Description

Job Description

The Management Associate program is our entry level program for college graduates to help accelerate their professional development. Management Associates are provided between 12-24 months of training across multiple functional areas with work assignments designed to assist in both personal and skill-set development. The role may include rotational assignments within the department. This program is designed to strengthen leadership capabilities to prepare the college graduate for advanced roles within our operations or in several disciplines that support our operations. U. S. Steel has an opening for a Management Associate in our Quality organization. The Quality organization helps to ensure U. S. Steel can deliver on our commitment to being a supplier of quality products to our customers.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Adhering to all safety and housekeeping practices, including use of proper PPE and safety equipment
• Collecting, arranging, and analyzing data using proper tools with minimal supervision
• Timely execution of assigned tasks, demonstrating a sense of urgency and accountability
• Workload will be approximately 50% project-based assignments and 50% routine tasks
• Participation with a mentor in projects such as:
• Collapse Tester - Commission and establish practices; prepare SOPs/WI
• Hardness Testing - Develop templates for Sour Service Grade Testing
• Tensile Testing - Automate test data validation; achieve API 5CT/5L/A370 Compliance
• Quench & Temper Failures - establish Quench and Temper practices; develop analytics (EBSD/PAGS)
• Tubular Steel Operations Quality - Tracking of KPIs and improvements
• Alloy Cost Reduction - Transition from A442 to A443 Chemistry; track cost Savings
• Yield Improvement - Reduce / repair inner diameter ridges/slivers
• NDT/NDE Practices - Establish and validate practices of new equipment
• Preparation and presentation of weekly reports and updates using approved templates
• Maintaining a strong presence on the shop floor (at least 50% of the time), including conducting trials, collecting samples, and performing other hands-on tasks
• Professional interaction with personnel at all organization levels, from shop floor employees to senior executives
• Collaborating with cross functional teams including business planning, engineering, operations and maintenance, to investigate and propose solutions to internal/external customer quality issues
• Working shifts, weekends, and holidays as needed to ensure smooth operations and the successful completion of objectives.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Material Science, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or related area of study
• Must have graduated within the last three years from an accredited college or university at the time of hire
• Must have less than three years of professional work experience
• Prior internship a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present coherent analyses and ideas to drive change
• Proactive, self-motivated, and capable of working independently in a fast-paced, heavy industrial environment
• Willing to take initiative to understand the business
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage resources effectively
• Competence in tracking costs, spend, savings, yield, and throughput
• Preferred Skills:
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Minitab, and other productivity tools
• Programming experience in Python, VBA, C++
• Experience using spectrometers, microscopes, tensile testers, hardness testers, and other similar equipment
• Basic Metallurgical knowledge of an iron-Carbon system, phase diagram, and heat treatment
• Basic understanding of electric arc furnaces, casting, ladle metallurgy, steel rolling, furnaces, pipe making, and pipe threading
• Exposure to ML/DS models, LLM and AI tools
• Background in process control - PID control, automation, gage R&R, pressure/flow regulation

Company Overview

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.

Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.

We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies® 2022, '23, '24
• Disability: IN's Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, '22, '23, '24
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Equality 100 Award 2020, '21, '22, '23-24, '25
• Military Times' Best for Vets: Employers 2023, '24

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel's success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company's success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other legally protected group status. (California residents may visit www.ussteel.com/CANotice regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)

Competency Summary

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:

Think: Think Critically and Drive Change
Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate
Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results