Technical Director in Stafford

Kendall Poole Consulting are proud to represent a market leading iron casting and machining group supplying both the domestic and export markets. Our client undertakes the design, including virtual analysis, of cast iron, produce rapid prototypes and pre-series castings using full production processes, as well as producing serial quantities of fully machined ductile iron castings and sub-assemblies. They combine state of the art laboratory facilities, with world class technical and operational expertise, and a vacancy has arisen for a Technical Director to lead a team of Managers, Lab Technicians and Method Engineers.

The Role:

• Reporting to the MD, the Technical Director is responsible for leading the technical function and devising the strategy to improve processes which include greensand, cold-box and shell core making, electric melting (99% ductile iron), ABB robots, Koyama grinding, internal heat treatment, crack detection and 3D scanning.
• Whilst making improvements across the function, implementing new processes and providing an exceptional level of customer service, you will ensure that Technical/Laboratory/Engineering resources and objectives are aligned with strategic plan.
• To drive innovation in Metallurgy, you will evolve the NPI process, manage and improve deployment of resources: focus on people and training, budgets and assets to comply with cost and financial targets.
• Customer facing and involves building strong relationships with international manufacturers to deliver on time.
• Review and advise customers on material standards, presenting any irregularities in line with SOP and provide solutions for heat treatment, chemistry requirements, testing frequency etc.
• Lead on reviewing customer supplied drawings and advise of any irregularities for hardness test methods, mechanical testing from casting, post processing operations, magnetic resonance etc.
• Project based work such as commissioning automated inoculation systems, yield improvements through metal control and compositional changes etc.

The Person:

• As part of the SLT operating within an open management culture, you will have the remit to influence the technical strategy of this highly successful and profitable business.
• A high achiever academically, a qualified Engineer or Scientist with deep knowledge of advanced material science, material forming, metallurgy, metallurgical processes or equivalent.
• Skilled in developing NPI processes, material innovation and testing, R&D, failure and stress analysis, you will be in a lead technical role, operating within the manufacturing sector, ideally within the foundry industry.
• Knowledge of cast processes such as greensand, cold-box and shell core making would be beneficial.
• Extensive customer exposure to an international customer base and/or prestigious OEMs.
• A focused and collaborative leader, with integrity is sought, people focussed with a team mentality and well-honed leadership skills, who can work closely with a dynamic Board.
• Visible leader with the ability to motivate a team to achieve higher levels of performance.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, you will be able to see the bigger picture yet be analytical, data driven, results focused whilst displaying gravitas, energy and positivity.

In return they offer a six-figure package, which includes salary, bonus, car allowance, healthcare for family, DIS, pension and holidays, which accrue on service.