For the reinforcement of our Team ‘Technical Support & Services’, we are looking for an enthusiastic researcher with a customer-oriented mindset. Within our team we support ArcelorMittal customers, ArcelorMittal plants and external customers with the tests they cannot perform themselves and with the problems encountered during the production and usage of steel, but also with problems related to steel structures and installations, such as corrosion and fatigue. Occasionally we also manage some development projects to extend our services, which often involve interaction with the development teams within OCAS, such as the Surfaces and Metallurgy team.
You will mainly work at our site in Zelzate (located next to the ArcelorMittal Gent plant), but depending on the assignment, your presence will also be required in Zwijnaarde (‘Technologiepark’).
Your profile
- You have an engineering or master degree
- You have experience in one or more of the fields below, or are willing to learn:
- Corrosion
- Failure analysis
- Welding
- Mechanical engineering
- Metallurgy
- You are fluent in English (spoken and written)
- Knowledge of Dutch is an asset
- You have good social and communication skills to work in a team based environment
- Your are flexible and able to handle a variety of projects
ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 16 countries. In 2022, ArcelorMittal had revenues of $79.8 billion and crude steel production of 59.0 million metric tonnes, while iron ore production reached 45.3 million metric tonnes. Our purpose is to produce ever smarter steels that have a positive benefit for people and planet. Steels made using innovative processes which use less energy, emit significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century. With steel at our core, our inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will support the world in making that change. This is what we believe it takes to be the steel company of the future. ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York (MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and on the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia (MTS).
Within this context, you will be working for the laboratory Gent Research Center located in Zelzate and Zwijnaarde (Belgium) which objectives are : alloy and metallic coating product development for a number of industry market segments, specialised in electrical steels development and electromagnetic properties characterisation, focus on energy market with wind energy and offshore activities being major R&D areas, lifetime determination of (welded) structures under fatigue, wear, corrosion and H sollicitations, metal processing centre being factory for lab samples in different dimensions with a particular focus on heavy gauge material processing and characterisation. The main missions of Gent Research Center is to support ArcelorMittal market approach in the different sectors of Industry through enriched offer and services to customers, and to set up new industrial spinoff activities.
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