• Serve as customer’s day-to-day contact for product functionality and quality performance.
• Regularly visit assigned steel customers (in pipe & tube, appliance, construction, HVAC, heavy machinery, transportation, agricultural, etc.) for monitoring quality performance, benchmarking competition, and providing verbal and written feedback reports to Operations and Commercial
• Review steel customer inquiries and participate in RFQs from a technical perspective. Help determine property parameters and steel grade
• Overall responsibility for review of customer complaints, claims, and corrective actions
• Assist Operations in troubleshooting and correcting quality issues
• Provide technical support to customer’s manufacturing facilities
• Participate in product development, qualification, and plant trials
• Coordinate and participate in customer visits, tours, audits and certification procedures for the Mill
• Develop a strong rapport with customer’s Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering personnel
• Evaluate corrosion, forming, welding and painting test results as appropriate
• Work effectively with Operations, Sales, and Product Development to ensure Customer Satisfaction
• Understand current and future functional requirements for products as used by the customer

Required

• B.S. degree in engineering, technology, science, business
• Proven leadership, verbal & written communications, and presentation skills
• Strong analytical, organizing and problem solving skills
• 2 year steel plant experience in operations, technical service, outside sales, or product development OR 5-year experience in QA, Engineering, or manufacturing at sheet steel customer
• Must be able to work collaboratively and constructively with Customers, Operations, and Commercial
• Strong work ethic. Self-starter.  Positive outlook.  Team Player
• Must be able to travel to customer locations at short notice

Preferred

• B.S. in Metallurgy, Materials Science, or Mechanical Engineering
• Demonstrated knowledge of steelmaking processes, steel specs, applications, and MES L3
• Both steel production and steel user experience in manufacturing, QA, or Engineering
• Knowledge of ISO and other applicable standards, such as API, ABS

Steel Dynamics, Inc., and all affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers.