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Overview

The Process Metallurgist position at Steel Dynamics involves providing metallurgical support, maintaining a safe work environment, and developing new steel grades. The role includes training personnel, managing trials for product improvements, and analyzing data to enhance safety and productivity.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a safe work environment
  • Train and supervise personnel
  • Maintain testing and production equipment
  • Provide technical support to sales and operations groups
  • Develop new steel grades
  • Design and manage trials for product and process improvements
  • Timely disposition and release of products for shipment
  • Analyze process and product data to improve safety, quality, productivity, and costs
  • Participate in ongoing education by attending technical conferences and training
  • Maintain quality documentation

Requirements

  • B.S. in Metallurgical / Materials Engineering or equivalent degree
  • Rolling mill experience (preferred)
  • NDT experience (preferred)

Benefits

  • None mentioned.

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Pay in context

At roughly $40/hr, this posting sits about 38% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Indiana — toward the top of a $23–$31/hr middle band drawn from 104 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 96% 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 Columbia City, IN

Columbia City, IN is a small market in our index: 1 other active welding opening alongside this one, from 1 employer. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 167 other active welding openings from 98 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across Indiana.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are NCW (37), Aerotek (7), and Lensing Building Specialties & Architectural Sales (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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