QC Engineer

North American Stainless; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

North American Stainless is seeking a QC Engineer to deliver metallurgical quality engineering services and technical support across quality programs, including in-process quality and customer service. The role supports NAS total quality initiatives to improve cost, productivity, yields, and customer satisfaction within the Flat and Long Products groups.

The engineer will implement standardized practices, review internal quality, and communicate customer requirements to internal teams, ensuring

Qualifications

• Requires bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide metallurgical and technical quality engineering support for NAS.
• Develop standardized practices to ensure quality, productivity, and yields.
• Ensure compliance with industry and customer specifications (ASTM/ASME/AMS).
• Review internal quality across Melt Shop, Hot Rolling, or Cold Rolling areas.
• Communicate customer requirements to internal teams to improve satisfaction.
• Support new products or product claims through customer visits and evaluations.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality and promote accuracy and thoroughness.
• Plan and manage projects, coordinating teams to meet time and budget goals.
• Adapt to changing environments and manage competing demands.
• Follow safety, environmental, and company policies.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Education

B.S. Metallurgical / Material Science / Mechanical Engineering

Job description

This position is responsible for providing professional metallurgical quality engineering service
and technical support involving technical quality, in-process quality, and customer service. The
position supports the NAS total quality program to improve cost, productivity, yields and
customer requirements. QC Engineers support both the Flat Products Group and the Long
Products Groups focusing on both internal quality and external quality. The QC Engineer will be
involved in all or a portion of the listed Essential Job Functions.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. 1. Provide metallurgical and technical support for all areas of NAS.
2. 2. Develops, defines and implements standardized practices to ensure consistent and
   repetitive process routing for maximum quality, productivity, and yields.
3. 3. Operates within NAS quality standard, relevant industry standards such as ASTM,
   ASME, AMS; and customer product specifications.
4. 4. Review daily internal quality. Areas of focus could include Melt Shop, Hot Rolling, or
   Cold Rolling. All areas integrated within these processing facilities are within the scope
   of responsibility for the Engineer. Assist in determining appropriate corrective actions.
5. 5. Studies and researches customer product needs to insure the proper application of
   products to meet the specific customer end use requirements and maximize customer
   relationships.
6. 6. Communicates customer requirements in order to maximize understanding of customer's
   needs and increase customer service through fewer errors, claims or complaints. This
   includes identifying critical needs of the customer, communicating these critical needs to
   the proper section within the organization, and monitoring and controlling the critical
   needs during the various stages of production.
7. 7. Customer technical support involving new products or product sold to the customer. This
   includes customer visits for establishing customer specification requirements; follow up
   visits for product evaluation, and visits for evaluating claims and complaints.
8. 8. Looks for ways to improve and promote quality, demonstrates accuracy and
   thoroughness.
9. 9. Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently.
10. 10. Develop project plans, co-ordinate projects, communicate changes and progress,
    complete projects within time and budget, manages project team activities.
11. 11. Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, changes
    approach or method to best fit the situation, able to deal with frequent changes, delays or
    unexpected delays.
12. 12. Follows instructions, responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own
    action, keeps commitments, completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with
    an alternative action plan.
13. 13. Displays original thinking and creativity, meet changes with resourcefulness, generate
    suggestions for improving work, develop innovative approaches and ideas, present ideas
    and information in a manner that gets others' attention.

SUPPLEMENTAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. 1. Other duties as assigned
2. 2. Participation in relevant continuous improvement programs.

MINIMUM EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of B.S. Metallurgical / Material Science / Mechanical Engineering

PHYSICAL ABILITIES REQUIRED:

• Mobility in plant
• While performing the duties of (this job), the employee is regularly required to sit, stand,
• walk, etc.
• The employee is frequently required to make use of their hands for technical tasks
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Visual ability with or without correction
• Communication abilities

HEALTH AND SAFETY:

1. 1. Work in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations
2. 2. Follow Company safety rules
3. 3. Report the absence of or defect in any protective equipment or clothing to the Supervisor
   or Manager immediately
4. 4. Use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing that is required to be used or
   worn:
   • a. Safety shoes
   • b. Safety glasses
   • c. Hearing protection
   • d. Hard Hat
   • e. Respirators; the respirator requires you to be clean shaven in order to comply with
     company policies and procedures as well as OSHA Regulations.
   • f. Fire Retardant clothing
   • g. Acid PPE
5. 5. Report to the Safety Coordinator, Group Lead or Supervisor any contravention of the
   Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations or Company policy
6. 6. Must follow all Lock out Tag out (LOTO) guidelines for designated machines
7. 7. Must follow all Environmental Policies and Regulations
8. 8. Maintain a clean and safe work area

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

1. 1. Work in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations
2. 2. Clean, well ventilated and safe work areas.

HUMAN RESOURCES:

1. 1. Abiding by the Acerinox Code of Conduct
2. 2. Keeping oneself informed through your company email account
3. 3. Maintaining your Dynamic Policy Profile and all assigned learnings therein
4. 4. Abiding by all security procedures
5. 5. Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
6. 6. Must be able to learn, adapt, and retain information
7. 7. Must have strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills