Process Engineer I

United States Steel Corporation; Braddock (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Steel Corporation is seeking a Process Engineer to support the Edgar Thomson Plant. You will administer safety programs, learn the integrated steelmaking process, and supervise team efforts to boost efficiency in hot metal production.

The role covers material planning, logistics coordination with third parties, and optimization of safety, quality, and production procedures. Overtime and rotating shifts may be required depending on production needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgical, or Chemical Engineering.
• Mining or heavy industry experience preferred.
• Coordinate safe, efficient, and economical operation of the facility.
• Utilize management skills to supervise and coordinate efforts of assigned personnel.
• Coordinate production plan to meet customer specifications and delivery requirements.
• Administration of operating facilities' personnel, production reports, policies and procedures.
• Learn and understand the steelmaking process.
• Daylight role with overtime, weekend coverage, and occasional rotating shifts.

Responsibilities

• Administer the U.S. Steel Safety program to ensure a safe work environment in the Edgar Thomson Plant.
• Learn foundations of the integrated steelmaking process, specifically hot metal production at the Blast Furnace.
• Utilize management skills to supervise and direct employee efforts to achieve operational goals and increase efficiency.
• Develop and forecast blast furnace raw material burdens to meet hot metal production targets, quality requirements, and optimal fuel rates.
• Coordinate raw material logistics and testing with third party entities to ensure operating plan is met and raw material inventory, chemistry, and quality is satisfactory.
• Optimize procedures (Safety SJPs, Quality SQPs, and Production SOPs) to continuously improve operational performance.
• Participate in incident investigations, determine root cause analysis for process upsets and equipment failures, admin production reports and supporting documentation to Operations supervision.
• Be active in operating areas within the Blast Furnace department to facilitate understanding of equipment and requirements of efficient operation.
• Create and implement projects in accordance with U. S. Steel’s cost savings initiatives, currently known as SynEx.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgical, or Chemical Engineering

Job description

The Process Engineer will:

• Administer the U. S. Steel Safety program to ensure a safe work environment in the Edgar Thomson Plant.
• Learn foundations of the integrated steelmaking process, specifically hot metal production at the Blast Furnace.
• Utilize management skills to supervise and direct employee efforts to achieve operational goals and increase efficiency.
• Develop and forecast blast furnace raw material burdens to meet hot metal production targets, quality requirements, and optimal fuel rates.
• Coordinate raw material logistics and testing with third party entities (Railroads, Chemistry Laboratories, Raw Material Producers, USS Research, Etc.) to ensure operating plan is met and raw material inventory, chemistry, and quality is satisfactory.
• Optimize procedures (Safety SJPs, Quality SQPs, and Production SOPs) to continuously improve operational performance.
• Required to participate in incident investigations, determine root cause analysis for process upsets and equipment failures, administer production reports and supporting documentation to Operations supervision.
• Be active in operating areas within the Blast Furnace department to facilitate understanding of equipment and requirements of efficient operation.
• Create and implement projects in accordance with U. S. Steel’s cost savings initiatives, currently known as SynEx.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mineral Processing, Metallurgical, or Chemical Engineering.
• Preferred candidate will have mining or heavy industry experience.
• Coordination and direction of the safe, efficient, and economical operation of the facility.
• Utilization of management skills to supervise, direct and coordinate the efforts of employees assigned to the operating facility to maximize operating efficiencies with minimum interruption.
• Implementation of the production plan by coordinating material movement and equipment operation to meet customer's specifications -- including quality, delivery requirements, etc.
• Administration of operating facilities' personnel, production reports, policies and procedures and other reporting as necessary.
• Learn and understand the steelmaking process.
• This role is primarily a daylight position; but overtime, weekend coverage, and occasional rotating shift schedules will be required.

Competency Summary

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:
Think: Think Critically and Drive Change
Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate
Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results

Company Overview

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.
Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.
We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies® 2022, ’23, ‘24
• Disability: IN’s Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, ’22, ’23, ‘24
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Equality 100 Award 2020, ’21, ’22, ’23-24, ‘25
• Military Times’ Best for Vets: Employers 2023, ‘24

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel’s success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company’s success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other legally protected group status. (California residents may visit www.ussteel.com/CANotice regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)