Nucor Corporation · 1 day ago
Cold Mill Metallurgist
Trinity, AL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expNucor Corporation is North America's largest steel and steel products manufacturer, known for its innovative sustainability practices. The Cold Mill Metallurgist will provide metallurgical and engineering support for the Cold Rolling Mill, focusing on process optimization and technical support for continuous sheet galvanizing line production.
IndustrialIndustrial ManufacturingMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingMiningRecycling
Responsibilities
Provide metallurgical and engineering support, process development and technical support for Cold Rolling Mill as assigned, to ensure optimization of manufacturing processes for continuous sheet galvanizing line production, for customer specific requirements including manufacturing reliability, operations, and maintenance requirements
Apply metallurgy knowledge, rolling technology expertise and data analysis skills to estimate steel transformation and simulate mill conditions
Generate temporary instructions and lead assigned trials
Evaluate steel chemistry and mechanical processing parameters to ensure physical properties are met
Evaluate performance for all materials in contact with the steel sheet, as well as provide customer technical support, including but not limited to scale breaker rolls, pinch rolls, flattener rolls, submerged rolls, Umlauf bridles, bridle rolls, tension leveler rolls, trimmer knives, work rolls, backup rolls, tensiometer rolls, shape meter rolls, knock down rolls, hold-down rolls, entry sticker guides, belt wrappers, deflector rolls, squeezer rolls, steering rolls, brush rolls, furnace rolls and looper rolls
Provide technical support for activities that drive improvements of product cost, quality, and process performance
Design and implement equipment modifications in the Cold Mill, Hot Mill and/or Galvanizing Line to improve operations
Prepare data extraction and cost, failure and rolling statistical data analyses on synchronized data to drive daily decision making in Cold mill/Galvanizing production
Monitor and analyze rolling process and equipment conditions using data acquisition software ibaPDA and ibaAnalyzer, SQL coding to monitor, analyze rolling process, and equipment conditions
Relate synchronized data from different equipment to assess process behavior and draw conclusions to drive equipment maintenance, improvements, and upgrades
Generate solutions that satisfy customer needs
Coordinate technical assessments with Rolling Technology vendors to improve product quality and process KPI, by optimizing the existing rolling equipment and/or developing and implementing new technologies in the Cold Mill
Evaluate current equipment conditions against OEM (original equipment manufacturer) design to assess any undesired deviation from original equipment standard
Identify areas of opportunity to improve yield in steel processing and reduce scrap generation
Define critical processing parameters control limits and engineer automatic detection of parameters deviations to ensure customer requirements are met
Participate in cross functional technical teams of different operating departments to identify and correct root causes of quality and performance issues, ensure process optimization, and foster continuous improvement within the mill
Generate SQL code to link and extract data from different product and process databases
Perform statistical analysis to draw conclusions that impact product quality and process KPI
Perform task risk assessments to identify safety hazards and communicate findings with team to implement adequate measures based on the Safety Hierarchy of Control Pyramid to avoid safety events
Interact with Sales Department and customers as needed on quality related observations or claims
Develop and conduct technical training for rolling mill team as required for safe and effective mill operation to provide quality steel, on time
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering or directly related field
Five (5) years of experience in metallurgical and engineering process support for continuous sheet galvanizing line production in steel making
Experience evaluating steel chemistry and mechanical processing parameters to ensure physical properties are met
Experience defining critical processing parameter control limits, engineering automatic detection of deviations to ensure customer requirements are met
Experience preparing data extraction and cost, failure and rolling statistical data analyses on synchronized data to drive daily decision making in Cold mill/Galvanizing production
Experience developing materials suppliers (equipment: furnace rolls, work rolls, backup rolls, pinch rolls), and providing customer technical support
Experience utilizing data acquisition software ibaPDA and ibaAnalyzer, SQL coding to monitor, analyze rolling process, and equipment conditions
Experience performing technical assessments to improve product quality and process KPI
5% International and Domestic Travel for trainings, meetings, and conferences
Preferred
Nucor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability Insurance
401K and Roth accounts
Profit sharing
Pay-for-performance bonuses
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Stock program
Scholarships
Company
Nucor Corporation
Nucor Corporation steel production company that provides a diverse range of steel and steel products.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.4MKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2024-11-14Grant· $0.4M
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Leon J. Topalian
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Laxton
Chief Financial Officer
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