# Market evidence report — metallurgical-manager

Source: **35 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 35), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-17.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
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## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 22 | 63 % |
| senior | 8 | 23 % |
| lead | 4 | 11 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 11 | 31 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Word | 10 | 29 % |
| 3 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 9 | 26 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Outlook | 8 | 23 % |
| 5 | SEM | 4 | 11 % |
| 6 | EDS | 3 | 9 % |
| 7 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 9 % |
| 8 | Minitab | 3 | 9 % |
| 9 | optical microscopy | 3 | 9 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | failure analysis | 17 | 49 % |
| 2 | metallurgical analysis | 15 | 43 % |
| 3 | materials engineering | 11 | 31 % |
| 4 | data analysis | 8 | 23 % |
| 5 | design review | 8 | 23 % |
| 6 | safety analysis | 8 | 23 % |
| 7 | supplier quality control | 8 | 23 % |
| 8 | technical documentation | 8 | 23 % |
| 9 | process optimization | 7 | 20 % |
| 10 | root cause analysis | 7 | 20 % |
| 11 | mechanical testing | 6 | 17 % |
| 12 | heat treatment | 4 | 11 % |
| 13 | alloy development | 3 | 9 % |
| 14 | corrosion evaluation | 3 | 9 % |
| 15 | materials characterization | 3 | 9 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | root cause analysis | 11 | 31 % |
| 2 | quality surveillance | 8 | 23 % |
| 3 | design for affordability | 6 | 17 % |
| 4 | continuous improvement | 5 | 14 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supplier oversight | 6 | 17 % |
| 2 | project management | 5 | 14 % |
| 3 | technical report preparation | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | material evaluation | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | materials evaluation | 4 | 11 % |
| 6 | process improvement | 4 | 11 % |
| 7 | compliance maintenance | 3 | 9 % |
| 8 | compliance monitoring | 3 | 9 % |
| 9 | data analysis | 3 | 9 % |
| 10 | specification development | 3 | 9 % |
| 11 | technical report review | 3 | 9 % |
| 12 | technical support | 3 | 9 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 35 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

35 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- failure analysis — 49 % (17 ads)
- metallurgical analysis — 43 % (15 ads)
- materials engineering — 31 % (11 ads)
- data analysis — 23 % (8 ads)
- design review — 23 % (8 ads)
- safety analysis — 23 % (8 ads)
- supplier quality control — 23 % (8 ads)
- technical documentation — 23 % (8 ads)
- process optimization — 20 % (7 ads)
- root cause analysis — 20 % (7 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 31 % (11 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 29 % (10 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 26 % (9 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 23 % (8 ads)
- SEM — 11 % (4 ads)
- EDS — 9 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 9 % (3 ads)
- Minitab — 9 % (3 ads)
- optical microscopy — 9 % (3 ads)
- AS400 — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 63 % · senior 23 % · lead 11 % · n/a 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Metallurgical Engineer | 4 |
| Materials / Metallurgical Engineer | 3 |
| Senior Metallurgical Engineer | 3 |
| Experienced Materials / Metallurgical Engineer | 2 |
| Metallurgical Engineering Superintendent | 2 |
| Chief Metallurgist | 1 |
| Experienced Materials / Metallurgical Engineer-Monroeville,Pennsylvania | 1 |
| General Manager Metallurgical OperationsHyderabad India | 1 |
| Lead Metallurgical Process Engineer — Metallurgy and Heavy Forging | 1 |
| Manager - Metallurgy Special Projects | 1 |
| Materials / Metallurgical Engineer-Monroeville,Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Metallurgical Engineer /Laboratory Manager | 1 |
| Metallurgical Engineer: Advanced Alloys Defense Systems | 1 |
| Metallurgical Engineering Superintendent  #ESF4169 | 1 |
| Metallurgist | 1 |
| Metallurgist – High Performance Alloys | 1 |
| Metallurgist - Part Time | 1 |
| Metallurgy Product Innovator & Development Lead | 1 |
| Physical Metallurgist | 1 |
| Principal Metallurgist | 1 |
| Product Metallurgist | 1 |
| Quality & Metallurgy Lead ISO | 1 |
| Senior Materials/Metallurgical Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Process Engineer Metallurgical | 1 |
| Sr. Metallurgical Engineer | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.