Metallurgist / Materials specialist Job in Boxmeer, Netherlands

Marel is the international market leader of advanced systems for the food processing industry. Our internationally renowned brands include Stork Poultry Processing, Townsend Further Processing and Marel. We are constantly looking for opportunities to increase the productivity of our customers, within the bounds of quality and innovation.
Around the world, more than 3700 employees work for our four industry centers of Poultry Processing, Further Processing, Meat Processing and Fish, as well as for our regional service and sales offices.

Marel Stork Poultry Processing
Marel Stork Poultry Processing focuses on the design, production and installation of machinery for the poultry-processing industry. We are the world market leader in this field. Our success is based on innovative products, with a sound understanding of the fundamental technology In addition to our offices in Boxmeer (NL), Dongen (NL), Gardabaer (Iceland) and Gainesville (Georgia, USA), we have regional offices in a large number of countries. Within the Research Team of Marel Stork Poultry Processing we have a wide variety of disciplines and specialists with degrees in physics, poultry science, biology, food technology and meat science.

Metallurgist / Materials specialist Job Description

The job:
For our organization we are looking for a: Metallurgist / Materials specialist
 
As a metallurgist you will be responsible for the implementation, progress and completion of the improvement projects to be set up for a specific group of key parts. These are parts that are vital in terms of the performance and functionality of our Marel machines.

Your work from day to day would include:

• Standardisation of the current product package in the field of materials, geometry etc...
• The independent carrying out of inspections and research plans and doing work preparations. The examinations and tests that must be thought of are focused on innovation and process improvement and consist of mechanical research, corrosion tests, material analyses and other material specialist investigations. Where necessary, you may outsource parts of an inspection or investigation (such as laboratory work), both internally and externally;
• Producing test parts;
• Interpreting and documenting the research results, formulating opinions and presenting and reporting the results;
• Monitoring the progress, costs and quality of the projects;

Metallurgist / Materials specialist Job Requirements

Your profile:
 
As the appropriate candidate for this job, you will have:

• Completed HTS (Technical College) training (material specialist/mechanical engineering) or MTS (Technical Secondary School) training plus the relevant work experience;
• Interest in technologically innovative machines and systems for the fish, meat and poultry-processing industries;
• Practical knowledge of:
• Suitability of materials in mechanical engineering constructions;
• The interaction of choice of materials, geometry product and processes (processing technologies and production techniques);
• Specification of materials and geometry in a technical drawing;
• Checking of products against specific quality requirements;
• Knowledge of suitability of materials coming into contact with meat/fish/poultry is a must;
• Affinity with the mechanical engineering design process and engineering systems (3D CAD, PLM);
• Good spoken and written English.

Metallurgist / Materials specialist Application Information

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For further information about the job you can contact Mayke Theloesen, HR Manager,  telephone: +31 412-669206.

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