Aluminum Technical Solutions Engineer

Steel Dynamics; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Steel Dynamics is seeking a technical professional to create and maintain customer relationships in aluminum products. You will address quality concerns, analyze inquiries, and support plant operations with analyses like thickness strain and FLD.

Responsibilities include RFQ participation, investigating new parts, coordinating audits, and driving continuous improvement with customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field; 2 years aluminum plant experience or 5 years in QA/engineering at aluminum customer.
• Strong data analysis and management skills (SQL, Access, MS Office, SPC, Minitab).
• Excellent problem-solving and technical communication abilities.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and focus on customer needs with initiative.

Responsibilities

• Regularly visit automotive and non-automotive aluminum customers to monitor quality and provide feedback.
• Review inquiries, participate in RFQs from a technical perspective, and investigate part properties.
• Own review of customer complaints, claims, and corrective actions.
• Assist operations in troubleshooting quality issues and provide technical support.
• Perform thickness strain, FLD, forming and thinning analyses as needed.
• Participate in product development, qualification and plant trials.
• Coordinate customer visits, audits and certification procedures for the mill.
• Develop rapport with customers' manufacturing, quality and engineering teams.
• Align with operations, sales and product development to ensure customer satisfaction.

Skills

Problem solving

Technical communication

Multi-tasking

Customer focus

Continuous improvement

Education

4-year degree in engineering/technology/science/business

Tools

SQL

MS Office

SPC

Minitab

Data analysis

Job description

Steel Dynamics is seeking a technical professional to create and maintain customer relationships in aluminum products. You will address quality concerns, analyze inquiries, and support plant operations with analyses like thickness strain and FLD.

Responsibilities include RFQ participation, investigating new parts, coordinating audits, and driving continuous improvement with customers and internal teams.