PTC Alliance is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, plated bar and tubing, and fabricated parts and precision components.

We at PTC Alliance value our employees’ health and wellness. We offer the following:

• FREE Healthcare
• HSA option
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent & Spouse Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Cancer & Critical accident coverage
• 401K plan with company match
• Referral Bonus
• Annual college scholarship available for children & grandchildren of PTC Alliance employees
• Tuition Reimbursement eligibility

Function: Coordinates the reception, preparation, performance and reporting of metallurgical tests,

metallographic investigations, customer claims, and defect analysis from any of the PTCAIIiance

facilities. Assists in the investigation and analysis of vendor and production issues.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: receiving, preparation, examination, documentation and

interpretation of metallurgical samples.

Coordinates external laboratory testing as required.

Reviews the results of all examinations and / or tests and documents with appropriate reports.

Maintains consumable lab supplies in sufficient quantities and orders replacements when required.

Collects, prepares steel samples and updates vendor reports for supplier quality meetings.

Reviews customer / mill claims and evaluates samples from customer rejections.

Performs analysis of customer rejections for corrective action.

Evaluates production reject samples for possible reclassification and vendor claim processing.

Performs general day-to-day maintenance of lab equipment within their published capabilities.

Operates equipment to prepare metallographic lab samples including but not limited to band saws, belt

grinders, abrasive saws, surface grinding equipment and polishing equipment.

Performs applied research and development work as directed including gathering and analysis of data.

Records test data, applying statistical techniques.

Maintains and operates metallurgical microscope and digital photographic equipment to document,

annotate and analyze digital images.

The incumbent is expected to understand that all employees have a shared responsibility for the quality of products and related services provided to our customers. Duties and Responsibilities are to be carried out in accordance with the PTCA Quality Management System and its policies, procedures, and work instructions as applicable to the job or function being performed.

Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and a

minimum of Eight (8) years of metallurgical laboratory experience or related experience and/or training.

Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the

essential functions.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and

maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as tolerances, magnifications

dimensional attributes (wall, OD, ID). Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and statistics.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in

written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized

situations.

Other Skills and Abilities: Must be computer literate and able to work with programs such as Word,

Excel, etc., and be able to learn and use HP programs such as E-Mail, established programs, etc.

Work Environment:

• -The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee

encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be

made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid

conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work

environment is usually moderate.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to

enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger,

handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, sit, reach with hands and

arms, and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop,

kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific

vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision,

depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.