1) Job Purpose:

The position of Mechanical Metallurgist is to drive and support development of new products & processes that satisfy product requirements on mechanical properties such as strength, ductility and fatigue etc. This position will support development of products (FRP/Foil & Extrusion) in all the downstream business areas.

4) Key Result Areas/Accountabilities:

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

Supporting Actions

 Project management and execution

• Work with stakeholders to scope the project appropriately
• Work with the team and ensure proper project resource management
• Work closely with external project partners and vendor management
• Keep track of project financials e.g. potential revenue, cost, incremental EBIDTA, cashflow and NPV
• Follow and strengthen “HIC way” of project management and execution e.g. charters, milestone planning, stage gate, QBR etc 

Technical development of self and others 

• Attend technical conferences, review technical and academic literature, attend supplier webinars, interact with experts, visit plants etc to stay abreast of technological advancements in the field of aluminium metallurgy, rolling and heat treatments
• Provide trainings to engineers, operators on operation, scientific principles and latest technologies. 
• Present research findings at forums like manthan, downstream summits etc 
• Provide customized mentoring to team members and technical colleagues at HIC and downstream business 

 External and internal customer insight generation

• Pursue design thinking and identify the key pain points of the internal/external customer 
• Develop keen understanding of the key functionality of product/technology to be developed 
• Quantify the value generated for the customer upon attainment of the key technical specifications/features of the product/technology 

Capability enhancement and development

• Maintenance and enhancement of existing lab and pilot capabilities along with the lab-in-charge
• Identify opportunities for external collaboration for capability enhancement 
• Identify and prepare capex proposals for in-house capability development 

Knowledge creation and dissemination

• Document the key research findings in high quality, peer reviewed, publication worthy tech memo 
• Document and record inventions in Invention Record and work with legal team for patent filing where applicable 
• Present non-sensitive research findings in international journals, conferences to more widely disseminate knowledge and showcase Hindalco R&D capabilities