Metallurgist

Steel Dynamics, Inc; Columbus (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Steel Dynamics, Inc. seeks a Finishing Mill Metallurgist to review and approve product inquiries and orders for finishing mill capability, parameters, and quality.

You will interface with customers, sales, and technical resources on mill capabilities, parameters, quality, and metallurgical concerns. Responsibilities include creating and updating mill process control instructions, communicating changes to operations, and evaluating production against quality parameters to determine product

Qualifications

• Excellent problem-solving capabilities required.
• Proven leadership, verbal & written communications, and presentation skills.
• Capable of prioritizing and multitasking.
• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision.

Responsibilities

• Review, comment, and approve product inquiries and orders for Finishing Mill capability, parameters, and quality.
• Interface with customers, sales, and other technical resources for mill capability, mill parameters, quality, and metallurgical concerns.
• Create and update mill process control instructions as well as quality work
• Communicate changes to Finishing Mill Units process control or quality work instructions to mill operations.
• Evaluate current production against quality parameters to determine product disposition.
• Drive root cause investigation of internal/external quality issues, report findings, initiate improvement measures.
• Interpret and communicate customer issues to mill personnel and other internal organizations.
• Actively participate in team problem solving activities related to improving quality metrics, Finishing Mill capabilities, and production efficiency.
• Collaborate with Product Development and Technical Services group in developing new products or modifying existing products to meet customer needs or changing market.
• Support customer visits, mill tours, technical exchanges, and affiliated industry organizations.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Mill Personnel and Tech Service Resources in improving product robustness as well as conversion costs.

Skills

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication skills

Multitasking

Independent work

Education

B.S. in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

• Review, comment, and approve product inquiries and orders for Finishing Mill capability, parameters, and quality.
• Interface with customers, sales, and other technical resources for mill capability, mill parameters, quality, and metallurgical concerns.
• Create and update mill process control instructions as well as quality work
• Communicate changes to Finishing Mill Units process control or quality work instructions to mill operations.
• Evaluate current production against quality parameters to determine product disposition.
• Drive root cause investigation of internal/external quality issues, report findings, initiate improvement measures.
• Interpret and communicate Department issues to customers and other internal Interpret and communicate customer issues to mill personnel and other internal organizations.
• Actively participate in team problem solving activities related to improving quality metrics, Finishing Mill capabilities, and production efficiency.
• Collaborate with Product Development and Technical Services group in developing new products or modifying existing products to meet customer needs or changing market.
• Support customer visits, mill tours, technical exchanges, and affiliated industry organizations.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Mill Personnel and Tech Service Resources in improving product robustness as well as conversion costs.
• B.S. degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering
• Excellent Problem-Solving capabilities required
• Proven leadership, verbal & written communications, and presentation skills
• Capable of prioritizing and multitasking
• Ability to work independently with little or no
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, and other data search and analysis tools
• Self-motivated with strong orientation for continuous improvement and innovation.
• 5 years of experience in steel production and/or applications
• Knowledge of ISO and other applicable standards, such as TS
• Demonstrated knowledge of rolling, product specs, testing procedures, properties, customers, applications
• Product development experience with cold rolled and coated products

Steel Dynamics

Finishing Mill Metallurgist

• Review, comment, and approve product inquiries and orders for Finishing Mill capability, parameters, and quality.
• Interface with customers, sales, and other technical resources for mill capability, mill parameters, quality, and metallurgical concerns.
• Create and update mill process control instructions as well as quality work
• Communicate changes to Finishing Mill Units process control or quality work instructions to mill operations.
• Evaluate current production against quality parameters to determine product disposition.
• Drive root cause investigation of internal/external quality issues, report findings, initiate improvement measures.
• Interpret and communicate Department issues to customers and other internal Interpret and communicate customer issues to mill personnel and other internal organizations.
• Actively participate in team problem solving activities related to improving quality metrics, Finishing Mill capabilities, and production efficiency.
• Collaborate with Product Development and Technical Services group in developing new products or modifying existing products to meet customer needs or changing market.
• Support customer visits, mill tours, technical exchanges, and affiliated industry organizations.
• Collaborate with Product Development, Mill Personnel and Tech Service Resources in improving product robustness as well as conversion costs.
• B.S. degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering
• Excellent Problem-Solving capabilities required
• Proven leadership, verbal & written communications, and presentation skills
• Capable of prioritizing and multitasking
• Ability to work independently with little or no
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, and other data search and analysis tools
• Self-motivated with strong orientation for continuous improvement and innovation.
• 5 years of experience in steel production and/or applications
• Knowledge of ISO and other applicable standards, such as TS
• Demonstrated knowledge of rolling, product specs, testing procedures, properties, customers, applications
• Product development experience with cold rolled and coated products

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers