Student Employee

Job Description

About U. S. Steel Tubular Products
U. S. Steel Tubular Products manufactures seamless pipe and premium connections that support energy and industrial customers across the United States.

Position Summary
The Metallurgical / Mechanical Process Engineering Co-op is a 2-3 consecutive-term development opportunity designed to provide engineering students with progressive, hands-on experience in a steel manufacturing environment.
The Co-op will work alongside engineering, operations, quality, and maintenance teams to support manufacturing processes, troubleshoot production issues, analyze process and product performance, and identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, reliability, productivity, and cost.
Unlike a traditional summer internship, this program is structured across multiple consecutive work terms, allowing the Co-op to build deeper technical knowledge, take on increasing responsibility, and see longer-term engineering projects through multiple stages of development and implementation.

Responsibilities
• Follow all safety requirements and actively support a safe work environment.
• Work directly with engineering and operations teams to understand manufacturing processes, equipment, product requirements, and production challenges.
• Support metallurgical and mechanical process engineering activities within plant operations.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret process, equipment, quality, and production data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Assist with troubleshooting manufacturing and process-related issues and support development of practical corrective actions.
• Support process improvements focused on safety, product quality, equipment performance, productivity, yield, and cost.
• Participate in root cause analysis related to process variation, equipment issues, quality concerns, and production performance.
• Support trials, testing, process changes, and implementation of engineering improvements.
• Develop and maintain technical reports, process documentation, data analysis, and project updates.
• Work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, quality, engineering, and other plant teams.
• Take on increasingly complex assignments and project ownership as technical knowledge develops across consecutive Co-op terms.
• Present project results, findings, and recommendations to engineering and plant leadership.
Potential Co-op Assignments

Assignments may include:
• Manufacturing process optimization and troubleshooting.
• Metallurgical process and product performance analysis.
• Mechanical equipment and process improvement.
• Quality and defect reduction projects.
• Root cause analysis and corrective action development.
• Process capability and production performance analysis.
• Yield, productivity, and cost improvement projects.
• Equipment reliability and operating performance improvements.
• Development and evaluation of process trials.
• Data analysis and reporting to support engineering and operational decisions.

Requirements
• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Ability to participate in a 2-3 consecutive-term Co-op program.
• Strong analytical, technical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Interest in manufacturing, steelmaking, industrial operations, and process engineering.
• Ability to analyze data and apply engineering principles to real-world manufacturing problems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with engineering, operations, maintenance, and quality teams.
• Ability to work onsite at the Fairfield, Alabama facility.
• Authorization to work in the United States.
• Ability to meet plant safety and PPE requirements and work in an industrial manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications
• Previous manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, technical, or hands-on project experience.
• Familiarity with metallurgical principles, mechanical systems, manufacturing processes, materials, or process control.
• Experience with engineering data analysis, statistical methods, or technical problem-solving.
• Strong academic achievement and demonstrated aptitude in engineering coursework.
• Experience participating in engineering design teams, student organizations, research, or technical projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical findings to different audiences.
• Initiative, curiosity, and a strong interest in continuous improvement and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced industrial environment.

What You Will Gain
The Co-op program provides progressively deeper hands-on engineering experience across 2-3 consecutive terms. Co-ops will develop an understanding of steel manufacturing processes, gain experience solving real production and engineering challenges, work directly with experienced engineers and plant professionals, and build technical and leadership skills through meaningful project ownership.
Each term is intended to build on the previous experience, providing increased responsibility and exposure to increasingly complex engineering and operational challenges.

Competency Summary

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:

Think: Think Critically and Drive Change
Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate
Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results

Company Overview

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.

Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.

We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies® 2022, '23, '24
• Disability: IN's Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, '22, '23, '24
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Equality 100 Award 2020, '21, '22, '23-24, '25
• Military Times' Best for Vets: Employers 2023, '24

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel's success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company's success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other legally protected group status. (California residents may visit regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)