Primary Met QA Manager

How do you manufacture the world’s cleanest alloy steel? How do you help your customers push the bounds of what’s possible? With a smart and passionate team of people who are focused on a strong set of core values, on giving their best every day, and who are proud of the contributions they’re making to our company and community. People who want to make a difference.

 

Relocation could be offered for this position.

 

Purpose

This position exists to provide Metallurgical knowledge to the Faircrest Steel Plant steel making, refining, casting, and rolling/forging operating areas. This position is responsible to manage a staff of analysts that will provide for around the clock, Metallurgical coverage of the Faircrest operations.

 

Responsibilities

• Accountable to provide metallurgical coverage of steelmaking operations via the turn metallurgist positions for 24hours, 7 days a week. Responsible to answer off-hour calls to reduce steel making and steel processing delays.
• As requested, perform bloom quality checks on weekends and thru holidays to continue product flow for downstream operations.
• Work closely with operations and supply chain to minimize production downtime.
• Daily review of key steelmaking process variables and order additional metallurgical testing as necessary to determine suitability of materials for intended application and conformance to imposed material specifications.
• Provide metallurgical and technical advice and support all steel operations, sales, supply chain and direct customers when requested in customer complaint resolution efforts and audits.
• Insure standards are met and to help determine system suitability of the material for customer orders prior to shipment as well as oversight for the bloom allocation and testing function.
• Review, edit and approve area business standards that apply to Faircrest and Harrison steel making, refining, casting, and rolling/forging operations in support of TimkenSteel quality systems.
• At times, conduct high-levels of process analysis and/or project work in the manufacturing areas of concern.

 

Technical Skills

• Lean 6 Sigma training or similar process improvement training
• JMP statistical analysis or similar statistical analysis training
• Extensive use of Excel/Word/PowerPoint
• Project managing experience
• Manufacturing experience

 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Material Science or Metallurgical Engineering with at least 12 years of material science, metallurgy, or steel making experience.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Material Science or Metallurgical Engineering with at least 10 years of material science, metallurgy, or steel making experience.

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.