Hot Mills Specialist

Carpenter Technology•Reading, PA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Hot Mills Specialist will coordinate production flow, material movement, dispatching, inventory control, quality disposition, and customer order fulfillment activities across the #5 Mill and supporting operations. This role ensures continuous material flow through manufacturing processes while maintaining product quality, material traceability, production schedules, customer requirements, and safe operating practices. The Specialist acts as the primary liaison between operations, planning, metallurgy, quality, customer service, maintenance, and material handling functions to optimize throughput and improve SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) performance.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required.
Minimum of three years experience in manufacturing operations, production control, material-flow coordination, production scheduling, or a related industrial environment.
Direct experience in steel manufacturing, hot rolling, or a comparable heavy-industrial operation is required.
Manufacturing, production control, material flow coordination, operations facilitation, scheduling, or related industrial experience.
Extensive hot rolling operations experience with a strong understanding of rolling mill processes, production flow, equipment capabilities, and operational troubleshooting.
Experience with hot rolling furnace operations and heating practices.
Working knowledge of Roller responsibilities and hot rolling practices.
Proven ability to coordinate production activities across operations, metallurgy, maintenance, quality, and planning functions to meet customer delivery and manufacturing objectives.
Experience utilizing manufacturing systems and production tracking tools to maintain material traceability, inventory accuracy, production reporting, and order fulfillment activities.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree in Manufacturing, Operations, Business, Industrial Technology, or related field preferred.
Training in shop floor systems, production reporting systems, quality processes, inventory control, and material handling operations.
Knowledge of ISO/QS requirements and manufacturing quality systems preferred.
Experience working in steel manufacturing, hot rolling, forging, heat treatment, or other heavy industrial environments preferred.
Experience coordinating production schedules, dispatching work, resolving material flow issues, and supporting customer order fulfillment.
Experience processing quality holds, deviations, nonconforming material dispositions, and rework activities.

Responsibilities

Coordinate production flow, material movement, dispatching, inventory control, quality disposition, and customer order fulfillment activities across the #5 Mill and supporting operations.
Ensure continuous material flow through manufacturing processes while maintaining product quality, material traceability, production schedules, customer requirements, and safe operating practices.
Act as the primary liaison between operations, planning, metallurgy, quality, customer service, maintenance, and material handling functions to optimize throughput and improve SQDC (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost) performance.
Lead, coach, develop, and train Hot Mill crews in a supervisory or leadership capacity while promoting safe work practices, productivity, and quality performance.
Coordinate production activities across operations, metallurgy, maintenance, quality, and planning functions to meet customer delivery and manufacturing objectives.
Utilize manufacturing systems and production tracking tools to maintain material traceability, inventory accuracy, production reporting, and order fulfillment activities.
Support and assist Furnace Operators in achieving production, quality, and temperature requirements.
Provide operational support, fill in as needed, and assist in maintaining efficient mill operations.