Job Description

Overview

The Product Metallurgist is responsible for a wide variety of activities and procedures throughout our production process. This position is part of a team tasked with the goal of maximizing safety, quality, and productivity at the Columbus location.

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 instructions
• 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 organizations. 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
• Collabotate with Product Development, Mill prsonnel and tech Service Resources in improving porduct robustness as well as conversion costs.

Qualifications

• 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 supervision
• Proficiency in: Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, and other data search and analysis tools
• Strong work ethic. Positive outlook. Team Player

• 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 is an equal opportunity employer.