employees.
In Buzau are manufactured welding electrodes, special electrodes, SAW, TIG and tubular wire. Thus, over the years, Ductil has become a national and European reference known and recognized for the professionalism of its people and for the quality of its products.
The consumables produced cover practically all the applications on the market, starting with the offshore fields, welded constructions, but also addressing the small users.
Ductil SA constantly invests in ensuring excellent working conditions and a healthy working environment, providing products of the highest quality due to the efficiency of activities.
Currently, over two thirds of Romanian users use products provided by DUCTIL SA Buzau.
In our client portfolio, there are the most important shipyards, the most important players in the construction field. Experience and innovation have made us the leaders in the field of welding.
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