Materials Engineer - R&D at ResourceTek

Job description

Materials Engineer - R&D

In support of our client, a leader in steel manufacturing, we are seeking an experienced Materials Engineer - R&D located in Calvert, AL. This is a full-time direct hire position.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

The ideal candidate will provide new product commercialization support through expertise and analytical and communication skills within the highly automated production chains to meet the business goals of our client.

The Basics:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; materials, metallurgical or mechanical focus preferred
• Well-rounded engineering knowledge in all steel industry relevant disciplines
• Proficient to intermediate experience or academic knowledge in at least one step of iron and steel processing like either melt shop and casting, hot rolling, cold rolling, annealing, and coating
• Basic experience or knowledge in welding and forming technology
• Proficiency in data analytics and root cause analyses
• Familiar with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Excel, Teams, Word, PowerPoint)

The Extras:

• Masters or PhD in ferrous metallurgy or material science or mechanical engineering
• Understanding of steel as a material for applications in the automotive and other industries
• Proficient to intermediate experience in mechanical testing
• Knowledgeable in data extraction and use of relational data basis (data mining) and statistical data analyses

TRAITS TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• Demonstrate the company values of Safety, Teamwork, Accountability, Relationships, and Sustainability
• Demonstrate strong decision making, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Understands the most effective and efficient processes to accomplish tasks, with a continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to listen and observe, theorize, verify
• Ability to create practical solutions in complex contexts
• Skilled in providing formal training within the operations and quality organization

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Your field will be innovations and product extensions at our client related to automotive applications, to energy transport and energy transition, and to general industrial applications
• Regularly lead industrial product implementation for steel innovations new to our client following the commercialization stage gating and/or trial process
• Lead, when being assigned, product extension, or internal manufacturing cost improvement initiatives or combinations of both
• Plan mill trials in a cost efficient and resourceful manner
• Lead the execution of mill trials
• Finalize implementation or extension projects by documenting trial results and customer feed-back
• Connect with global R&D and marketing entities for input and cooperation
• Identify where global R&D lab studies can add to and expedite the industrialization
• Integrate operations, technology, and quality entities in all process steps at our client for early optimization, learning and automatization of new products’ manufacturing

YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Office and Industrial setting at our client production site with one day work from home a week
• Gulf coast region in Calvert, AL
• Days, Monday to Friday with extended hours as required due to periods of peak workloads