About the Position
Key Responsibilities:
- Furnace Operations & Charging:
- Prepare, weigh, organize, and charge scrap, ferroalloys, and raw materials according to approved melt receipts and charge calculations.
- Operate coreless induction furnaces, monitoring temperature parameters, power input, and bath chemistry during thermal cycles.
- Perform alloy additions, slagging, dross removal, and deslagging procedures to achieve target metal specifications and fluxing steps to maintain melt purity.
2) Sampling & Tapping:
- Take molten metal samples for spectrometer chemical analysis and measure bath temperatures using Immersion Pyrometer.
- Adjust alloy chemistry based on spectrometer result prior to tapping.
- Execute safe tapping into the atomization setup, tundish preparation, tundish heating.
3) Refractory & Equipment Care:
- Inspect furnace spouts, crucible linings, and water-cooling circuits before and after thermal cycles.
- Assist in refractory patching, relining, and routine furnace maintenance turnarounds.
- Monitor auxiliary equipment including hydraulic systems, tilting mechanisms, and dust collection systems.
4) Safety & Quality Compliance:
- Strictly follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment (HIRA) guidelines, emergency shutdown procedures, and plant safety standards.
- Wear required heat-resistant personal protective equipment (PPE) and maintain clean, organized work areas (5S principles).
- Report equipment irregularities, refractory wear, furnace interlock trips, or quality deviations immediately to shift supervisors.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Education: Diploma in Metallurgy/Mechanical Engineering.
- Experience: 2–5 years of hands-on experience operating induction furnaces in a foundry, powder metallurgy, or steel production plant.
- Skills: Strong understanding of charge calculation, updating shift report and daily checklist, liquid metal handling, pyrometry, refractory inspection, and high-temperature safety.
- Physical Conditions: Ability to work in rotational shifts and operate safely in hot industrial environments.
Working at Höganäs
We aim to offer a great and meaningful place to work where you can fulfill your potential and ambitions. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. We have a clear management philosophy, and just like us you believe that through collaboration and openness we develop as individuals and as a company. We see all employees, regardless of position, as leaders when we approach the challenges that the world - and we - face. Höganäs ambition is to lead the transformation to better meet the needs of tomorrow and become the preferred supplier of sustainable metal powder on a global scale – join us in our journey of sustainable change and towards net-zero climate emissions.
More about Höganäs
Founded in 1797, Höganäs is the world leader in the market for powders, with an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes. Höganäs’ vision is to drive positive change through material innovation, with the ambition of becoming the globally preferred partner for sustainable powder materials.
The company’s strength lies in its diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, and Höganäs is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. Höganäs collaborates with customers across multiple industries to develop innovative solutions, including applications in automotive components, electric motors, brazing, surface coating, welding consumables and additive manufacturing. Operating 15 production centers worldwide and employing 2,200 people, Höganäs’ turnover for 2025 was 11,045 MSEK. Höganäs is owned by Lindéngruppen and FAM. www.hoganas.com
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