Technician-Surface and Pretreatment (New Kensington)

Arconic is currently in search of Technician - Surface and Pretreatment to join our Technology Center Team based in New Kensington, PA .

At Arconic, we take pride in our work and our innovative products and technologies that advance sustainable solutions for a better world. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.

Job Summary :

The Technician is responsible for supporting surface and pretreatment technology development with application across Arconics processes including casting, rolling, extrusion, etc. This role is part of our Research & Development team and will conduct bench-top, pilot, and plant-scale experiments in support of R&D projects and operations, focused on surface treatments and coating of aluminum products across the automotive, aerospace, and industrial markets.

In this role, you will :

• Conduct chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical surface finishing operations at bench and pilot scale.
• Prepare, transfer, and safely handle chemicals, including acids and bases.
• Conduct surface treatment and coating performance evaluations.
• Collect, analyze, and organize experimental data to support process development, technical evaluations, and decision-making.
• Provide input, such as technical data analysis, to project managers / engineers / supervisor as part of project planning and scoping.
• Develop and document Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Produce and evaluate bonding samples for automotive and aerospace material qualifications and process development according to the relevant specifications.
• Execute a variety of surface and coating tasks including batch surface treatment, surface tension measurements, bench top draw down coating application, and others.
• Travel to Arconic and customer plants, on an as-needed basis, to support implementation and troubleshooting of related processes.
• Provide verbal and written reporting to project managers and supervisor.

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Preferred Qualifications