Sr. Process Engineer - Rolling Mill

Commercial Metals Company; Knoxville, Northern (TN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 Benefits Coverage

Paid Time Off

401(k) with 4.5% match

Competitive compensation and bonuses

Life and disability insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Training and advancement opportunities

Job summary

Commercial Metals Company in Knoxville, TN, seeks a Sr. Process Engineer for the Rolling Mill to optimize reheat furnace, rolling mill, cooling bed, and related equipment. You’ll analyze data to reduce waste, drive stability, and lead improvement initiatives across the shop floor.

The role requires hands-on experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work with operators and managers on flexible schedules to ensure safe, reliable performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy or related field.
• Minimum three years rolling mill experience in a hands-on environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze process performance using data-driven methods to identify waste, variability, and improvement opportunities.
• Investigate and recommend process, procedure, training or equipment needs to continually improve performance.
• Work with department and shift managers to optimize personnel and process execution for consistent performance and continuous process improvement.
• Monitor shop performance and processes daily for operation within established parameters.
• Determine causes for deviation and recommend corrections.
• Provide reporting daily, weekly and monthly to document Mill performance against established key performance indicators.
• Work with Quality Assurance Department to monitor product quality and identify and correct deviations.
• Interact with company personnel resources external to plant about process performance and improvement.
• Initiate communication with resources external to company (suppliers and contractors) for consistency and improvement initiatives.
• Lead or support process improvement projects and operational excellence initiatives

Skills

Rolling Mill operations

Process improvement

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgy

Job description

Title: Sr. Process Engineer - Rolling Mill

Location:

Knoxville, TN, US, 37921

Group: North American Steel Group

Division: Rolling Mill

it's what's inside that counts

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There’s more to CMC than our products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, it’s the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, manufacturing facilities, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

• Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
• Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
• 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
• Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Advancement Opportunities

Why This Job

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel, construction reinforcement and ground stabilization industries and to grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day brainstorming in an office cubicle, operating a crane, running manufacturing equipment or troubleshooting technical obstacles, at CMC, you’ll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

What You'll Do

• Analyze process performance using data-driven methods to identify waste, variability, and improvement opportunities
• Investigate and recommend process, procedure, training or equipment needs to continually improve performance
• Work with department and shift managers to optimize personnel and process execution for consistent performance and continuous process improvement
• Monitor shop performance and processes daily for operation within established parameters
• Determine causes for deviation and recommend corrections
• Provide reporting daily, weekly and monthly to document Mill performance against established key performance indicators
• Work with Quality Assurance Department to monitor product quality and identify and correct any deviations
• Interact with company personnel resources external to plant about process performance and improvement
• Initiate communication with resources external to company (suppliers and contractors) for consistency and improvement initiatives
• Lead or support process improvement projects and operational excellence initiatives

What You'll Need

• Knowledge of Rolling Mill operations to include Reheat Furnace, Rolling Mill, Cooling Bed, and Backshear Bundling equipment strongly preferred
• Minimum three years rolling mill experience in a hands on environment
• Basic knowledge of the rolling process preferred
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal
• Highly technical, detail oriented, organized and self-starter
• Willingness and ability to work hands-on in the shop with operators on flexible schedules
• Ability to work within all levels of the organization (shop floor to upper management)
• Critical thinking, strong analytical and problem solving skills and attention to detail

Your Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline required.

We are CMC, a Fortune 500® company at the leading edge of our industry. Our construction reinforcement and steel products have supported construction projects and structures around the world. The secret to our success? We’ve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging construction reinforcement problems facing our world for more than 100 years — and we’re just getting started.

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