The Operations Technology Engineer partners closely with operations, maintenance, and leadership to improve equipment performance, develop best practices, and implement continuous and breakthrough improvements across steel producing areas.
Requirements
- Provide technical support to operations, including burden selection, hot blast and fuel control, cast house operations, refractory management, and quality control of hot metal and slag
- Support plant objectives related to safety, environmental compliance, quality, cost control, and production
- Train and provide technical guidance to hourly and salaried employees
- Evaluate operator and process performance and recommend improvements
- Monitor product quality and process results to ensure conformance to specifications
- Analyze material usage, chemical conformance, and cost effectiveness
- Identify root causes of off-chemistry events and implement corrective actions
- Benchmark processes against industry best practices and recommend improvements
- Identify equipment and process changes to support evolving business conditions
- Lead and participate in cross-functional project teams focused on safety, quality, cost, and reliability
- Implement continuous improvement and reliability projects to improve system performance
- Engineer and support new equipment installations and system upgrades
- Develop and document improved operating practices in collaboration with Area Managers
- Troubleshoot equipment and process failures to improve reliability, performance, and cost
- Participate in technical exchanges, knowledge-sharing initiatives, and knowledge transfer activities
Benefits
- Competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Education assistance
- Paid time off