Metallurgical Engineer

Job Description

Job Duties:

• Work with USS mills to establish material boundary samples, steel engineering quality standards, and develop testing and evaluation techniques to ensure material quality is to customer's expectations and requirements.
• Provide direction and leadership to CTS Engineer's (Customer Technical Service Engineers) and support internal USS functions to drive resolution of customer and outside processor technical and quality issues with our products.
• Drive customer and expectations in problem solving
• Lead teams on customer specific formats as required (8D/5D, A3, DMAIC 6Panel, PRR, etc.). Act as an advocate for our customers to ensure the USS team meets product, delivery, and application requirements, including specific process requirements such as change management and problem-solving process disciplines
• Take the lead in managing the quality relationships with the assigned key customer accounts.
• Monitor quality performance, support and actively communicate corrective action work across the supply chains (from mills to outside processors thru "end use" customers).
• Contribute towards continuous improvement activities in product quality and process efficiency across the supply chain.
• Coordinate quality activities with corporate, mill, processor, commercial and customer quality departments, Ensure accurate transfer of customer requirements or processing instructions to the mills and processors.
• Proactively engage across functions and within the businesses to identify meaningful opportunities for improving efficiencies and reducing costs in line with the USS Carnegie Way. Lead by example and aids Contract Team and Customer Production and Quality to develops others on quality principles and tools for implementing creative engineering solutions for system and process improvements.

Job Requirements:

• This position requires a Bachelor's Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Metallurgical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science or a closely related field of study plus five (5) years of experience in the job offered a similar materials engineering occupation within the steel industry.
• In Addition, must have 5 years of experience in each of the following: Customer technical service (CTS) for steel quality control and materials requirements; Analyzing and assimilating data from material laboratory results to develop engineering solutions; Performing formability data analysis to recommend tooling, process, or design changes to aid with customer formability and manufacturing issues; Assessing customer product requirements and specifications for materials engineering products; Measuring mechanical requirements for steel manufacturing, including yield strength, tensile strength, and total elongation; Assessing chemical requirements and coating requirements for steel manufacturing; Materials engineering project or program management; and, Providing business support for materials engineering projects, including reviewing profit and loss statements, Capital expenditure, ROI, and costs of goods.

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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.)

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