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U. S. Steel Tubular Products delivers high quality seamless pipe that powers America's energy and industrial backbone. Backed by more than a century of steelmaking and a culture of innovation, our team builds premium connections and partners with customers to tackle their toughest challenges, keeping energy and industry moving forward.
Position Summary:
The Head of Quality is responsible for leading the Quality Assurance function across assigned U. S. Steel Tubular Products operations. This role provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure product quality, customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and effective execution of the Quality Management System. The manager oversees quality engineering, quality control, auditing, lab testing oversight, and process improvement activities while fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and technical excellence. The position partners closely with Operations, Product Engineering, Technical Services, and Commercial teams to maintain product integrity and drive continuous improvement across all quality-related processes.
Responsibilities:

• Lead the Quality Assurance organization, including quality engineers, technicians, inspectors, and lab personnel, ensuring consistent execution of quality processes and standards.
• Oversee compliance with ISO 9001, API Q1, and applicable API/ASTM/NACE/ISO product standards, ensuring robust documentation and audit readiness.
• Review customer specifications and ensure quality requirements are effectively translated into manufacturing and inspection processes.
• Provide technical and metallurgical guidance to Operations, support rejection analysis, and drive improvements in process capability, testing accuracy, and product conformity.
• Direct internal quality audits, manage corrective and preventive actions, and ensure closure of findings across all applicable areas.
• Monitor quality KPIs, analyze process and product data, prepare quality performance reports, and present findings to senior leadership.
• Oversee testing laboratory operations in coordination with lab managers or supervisors, ensuring reliable results, equipment calibration, and adherence to testing standards.
• Support customer interactions related to quality concerns, specifications, nonconformance resolutions, and product performance inquiries.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to evaluate quality risks, support new product realization, and ensure inspection/measurement requirements are properly defined.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives, including root cause analysis, statistical methods, and structured problem-solving approaches.
• Build strong Cross functional relationships and effectively communicate quality expectations across all levels of the organization.
• Foster a culture aligned with U. S. Steel's mission, values, and success model, emphasizing safe work practices and high ethical standards.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• 20+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Quality Control within steel, metals, or heavy industrial manufacturing; experience with tubular products preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in steelmaking, casting, seamless tube rolling and heat treatment.
• 10+ years of proven leadership experience managing technical teams in a manufacturing or quality environment.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 9001, API Q1, and related API/ASTM/NACE quality and product standards.
• Demonstrated experience with internal auditing, corrective action processes, and managing quality management systems.
• Strong problem solving, analytical, and decision-making skills with the ability to interpret metallurgical and mechanical test data.
• Experience in managing teams and budgets for multiple locations.

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Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.
Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.
We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies 2022, '23, '24
• Disability: IN's Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, '22, '23, '24
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Equality 100 Award 2020, '21, '22, '23-24, '25
• Military Times' Best for Vets: Employers 2023, '24

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel's success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company's success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other legally protected group status. (California residents may visit www.ussteel.com/CANotice regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)