Metallurgical Engineer

Metallurgical Engineer

Step into a key technical role at Worthington Steel’s premier Delta, Ohio facility—recognized for its advanced pickling, hot-dip galvanizing, and slitting operations—and join a high-performing team of metallurgists who love what they do. At Worthington Steel, our people‑first philosophy drives everything: we empower individuals, encourage curiosity, and support continuous learning. As a Metallurgical/Materials Science Engineer, you’ll be hands‑on in the process, collaborating daily with talented metallurgists, operators, and cross‑functional teams to elevate product quality, optimize processes, and advance new materials and grades that serve the automotive, construction, energy, and agricultural markets.

If you’re a self‑motivated problem solver who thrives in a collaborative, operations‑focused environment, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact while growing your technical expertise within one of our company’s most respected facilities.

• Interface with steel mills to ensure raw material enables correct final product characteristics.
• Demonstrate familiarity with and proficiency in interpreting ASTM, EN/DIN, SAE, and customer specifications.
• Develop material and processing parameters to efficiently achieve desired end‑product properties based on customer and industry specifications.
• Create and maintain documentation for metallurgical design including chemical composition selection, annealing cycles, coating weights, and tension leveling.
• Research, design, and manage product capability/development initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
• Provide metallurgical expertise to purchasing, commercial, operations, material disposition, and customer claims groups.
• Participate in corrective action teams and facilitate root cause analyses.
• Support the testing laboratory through test standard interpretation, procedure development and auditing, and due diligence for test equipment selection.
• Prescribe metallurgical testing and interpret results for internal and external customer presentations.
• Assist with customer order creation and material transfers.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering or Materials Science Engineering.
• Recent college graduate or up to five years of experience.
• Strong computer skills.
• Exposure to hot‑dip galvanizing is a plus.
• Familiarity with welding is a plus.
• Knowledge of statistics and/or advanced analytics is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Builds and fosters trusting internal and external relationships with a focus on customer needs, supporting bottom‑line results and mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Recognizes problems, uses tools and resources to identify root causes, and implements permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Applies data‑driven and analytical thinking to inform decision‑making.
• Takes initiative to drive personal, team, customer, and company success.