Quality Assurance Engineer I

Job Description

United States Steel - Granite City Works is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer who will be responsible for implementing the quality assurance program in the manufacturing facility, including partnering with the Operations team to monitor for adherence to quality standards.


Responsibilities:

• Review customer specifications.
• Provide metallurgical technical support to Operations management.
• Identify process changes for quality improvements and analysis of process and product data.
• Perform quality audits and manage the quality system.
• Provide the producing facility with technical and quality systems support, including rejection analysis, and process improvement recommendations.
• Apply education/technical experience and utilize problem solving and continuous improvement skills.
• Provide technical service to internal customers in physical and metallurgical characteristics of process and products and quality control.
• Develop and review various quality reports, conduct various quality meetings, perform daily audits to ensure operation is running within defined operation/quality parameters and procedures.
• Determine acceptability of product to customer specifications
• Lead problem solving initiatives of quality related issues
• Maintain process FMEA, Control Plan and other Quality Management system documents
• Responding to customer claims, complaints, and inquiries
• Coordinate and participate in continuous improvement trials

Requirements:

• Technical degree required.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience.
• Skills in developing collaborative relationships to achieve results, analysis, continuous improvement, and verbal and written technical communication.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and API Q1 quality system requirements is a plus.

Preferred Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Material Science preferred.
• Experience in steel or heavy industrial manufacturing

Base salary range $75,000 - $90,000. This base salary range is a good faith estimate. Based on candidate skills/experience the final offer may be lower/higher.

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.)