The Role
The Finishing Mill Metallurgist evaluates mill capability, product quality, and production parameters; approves inquiries and orders; updates process-control and quality instructions; investigates quality issues; and drives corrective improvements. The role communicates with customers, sales, and mill operations, supports product development, participates in problem solving, and helps improve product robustness, production efficiency, and conversion costs.
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SubsidiarySteel Dynamics
Overview
Finishing Mill Metallurgist
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
- 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 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.
- Collaborate with Product Development, Mill Personnel and Tech Service Resources in improving product robustness as well as conversion costs.
- 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
- Proficiency in: Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, and other data search and analysis tools
- Strong work Positive outlook. Team Player
- Self-motivated with strong orientation for continuous improvement and innovation.
- 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, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering
- Excellent problem-solving capabilities
- Leadership, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
- Ability to prioritize and multitask
- Ability to work independently with little or no supervision
- Proficiency with Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and data search and analysis tools
- Positive outlook and ability to work as part of a team
- Self-motivation and commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
- Five years of experience in steel production and/or applications
- Knowledge of ISO and other applicable standards, including TS standards
- Knowledge of rolling, product specifications, testing procedures, material properties, customers, and applications
- Product development experience with cold rolled and coated products
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The Company
What We Do
Steel Dynamics is one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States, based on estimated annual steelmaking and metals recycling capability, with facilities located throughout the United States, and in Mexico. Steel Dynamics produces steel products, including hot roll, cold roll, and coated sheet steel, structural steel beams and shapes, rail, engineered special-bar-quality steel, cold finished steel, merchant bar products, specialty steel sections and steel joists and deck. In addition, the company produces liquid pig iron and processes and sells ferrous and nonferrous scrap.
