Company details

Metallurgy, a dusty, old-fashioned environment? Not at all! The steel industry is reinventing itself! Steel is everywhere. Join the adventure and discover modern practices and technological facilities that are well worth the detour. The NLMK Group is a major player in the steel industry, and one of the most successful in the world. We are present in 7 countries and have 20 production sites. And we're not stopping there! We know why we exist. We believe in our strategy. We are driven by strong values. The only thing missing is you. Make a big impact and shape the future of a carbon-neutral steel industry with us!

Function

Mission
As Quality Control Lead, you will report to the Quality & Metallurgy Manager of NLMK La Louvière, for whom you will act as backup.

You will lead a team of two Quality Control Officers, with whom you will be responsible for maintaining quality standards throughout the operational perimeter of the NLMK La Louvière. The site comprises 5 installations, divided into a hot production unit and a cold production unit.

You will manage activities related to quality and ensure that products delivered to customers comply with company requirements. To achieve this, you will work with production and maintenance teams to ensure quality control of manufactured products. You also manage process improvements to reduce the number of non-conformities with these same colleagues.

Main responsibilities

• Control
  You will ensure that self-checking rules are properly implemented: you will participate in maintaining detection tools, drafting reaction rules and training production operators.
  
  
• Product Quality Control
  You are responsible for the quality of the products. To do this, you can rely on a team of operators who periodically sample a part of the production to check that it conforms to standards. The most important thing is to avoid delivering non-compliant products to customers.
• Managing production stops
  In the event of a defective product, you immediately alert production, which stops the line, and a crisis management team is set up between production and quality to find the source of the problem. It's important to solve the problem quickly, because as long as the line is stopped, the company is losing money.
  Once the source of the problem has been identified and resolved, production can resume.
  
  
• Continuous improvment
  Alongside day-to-day quality management, you will be involved in analyzing problems over a longer period, and in projects to improve the production line or processes to reduce the number of defective products.
  
  
• Suppliers-Customers
  • You participate in drawing up specifications and monitoring external suppliers, pickling and toll rolling. You act as the quality interface with La Louvière's own subsidiaries (Manage and Strasbourg) and implement quality improvement initiatives;
  • You take part in the technical handling of disputes by taking immediate remedial action and steering corrective actions affecting quality control and production;
  • You take part in analyzing the causes of complaints.
    
    
• Technical feasibility
  You will be involved in drawing up the technical feasibility of installations, ensuring that this capability is respected.
  
  
• Team Management
  You will coordinate and monitor the projects of a team of two quality managers, each covering one of the two production units (Hot Strip Mill & Cold Rolling Mill).

Profile

Your background

• You hold an Engineering Master's degree.
• You have a good background in metallurgy, materials science and/or mechanics.
• You are familiar with industrial quality management.
• You have at least 7 years of experience.
• You are familiar with problem analysis methods and FMEA or similar procedures.

Your skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn.
• Ability to make decisions and delegate.
• Good leadership and managerial principles.
• Field orientation.
• Excellent analytical skills (particularly ability to identify system flaws and malfunctions) and ability to summarize.
• Good command of French and English (minimum B1).

Good reasons to join NLMK

• You will occupy a key position with real autonomy.
• You will take up stimulating human and technical challenges in an industry undergoing rapid transformation.
• You'll be at the center of rich human exchanges with our customers and colleagues (production, maintenance).
• You'll be working on a variety of modern, state-of-the-art equipment that has recently been revamped.

Would you like to contribute to the success of a historic and innovative industry that is investing in the decarbonization of steel? Apply now and become a key player in our industrial transformation!

Offer

Do you want to help shape the future of carbon-free green steel? Do you want to be part of a team where everyone has a say? Do you want to work in a fast-moving environment with plenty of opportunities for career development? You can make a difference and have your voice heard at NLMK Europe!

This is a unique opportunity to start, develop and grow in one of the world's most successful steel companies. NLMK's success is based on the strength of a team with family values and a strong international presence. A team that improves and innovates every day to be better than yesterday. Excellence, customer satisfaction and safety are our key drivers.

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