Cold Mill Metallurgist

Basic Job Functions:

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. 5% International and Domestic Travel for trainings, meetings, and conferences.Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must have a Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering or directly related field and five (5) years of experience in metallurgical and engineering process support for continuous sheet galvanizing line production in steel making. Must have experience: Evaluating steel chemistry and mechanical processing parameters to ensure physical properties are met. Defining critical processing parameter control limits, engineering automatic
detection of deviations to ensure customer requirements are met. Preparing Data extraction and cost, failure and rolling statistical data analyses on synchronized data to drive daily decision making in Cold mill/Galvanizing production. Developing materials suppliers (equipment: furnace rolls, work rolls, backup rolls, pinch rolls), and provide customer technical support. Utilizing data acquisition software ibaPDA and ibaAnalyzer, SQL coding to monitor, analyze rolling process, and equipment conditions. Performing technical assessments to improve
product quality and process KPI. 5% International and Domestic Travel for trainings, meetings, and conferences.

Preferred Qualifications: