R&D Steelmaking Engineer

ArcelorMittal is the world's largest steel producer. We use the most innovative technologies to create the steels tomorrow's world will be made of. Every day over 125,000 of our talented people, located in over 60 countries, push the boundaries of digitalization, and use advanced technologies to create a stronger, faster, and smarter world. To help make this possible, they know they can depend on the support and training that a company of our scope and scale can provide.

Comprising 1,650 researchers spread across 14 Research Centres around the world, our Global R&D team aims to continuously improve the quality of steel and its manufacturing processes. This involves investigating and developing disruptive technologies, reducing the carbon footprint of steel, and optimizing costs while maintaining uncompromising quality. The team's strong multicultural diversity, with over 30 nationalities, offers international experience and makes it possible to meet global needs.

R&D Maizières Process lab is dedicated to supporting ArcelorMittal's production plants competitiveness, quality and sustainability by the development or improvement of innovative processes or processing routes (from cokemaking to metallic coating).

Your role
As Research engineer in the Steelmaking department of ArcelorMittal R&D, you will lead studies and give support to our plants worldwide in order to tackle the challenges created by the new decarbonized processes or health and safety rules evolution (metallurgy, productivity, quality,...). 

You will:

• Contribute to the deployment of the process models developed by the R&D team, and deployed in a large number of plants worldwide
• Also contribute to the development of the extension of the process models to the new decarbonized processes (EAF route)
• Participate in R&D projects for the development of new or optimized processes in ArcelorMittal industrial plants. This will include the evaluation of new breakthrough technologies for the steelmaking industry, the deployment of new industrial tools to ensure that steel grades produced on new routes display the same quality and properties as those produced until now.
• Work closely with ArcelorMittal industrial plants with frequent business trips
• Interact with the whole ArcelorMittal community: Global R&D specialists and technicians, plant experts, corporate teams, etc. and develop collaborative research with external partners (academic laboratories, technical centres, suppliers).

Your profile

• You hold a Master's degree or a PhD.
• You have a solid scientific background in material science, thermodynamic, thermochemistry, process engineering and/or material characterization.
• A first experience in the field of model development would be appreciated.
• You have experience in programming (preferably fortran, python, VBA).
• You are fluent in French and English.
• You are able to write technical reports or research papers and to define and structure research problems, data analysis and experimental validation.
• You have good social skills to work in project teams within a multi-cultural environment and different factories. You have the ability to present findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• You are willing to go on-site, conduct thorough analysis, take a step back to gain perspective, and propose and implement improvement action plans.
• You are open to travel worldwide.

According to ArcelorMittal Global R&D values:

• You agree to comply with health and safety rules.
• You are respectful, transparent, honest, and empathetic in your relationships. You honor your word and your commitments to others.
• You agree to behave consistently with the highest level of integrity.
• You strive to question your practices. with high expectations of yourself and others, you strive for a high level of quality and reliability in everything you do.
• You recognize that diversity, varied skills, and fresh ideas make a group exponentially better in the pursuit of a common goal.
• You know that learning changes minds and lives, so you are committed to learning throughout your professional career and continually achieving the skills required and essential to your success.
• You are open to ideas that challenge conventions and stimulate innovation.

Join us and you will see that your work will help create renewable energy, impact major industries and boost economies. At ArcelorMittal, we'll help you create your world.

Attractive remuneration with stimulating career prospects in which eminent scientists and engineers evolve in a multicultural environment.