Metallurgical Engineer

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.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 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 customer territory from Michigan to Missouri, local residence is preferred.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• 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.