Senior Engineer – VIM Furnace

Position: Senior Engineer

Department: Production

Location: Mangaon, Raigad

1. Role Overview

The Senior Engineer VIM Furnace is responsible for leading and managing all Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) furnace operations, ensuring high-quality metal production, process stability, equipment reliability, and adherence to safety and compliance standards. The role requires hands-on metallurgical expertise, strong analytical skills, and the ability to lead furnace operators and technicians.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Furnace Operation & Process Control

• Lead and supervise daily operations of the VIM furnace to meet production targets.
• Monitor and control melting parameters, vacuum levels, alloy additions, and pouring operations.
• Ensure strict adherence to metallurgical specifications and melting procedures.
• Troubleshoot process deviations and ensure corrective actions.

B. Metallurgical Quality & Documentation (Needs to be coordinate with QC department)

• Review and validate heat-wise chemistry, inclusion levels, and microstructure results.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards for specialty alloys / Super Alloys / High Critical Alloys (as applicable).
• Prepare and maintain process documentation including heat logs, charge calculations, and deviation reports.
• Coordinate with Quality Assurance for metallurgical testing and approvals.

C. Equipment Maintenance & Reliability

• Coordinate preventive and predictive maintenance of VIM furnace equipment.
• Ensure refractory & coil condition, vacuum pumps, sensors, and instrumentation are functioning optimally.
• Raise work orders and coordinate with maintenance team for breakdowns.

D. Safety, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure safety protocols, SWIs procedures, Kaizen, 5S and PPE requirements are strictly followed.
• Promote process optimization, energy efficiency, and yield improvement initiatives.
• Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) for process or quality failures( and FMEA).
• Support audits (ISO, NADCAP, AS9100D , customer audits if applicable).

E. Team Leadership

• Guide operators, junior engineers, and technicians during shifts.
• Conduct training on SOPs, furnace handling, and metallurgical practices.
• Maintain manpower planning for smooth operations.

3. Required Qualifications & Experience

• B.Tech / B.E. in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering (with metallurgical experience).
• 510 years of experience in VIM Furnace , Induction Melting operations (VIM preferred).
• Strong knowledge of melting of high-performance alloys, vacuum technology, and furnace control systems.
• Hands-on understanding of charge calculations, alloying, and process metallurgy.
• Experience in handling PLC/SCADA-based furnace systems (advantage).

4. Key Skills

• Deep understanding of vacuum melting processes.
• Analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Shift management and team-handling ability.
• Strong documentation and data-analysis skills.
• Safety-first mindset.
• Good communication and coordination skills.