Quality Assurance Engineer I
United States Steel · $75,000–$90,000 (stated in the posting)
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
- 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.
- Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Material Science preferred.
- Experience in steel or heavy industrial manufacturing