Process Engineer - Hot Strip Mill Operations Department

Company: HB Consultants LLC
Location: Youngstown
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

Process Engineer - Hot Strip Mill Operations Department : Provides technical oversight and direction to the product engineers, process engineers and process technicians through driving continual improvement, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation in response to quality issues that affect the product and the process. Job Duties: Communication: Facilitates continuous communication between Operating Departments and the Quality & Process Technology Group. Facilitates strong and continuous communication within the assigned operating group on changes, quality issues, new products and processes, etc. Facilitates strong and continuous communication between process engineers in other areas of the mill on changes, non-conforming material, experiments, etc. Information Management: Utilizes information and statistics generated through data acquisitions and analysis in all product and process decision-making Quality Culture: Drives the quality culture and thought-process down to the lowest level of the operating organization Structure & Discipline: Imparts a quality structure ("way of doing things") to the operating groups that streamlines efficiency and consistency of work within the department Continuous Improvement: Provides leadership of Continual Improvement Teams comprised of self and representatives from other parts of the organization (operation, sales, engineering, etc.) Quality Systems: Works directly with quality systems down to the lowest level of the organization. Utilizes the ISO Quality System as an effective management tool. Institutes systems for improved, enhanced and expanded data collection, process measurement and process audits Process Optimization: Optimizes process parameters for new and existing products. Spans that gap between product requirements and the required processing parameters required to achieve those product requirements every time Product Performance: Integrates a solid understanding of product metallurgical behaviors and its intrinsic relationship to operating conditions. Develops practices and procedures around the integration Failure Analysis: Oversees daily and longer-term failure analysis investigations of quality non-conformances (slabs, hot bands, and/or coils) within the Operating Departments and works with the Automation Engineers and with Operations to develop, execute and follow-up on short and long-term corrective actions Standard Operating Practices: Develops and refines procedures and standard operating practices within the Operating Departments Controlled Experimentation: Conducts controlled experiments targeting process problems and improvements. Utilizes statistical techniques to analyze data New Technology: Implements new technology for process and product improvement. Works with Quality Assurance to develop cost justification Customer Complaint Resolution: Works as needed with the product and technical services engineers to resolve customer complaints and internal quality crises Operations Support: Supports the Operating Department as needed and requested in assigned areas Meets or exceeds any additional requirements or direction set forth by the Manager, Product & Process Technology Qualifications and Education Requirements: Minimum B.S.E. degree in Metallurgical or Material Science Engineering. Highly motivated, tenacious, a leader, driven toward continual improvement, relentless drive toward information-based decision-making. Ability to operate independently as an experienced professional. High degree of computer literacy. Employee Benefits: Health, Dental and vision coverage options Life, short and long term disability insurances Non Union 401(k) plan with employer matching Paid vacation and holiday time Health and wellness programs

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