Maintenance Leadership Trainee

United States Steel Corporation; West Mifflin (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Steel Corporation is seeking recent graduates for the Management Associate – Maintenance program at one of our steel manufacturing facilities. The two-year, entry-level training path combines classroom learning with hands-on rotations to build leadership, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills.

Participants work with maintenance and engineering teams on safety, quality, and equipment reliability, with rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Engineering Technology.
• 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
• Extensive computer skills with Microsoft Office products
• Must be willing and able to work rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays
• Prior internship a plus

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering and/or business principles and problem-solving techniques in a manufacturing environment to ensure maximum operating efficiency while handling the pressure of managing a production crew in a heavily unionized environment
• Supervise, direct, and coordinate the efforts of experienced technicians to keep the production operations running at maximum efficiency with minimum interruption; consult with other production and maintenance managers, plant engineers, staff professionals, and outside equipment manufacturers; and select, train, and supervise employees.
• Make design modifications to existing equipment to reduce maintenance improve reliability and improve product quality. Performing equipment failure analysis and making appropriate recommendations.
• Review proposed equipment replacement or upgrades, including capital projects with multi-million-dollar budgets.
• Work with consultants and equipment vendors to ensure process requirements and applicable standards and codes are met.
• Engage in maintenance planning functions to minimize downtime; investigate process improvements and participate in facilities upgrades.

Skills

Leadership potential

Analytical problem solving

Communication skills

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Engineering Technology

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

United States Steel Corporation is seeking recent graduates for the Management Associate – Maintenance program at one of our steel manufacturing facilities. The two-year, entry-level training path combines classroom learning with hands-on rotations to build leadership, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills.

Participants work with maintenance and engineering teams on safety, quality, and equipment reliability, with rotating shifts, weekends, and holidays required.