Metallurgical Engineer

Step into a key technical role at Worthington Steel’s premier Delta, Ohio facility—recognized for its advanced pickling, hot-dip galvanizing, and slitting operations—and join a high-performing team of metallurgists who love what they do. At Worthington Steel, our people-first philosophy drives everything: we empower individuals, encourage curiosity, and support continuous learning. As a Metallurgical/Materials Science Engineer, you’ll be hands-on in the process, collaborating daily with talented metallurgists, operators, and cross-functional teams to elevate product quality, optimize processes, and advance new materials and grades that serve the automotive, construction, energy, and agricultural markets. If you're a self-motivated problem solver who thrives in a collaborative, operations-focused environment, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while growing your technical expertise within one of our company’s most respected facilities.

Responsibilities

• Interface with steel mills to ensure raw material enables correct final product characteristics.
• Demonstrate familiarity with and proficiency in interpreting ASTM, EN/DIN, SAE, and customer specifications.
• Develop material and processing parameters to efficiently achieve desired end-product properties based on customer and industry specifications.
• Create and maintain documentation for metallurgical design including chemical composition selection, annealing cycles, coating weights, and tension leveling.
• Research, design, and manage product capability/development initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
• Provide metallurgical expertise to purchasing, commercial, operations, material disposition, and customer claims groups.
• Participate in corrective action teams and facilitate root cause analyses.
• Support the testing laboratory through test standard interpretation, procedure development and auditing, and due diligence for test equipment selection.
• Prescribe metallurgical testing and interpret results for internal and external customer presentations.
• Assist with customer order creation and material transfers.

Desired Experience, Knowledge and Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science Engineering
• Recent college graduate or up to five years of experience
• Strong computer skills.
• Exposure to hot-dip galvanizing is a plus.
• Familiarity with welding is a plus.
• Knowledge of statistics and/or advanced analytics is a plus.

Communication

• Strong interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.

Relationships

• Builds and fosters trusting internal and external relationships with a focus on customer needs, supporting bottom-line results and mutually beneficial outcomes.

Problem Solving

• Recognizes problems, uses tools and resources to identify root causes, and implements permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Applies data-driven and analytical thinking to inform decision-making.

Motivation

• Takes initiative to drive personal, team, customer, and company success.