Hot Mill Process Engineer

Nucor•Trinity, AL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Hot Mill Process Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing equipment modifications in the Hot Mill, collaborating with downstream processes to improve operations and develop new products. This role involves developing process improvement plans, troubleshooting, assessing product quality, and ensuring adherence to industry standards. The engineer will also develop procedures for new markets and applications, provide technical support, and conduct training for the rolling mill team. Key responsibilities include optimizing manufacturing processes, maximizing production rates, reducing reworks, increasing yield and productivity, and ensuring on-time delivery. The role requires selecting process parameters, performing risk assessments, and utilizing data acquisition software and SQL coding for analysis. Additionally, the engineer will monitor personnel performance, investigate and implement SOPs, provide metallurgical support, and interact with customers for technical support and claims resolution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or directly related Engineering field.
Three (3) years of steel rolling process experience applying metallurgical knowledge to flat steel products manufacturing.
Experience designing and implementing equipment modifications in the Hot Mill and teamwork with downstream processes (internal customer) including the Pickling line, Tandem Mill, Galvanizing Line, Batch Annealing, and/or Temper mill to improve operations and/or develop new products.
Experience developing process improvement plans, including preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance and process troubleshooting utilizing IBA Analyzer PDA for process events.
Experience assessing product quality and ensuring adherence to industry manufacturing and production standards improving quality issues detected in downstream process lines.
Experience developing procedures to support expansion into new markets and applications, including electrical steel, construction, and automotive exposed steel.
Demonstrated proficiency in data acquisition software and SQL coding to monitor and analyze rolling process, and equipment conditions.
Experience evaluating steel chemistry and mechanical processing parameters to ensure physical properties are met.
Experience defining critical processing parameters control limits, engineering automatic detection of deviations.
Experience with data extraction and cost, failure and rolling statistical data analyses on synchronized data to drive daily decision making in hot rolling production.
Experience developing materials suppliers (furnace rolls, work rolls, backup rolls, run out table rolls, pinch rolls, wrapper rolls and guides liners).
Experience with customer technical support.

Responsibilities

Design and implement equipment modifications in the Hot Mill and teamwork with downstream processes to improve operations and/or develop new products.
Work with teammates to create solutions in the areas of safety, profitability, and teammate development.
Develop the specific training and communications required to expand the knowledge of the team, partners, and customers.
Develop process improvement plans, including preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance and process troubleshooting utilizing IBA Analyzer PDA for process events.
Lead and actively participate in safety initiatives.
Provide process development and technical support operations for the Hot Rolling Mill as assigned, to ensure optimization of manufacturing processes for steel sheets, customer-specific requirements for new high-end quality steel sheet.
Develop and conduct technical training for the rolling mill team as required for safe and effective mill operation to provide quality steel, on time.
Assess product quality and ensure adherence to industry manufacturing and production standards improving quality issues detected in downstream process lines.
Develop the best practices to maximize production prime rate, reduce reworks, increase yield, productivity, and on-time delivery.
Select the process parameters to meet the product requirements.
Perform task risk assessments to identify safety hazards and communicate findings with the team to implement adequate measures based on the Safety Hierarchy of the Control Pyramid to avoid safety events.
Perform statistical analysis to draw conclusions that impact product quality and process KPI.
Monitor mill personnel and crew performance; address communication and training needs to improve daily operations KPI.
Investigate, design, and implement SOPs for the Hot rolling operations to optimize production performance and minimize costs.
Provide metallurgical and process support to the rolling mill to ensure product design and solutions satisfy customer process requirements.
Evaluate steel chemistry and mechanical processing parameters to ensure physical properties are met.
Define critical processing parameters control limits, engineering automatic detection of deviations.
Perform data extraction and cost, failure and rolling statistical data analyses on synchronized data to drive daily decision making in hot rolling production.
Develop materials suppliers (furnace rolls, work rolls, backup rolls, run out table rolls, pinch rolls, wrapper rolls and guides liners).
Provide customer technical support.
Develop procedures to support expansion into new markets and applications, including electrical steel, construction, and automotive exposed steel.
Expand the Mill Product Capabilities and answer order inquiries for new market opportunities.
Interact with customers and claims resolutions.