Jobs at SMS group Inc.

Leads the disassembly, inspection, and advisory process for heavy blast furnace equipment. Performs dimensional inspections, failure analysis, refurbishment planning, cost estimation, supplier coordination, quality verification, NCR management, and final readiness sign-off. Interprets engineering drawings and specifications while coordinating clients and cross-functional teams. Occasional travel to customer and supplier sites across North America is required.

Supports the design, programming, integration testing, and validation of Level 1 automation and PLC control systems for steelmaking equipment. Translates process requirements into automation solutions, collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams, documents lessons learned, and assists with commissioning and troubleshooting in office, testing, and industrial environments.

Paid, full-time summer internship involving ownership of a departmental engineering project, mentorship, cross-functional discovery sessions, site tours, customer-site visits, networking, and a capstone presentation to leadership. Candidates should be current engineering, technical, or business students who collaborate effectively, learn quickly, take initiative, and are willing to visit customer sites.

Coordinates technical sales and proposal activities for steelmaking and continuous casting equipment. Responsibilities include developing technical proposals, coordinating engineering, process and metallurgical calculations, preparing cost estimates, managing vendors and proposal documentation, presenting technology to customers, supporting sales calls, conducting engineering studies, and assisting with equipment commissioning. Domestic and international business travel is required.

Provides mechanical design, drafting, layout development, engineering investigations, and proposal support for continuous casting and steelmaking equipment. Coordinates layout efforts across design, engineering, automation, and sales teams; selects and adapts reference equipment; supports aftermarket service and revamp proposals; and serves as a customer liaison. Requires a mechanical engineering background, at least five years of industrial steelmaking equipment experience, and proficiency with AutoCAD and Creo.

Provides onsite administrative and secretarial support across Purchasing, Quality, Service, and Logistics. Responsibilities include supplier collaboration, delivery tracking and distribution, NDA maintenance, supplier onboarding documentation, liability insurance renewals, invoice verification and retention, document scanning, and system uploads.

Processes technical service orders from customer request through delivery. Prepares quotations, creates RFQs, sources parts through approved vendors, tracks requests, verifies technical and material details, and supports customers and the sales department. Requires interpreting technical drawings and materials of construction, coordinating with customers, preparing correspondence, and maintaining quotation accuracy. The role includes approximately 10% business travel.

Manages full-cycle recruitment, including job postings, sourcing, resume screening, interviews, offers, and onboarding. Develops sourcing strategies, supports employer branding, ensures a positive candidate experience, partners with hiring managers, conducts labor market research, and maintains compliance with hiring regulations. The role focuses on recruiting for manufacturing positions, including machinists, and requires strong communication, negotiation, organization, and recruiting systems skills.

Leads corporate improvement, strategic planning, merger and acquisition analysis, and business transformation initiatives. Partners with executives and stakeholders to identify challenges, gather market and financial data, develop recommendations, create project plans, monitor milestones, facilitate meetings, and drive implementation. Prepares presentations and insights for senior leadership while managing projects across the organization. Travel to company locations and customer sites may reach 25%.

Manage plant material control, sourcing, purchasing, production planning, inventory, and shipping and receiving. Responsibilities include obtaining quotes, creating purchase orders, coordinating suppliers and deliveries, maintaining bills of materials, expediting materials, controlling inventory, supporting production scheduling, and developing supplier programs such as VMI and JIT. The role also oversees indirect supplier selection, purchasing agreements, and supply constraint analysis.

Supports the design and development of mechanical equipment for metals-processing facilities. Responsibilities include creating 3D models, engineering drawings, bills of materials, layouts, calculations, technical reports, equipment inspections, testing, supplier reviews, manuals, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, and field verification. The role collaborates with engineering, supply chain, suppliers, workshops, and project teams while contributing to product improvements and safe design practices.

Leads the North American flat rolling repair and maintenance product portfolio. Aligns engineering, sales, workshops, operations, marketing, and customers to develop scalable repairs, modernization packages, spare parts, and services for roll shops, chocks, and oil film bearings. Analyzes operational data, supports customer issues, manages equipment databases and fleet programs, coordinates digital inspection and ERP initiatives, and visits customer and workshop sites frequently.

Participate in a structured 12-week, cohort-based internship at SMS group. Interns own a department project with mentor support, attend cross-functional sessions, tour operational sites, network globally, and present results to leadership. The program seeks current engineering, technical, or business students who demonstrate initiative, collaboration, learning agility, and leadership potential.

Directs the operational and financial lifecycle of an industrial project portfolio, including P&L, budgeting, resource allocation, risk mitigation, compliance, and client/vendor negotiations. Supervises project managers, establishes execution standards, leads professional development, and integrates analytics and digitalization into project delivery. The role requires deep expertise in metallurgical production, industrial automation, MES, Level 2 systems, software development lifecycle governance, enterprise analytics, and project financial management.

Design, program, test, commission, and support Level 1 control systems for hot and cold rolling mills. Responsibilities include integration testing, on-site startup, customer training, troubleshooting, remote service support, and collaboration with project management, mechanical engineering, and Level 2 engineering teams. The role requires an engineering degree, at least five years of experience, PLC expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and willingness to travel internationally.

Develop, program, test, and commission Level 1 control systems for hot strip mills. Collaborate with mechanical and Level 2 teams, perform integration testing, support on-site commissioning, train customer personnel, and service systems remotely and on-site. Willingness to travel for extended integration and commissioning assignments is required.

Program, test, integrate, and commission Level 1 PLC-based control systems for rolling mills (cold and hot strip). Collaborate with Level 2, mechanical, and project teams; perform integration testing, on-site commissioning, customer training, and remote/on-site service while supporting long-term project deployments.

Program, test, and commission Level 1 control systems for pickle lines and rolling mill equipment. Develop PLC programs, collaborate with project and Level 2 teams, perform integration testing, commission on-site, train customer personnel, and provide remote and on-site service and troubleshooting throughout multi-year project deployments.

Develop hybrid, process-informed ML models and virtual sensors with process engineers; own end-to-end data science from feature engineering to production deployment, monitoring, and maintenance; engage customers and cross-functional teams for adoption.

Lead marketing and sales of Long Products Electrics & Automation across the Americas, manage proposal development, coordinate engineering and vendor inputs, present technical proposals, support aftermarket service contracts, and travel to customers and suppliers (25-40%). Supervise up to three sales and proposal engineers.