Specialist Wear Technology

Hey Specialist! Do you like to join the wear team at SSAB with the mission to technically develop SSAB's business in wear resistant steels? You have a passion for development and invent new solutions that will improve the service life of products and bring it to the global market. We are looking for a person with energy, ideas and that see opportunities. Join us!
SSAB is the leading steel producer of high strength steels and famous for the high quality products like Hardox and Strenx. SSAB has during the years developed the market for high strength steels and at the same time developed a unique technical support. Knowledge Service Center (KSC) is today a part of that offer and specialized on applications for high strength steels. One of the main tasks within the KSC is to work close to the customer in joint projects where the knowledge about steel and how to best utilize their potential is provided by SSAB whereas the customer often know their products best and how their customers utilize them. These projects are often very successful and beneficial for both parties. In order to be in the forefront and develop the market for high strength steels a lot of R&D and development of our products is conducted within SSAB as well as with external partners. SSAB is today the leading steel producer with high focus on products with high quality often delivered with a soft package and knowhow, which makes SSAB unique in the steel world today.
SSAB and Knowledge Service Center are looking for a coworker within Wear technology.
About the position
Wear Technology is a specialist group that provides advanced customer support in the area of wear. The group supports mainly the brand Hardox and is a part of the market development organization called Knowledge Service Center. The Knowledge Service Center is SSAB’s advanced customer support and here you will work with other technical specialists, salespeople and application engineers. The goal is common: To enable our customers to build light and stronger products that is more durable.
As a specialist, you like to analyze results and create reports about conclusions and recommendations. You also provide feedback and input regarding the desired properties in order to raise the competitiveness of the product. Since we build the markets together with our customers, you will manage strategic development activities to support new opportunities, plan and coordinate testing and analyzes of new products. From time to time, you initiate and participate in research projects or otherwise obtain the required skills through universities, institutes, networks or collaborations.
This role need structure to be able to document the results obtained and, when appropriate, present the results to the customer. It also mean that you will contribute to the knowledge sharing through courses and seminars internally and externally. You develop and update manuals and other course materials in your profession.
Your qualifications
You should have a bachelor degree from technical college or university in material engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent and preferably have knowledge about wear. Good knowledge of strength theory, mechanic, design and CAD. Experience from planning and performing laboratory and field testing is beneficial. The work will be both in teams but also independently and you should have good analytical ability. You need to be good in translating theories into practice and be able to explain this easily. You must have a driving license. We are a global company but also leading in the Nordic market. So to be successful in this role you speak and write English fluently and Swedish is very meritorious but also other languages. The travelling is around 60 days per year so you should enjoy meeting people and learn new cultures. Work Location is Oxelösund.
We offer
Working for SSAB is something extra; you work with the best steel people and the best steel products in the world. But in the end, the experience we deliver to our customers will be very much based on the SSAB People and how we live up to our promises – are you ready for a challenge?
Application
Send your application no later than 30th of August
Your application should include personal description, CV and copy of credentials.
For more information, please contact
Patric Waara, Head of Knowledge Service Center, phone +46 70 378 62 46
Information regarding the Unions, phone +46 155-25 40 00
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SSAB is a Nordic and US-based steel company. SSAB offers value added products and services developed in close cooperation with its customers to create a stronger, lighter and more sustainable world. SSAB has employees in over 50 countries. SSAB has production facilities in Sweden, Finland and the US. SSAB is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm and has a secondary listing on the NASDAQ OMX in Helsinki. www.ssab.com