Metallurgical Engineer II
United States Steel
United States Steel Corporation has an immediate opening for a CTS Engineer in our Product Applications Engineering / Customer Technical Service Engineering organization in Automotive Solutions. This position serves customer base with the product/process lines serving automotive end use. Position will require relocation and travel to trouble-shoot concerns at automotive customer facilities.Responsibilities include the following:
- Single point of contact for United States Steel customer.
- Proactively monitors quality performance of mill and competition at assigned customer locations;
- Drives continuous improvement in product quality and process quality.
- Investigates and dispositions rejected material at customer locations;
- Communicates and contributes to new technical developments for customer and market;
- Reviews and approves customer specifications and requirements;
- Insures accurate entry of customer requirements into mill orders;
- Accurately communicates potential issues and concerns to mills, processors and establishes containment;
- Drives root cause, implements corrective action, champions change/countermeasures, and provides customer feedback;
- Document results in claim system, following established claim policies.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Metallurgy, Material Science, Mechanical or related engineering field or equivalent experience’
- Requires at least 5 years of quality related experience in the automotive industry, with experience in structured problem solving, and proactive quality resolution.
- Desire at least three years of related experience with flat roll products in quality or operating capacity or an equivalent combination of education and experience which includes extensive sheet processing/product knowledge;
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% within the assigned customer territory in and around Missouri. Residence within the territory is preferred.
- Knowledge of quality tools such as Six Sigma, 8D, 5Y, Shainin Strategies
- Experienced engineer with knowledge of tooling, forming and material quality to be used as a technical resource in customer plant issues;
- Understanding of mill product quality standards, capabilities and limitations
- Familiarity with ASTM and JIS industry standards;
- Sheet mill process/product experience preferred;
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a strong focus on continuous improvement, cost avoidance and a sense of urgency.