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With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose\nBASIC FUNCTION\nHelp ensure quality product by monitoring all phases of production operations for adherence to standards, taking samples for analysis, making physical inspections, and communicating with Production and other Metallurgical personnel to resolve problems.\nThe Lab Technician is responsible for daily quality testing requirements, record keeping, reporting, and equipment maintenance. The incumbent will be accountable for acquisition and preparation of test samples, as well as performing the actual tests and reporting quality results to the appropriate department. Additionally, the Lab Technician may also be responsible for product inspection.\nThe Lab Technician will be required to review quality data results and compare them to product requirements. The individual is accountable for notifying the routine facilitator or Quality Assurance manager if there are any problems with the data or inspection of the product.\nPRIMARY FUNCTIONS\nMonitor Rolling Mill for surface quality, bar size, length, and temperature.\nObserve activities at the Caster, choking, lancing, AC 3 temps, cast speed, and bar counts.\nObserve Melt Shop chemistry specification and degas requirements performed correctly.\nRecord and monitor practices to ensure they are being followed. Participate in failure analysis for solutions and improvements. \nIdentify and deliver samples for testing to the machine shop, both rolled and cast products.\nPost data and observations to a metallurgical report for disposition.\nSpecialized or Technical Knowledge and Skills\nThis position reports to the Routine Facilitator. This position requires a minimum of two years of steel mill or related experience and a high school diploma. Training for the specific tasks will be provided by the site. An aptitude for working with computers and sensitive technical instruments will be a plus.\nThe incumbent must be able to work in a controlled laboratory environment and must be able to work independently.\nIncumbent must be capable of calibrating and standardizing vacuum spectrograph and carbon-sulfur determinator, operating saws, abrasive cut wheel and disk grinder. General knowledge of steel processing, principles of the electric arc furnace operation and basic metallurgical components of high carbon and alloy steel.\nSalary and Benefits\nMedical and Prescription\nDental\nVision\nHealth & Dependent Care (Flexible Spending Account)\n401(k)\nBasic Life/Accidental Life Insurance\nHealth Advocate Services\nEmployee Assistance Program\nTuition Reimbursement Program\nGerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 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