Management Associate - Quality Assurance

at  UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION

JOB DESCRIPTION

U. S. Steel is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture and celebrate the diversity of our employees.
The Management Associate program is our entry level program for college graduates to help accelerate their professional development. Management Associates are provided between 12-24 months of training across multiple functional areas with work assignments designed to assist in both personal and skill-set development. The role may include rotational assignment(s) within the department. This program is designed to strengthen leadership capabilities to prepare the college graduate for advanced roles within our operations or in several disciplines that support our operations. U. S. Steel has an opening for a Management Associate in our Quality organization. The Quality organization helps to ensure U. S. Steel can deliver on our commitment to being a supplier of quality products to our customers.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Material Science, Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or related area of study
• Must have graduated within the last three years from an accredited college or university at the time of hire
• Must have less than three years of professional work experience
• Prior internship a plus

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• We are looking for motivated self-starters that can work in a fast paced, data-driven environment. The successful undergraduate will be an analytical problem solver, have an extremely high level of customer focus and a passion for process improvement. In addition, a successful intern will have:
• Demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and an aptitude for your area of study
• A strong record of team, project and/or people leadership in a work setting and/or extracurricular activities
• A willingness to take initiative to understand the business
• An aptitude for problem solving; strong writing and verbal communication skills
• A strong commitment to excellence and to personal and professional growth
• Must be resourceful, responsible, tenacious, curious, independent, confident and high energy
• The ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Leadership and strong decision-making skills
• Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically

COMPETENCY SUMMARY

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:
Think: Think Critically and Drive Change
Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate
Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Result

• Support the management and maintenance of the quality systems critical to ISO/QS 9000 and API certifications
• Assist with the formulation and maintenance of quality control standards and objectives
• Collaborating with research and process technology engineers to investigate and propose solutions to internal/external customer quality issues
• Assisting with development and delivery of quality-control training
• Travel to operating facilities is expected
• All plant activities require a Safety-First work attitude.
• Incumbent is expected to attend conferences within the field of expertise