Job Description

U. S. Steel is seeking a Metallurgical Lab Technician at its Fairfield Tubular Operations. This role is essential for ensuring the highest standards of quality in our seamless tubular production processes The ideal candidate will be safety-focused, reliable, and capable of working in a dynamic industrial environment.

Responsibilities:

• Strictly adhere to all safety procedures and guidelines. Safety is a core value, requiring the use of personal protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses, hearing protection, protective clothing, and boots with metatarsal protection.
• Demonstrate punctuality, consistent attendance, and self-direction to support operational success.
• Prepare steel samples for analysis using equipment such as plasma cutters, band saws, and belt grinders.
• Perform mechanical tests, including tensile, hardness, collapse, and flatness tests to ensure samples meet the required specifications
• Work with and around materials that may be hot, heavy, or sharp, in environments that can be hot, cold, dirty, greasy, wet, and noisy.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Successful completion of at least two years of high school chemistry.
• Ability to work rotating 8-hour shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Willingness to work overtime as needed.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to operate a forklift, or willingness to obtain and maintain forklift certification.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with metallurgical testing in a heavy industrial environment is preferred.

You should be proficient in:

• Mechanical Testing
• High School / GED
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• Basic Computer Skills

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• CNC Plasma Cutter
• Band Saw
• Belt Sander