We place the metallurgists, melt-deck leaders, and operations professionals who run aluminum casting, forging, and specialty-alloy production — where yield and metallurgical quality decide the margin.
Metals and foundry work is hot, heavy, and metallurgically unforgiving. Melt chemistry, heat treat, and casting or forging processes decide whether you ship sound parts or scrap — and the margin lives in yield. The leaders who run these operations need genuine metallurgical depth, not just general plant experience.
That's the hiring challenge: the talent pool is smaller and grayer than most of manufacturing, and the specific knowledge — alloys, melt practice, heat treat, defect metallurgy — can't be picked up quickly. When a strong metallurgist or melt-deck leader retires, replacing them is genuinely hard.
We recruit metals and foundry as a technical specialty — sourcing metallurgists, melt and cast operations leaders, and process engineers who actually understand the chemistry and can improve yield and quality. You get people who've run hot, demanding processes safely and profitably.
From the melt deck to finishing, we recruit the leaders who improve yield and control metallurgical quality.
Metallurgists and quality leaders who own alloy chemistry, heat treat, and defect reduction.
Melt-deck, casting, and forging operations leaders who run hot, demanding processes safely.
Engineers who improve yield, reduce scrap, and stabilize casting and forming processes.
Maintenance leaders who keep furnaces, presses, and finishing lines running.
Plant managers and GMs who run metals operations on yield, cost, and safety.
Understands alloy chemistry, heat treat, and defect metallurgy — not just general plant operations.
Has improved casting and forging yield and reduced metallurgical defects — the levers where the margin lives.
Experience leading melt, cast, forge, and finishing operations with a strong safety record.
Keeps furnaces, presses, and finishing equipment reliable in a brutal operating environment.
The depth to step into roles where decades of tribal knowledge are walking out the door.
Metals and foundry comp reflects the scarcity of real metallurgical talent — metallurgists and process engineers commonly $90K–$150K, plant and operations leadership $130K–$200K+. Specialty alloy and aerospace-grade work pays toward the top. We benchmark to your processes.
Yes — metallurgical depth is exactly what we screen for in this market, and we distinguish it from general plant experience that won't survive on a melt deck.
Aluminum and die casting, forging, heat treat, extrusion, foundry, and finishing, plus specialty alloys. We match candidates to your specific processes.
It is small, which is exactly why a specialized, relationship-driven search beats a job posting here. Reaching scarce metallurgical talent is what we do.
Metallurgists and process engineers commonly $90K–$150K; plant and operations leadership $130K–$200K+, with specialty and aerospace-grade work higher. We benchmark to your processes.
Often 30–75 days given the smaller specialized pool. We give you a realistic timeline up front.
Both, though scarce-skill metallurgical searches are often best run retained.
Tell us about your alloys, your processes, and your yield targets — we'll bring you metals leaders who have run the melt deck before.