What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Engineer position at North Star BlueScope Steel?
The Quality Engineer is responsible for dressing orders to ensure North Star BlueScope Steel meets customer and industry specifications. Responsibilities may include developing new or modifying existing steel grades for production to expand North Star BlueScope Steel’s market, implementing cost-savings measures, maintaining business systems about this role and interacting with sales/customers to ensure that North Star BlueScope steel meets all customer requirements.
\n- Review and dress mill orders to meet customer specifications and purchase orders.
- Ensure adherence of North Star BlueScope products to industry and customer standards.
- Assist in the development of customer and North Star BlueScope Steel specifications.
- Maintain material specifications, rolling codes, and North Star BlueScope Steel’s grade book.
- Effectively communicate with customers, sales personnel, operations, and outside processors to result in positive customer relations to develop new products based on customer inquiries and mill capabilities.
- Manage and report on trials for product development.
- Development and maintenance of product data sheets to streamline sales inquiries.
- Ensure adherence of all departmental personnel to safety and housekeeping practices.
- Display solid technical skills in developing new products/grades, improving current products to establish quality control practices, and performing metallurgical investigations.
- Effectively communicate with all personnel within the plant while implementing managerial techniques to enhance a good work culture and environment.
- Bachelor of Science Degree or higher in Metallurgy, Metallurgical Engineering, or another technical field.
- Two years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of ASTM, and automotive steel specifications.
- Ability to work with individuals at all levels of the organization and utilize the internal knowledge base to solve technical problems.
- Working knowledge of steel products and steel manufacturing process.
- Self-starter with exceptional data analysis skills.
- Proficient in the advanced features of Microsoft Office products: Word and Excel.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- 5 years’ experience in the steel industry.
- Proven track record of leading safety, quality, and process improvement teams within a manufacturing environment.
- No budget responsibility
- No direct/indirect reports
- No sponsorship available
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:
North Star BlueScope Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion are driving forces in our company's success.
