Product Metallurgist
Location
Tuscaloosa, AL
Wage
$128,797/yr
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Posted on August 23, 2026
Job Description
Overview
Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc. is seeking a Product Metallurgist to join their team. The company is North America's largest steel manufacturer, known for its innovative sustainability practices and vibrant culture that emphasizes safety, efficiency, and personal connections.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards.
- Ensure order entry is correct from a technical aspect.
- Understand and maintain system and standards for order entry.
- Provide technical support to customers and commercial teammates from inquiry to production to product feedback.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science or equivalent technical/engineering related steel production experience.
- Plate Steel Experience.
- Experience reading and responding to industry and customer specifications.
- Ability to communicate technical information effectively to technical and non-technical peers.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Disability Insurance
- 401k
- Roth accounts
- Profit sharing
- Pay-for-performance bonuses
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Stock program
- Scholarships
Additional Information
- Location: Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Disability Insurance
401k
Roth accounts
Profit sharing
Pay-for-performance bonuses
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Stock program
Scholarships
How this job compares in Tuscaloosa, AL
Pay in context
At roughly $62/hr, this posting sits about 148% above the $25/hr median for welding jobs across Alabama — toward the top of a $21–$32/hr middle band drawn from 66 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 97% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
The local market in Tuscaloosa, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Alabama as a whole we're tracking 105 other active welding openings from 78 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Alabama.
The most active employers in Alabama at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are ORION (4), Blue Origin (3), and Express Employment Professionals Defunct (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Alabama, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mobile at $48/hr, Birmingham at $25/hr, and Huntsville at $24/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Product Metallurgist figures were last recalculated when this page was built.