Mechanical Maintenance A

Gerdau; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Weekly pay

Generous vacation time

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarship program

Job summary

Gerdau is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance A to keep plant equipment, machinery, and tools in optimal condition. You will diagnose, dismantle, repair, lubricate, and reassemble components, and troubleshoot pumps, gear boxes, and hydraulic systems.

The role requires hands-on maintenance experience, ability to read schematics, and strong attention to safety protocols. You will work with a self-directed team and support continuous improvement initiatives at the Duluth site.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• AAS in industrial maintenance and maintenance reliability certifications preferred.
• Experience in an industrial environment with routine maintenance components.
• 3 to 5 years of heavy industrial mechanical maintenance experience.
• Advanced knowledge of AC/DC motors, gear boxes, lubrication, welding, NFPA 70E, and common maintenance hand tools.

Responsibilities

• Install, adjust, repair, and perform maintenance duties from drawings and manuals.
• Position, fit, weld components to assemble frames and equipment per blueprints.
• Troubleshoot and service pumps, gear boxes, motors, cranes, and hydraulic/pneumatic systems.
• Inspect machinery for preventative maintenance and maintain records of repairs and materials.

Skills

AC/DC motors

Gearbox mechanics

Lubrication principles

Welding

NFPA 70E

Education

AAS in industrial maintenance

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Welding equipment

Pumps

Job description

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Mechanical Maintenance A

Date: Aug 20, 2026

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference—together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose

Job Summary:

Performs maintenance necessary to keep plant, equipment, machinery, and tools in good operating condition. Work involves a wide range of methods and procedures on a variety of routine and non-routine duties to diagnose, dismantle, repair, lubricate, and reassemble equipment adequately and accurately. Troubleshoots basic mechanical assemblies to determine whether a pump, gearbox, hydraulic system, or pneumatic system can be repaired, or replaced.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works from drawings, sketches, wiring diagrams, machine operation and maintenance manuals, work order requests, and oral instructions to install, adjust, repair, and perform assigned maintenance duties.
• Position, fit and weld components to assemble structural forms, machinery frames, plant equipment, attachments or accessories, and building parts according to blueprints or knowledge of structural and metal characteristics.
• Utilizes various specialty cutting and welding equipment.
• Troubleshoots and services pumps, gear boxes, motors, cranes, and hydraulic, and pneumatic systems as needed at an intermediate level.
• Periodically inspects conditions of plant operating machines and equipment for preventative maintenance purposes.
• Inspects and performs routine equipment care on all shop machinery, mobile equipment, and cranes.
• Tears down, replaces, repairs, installs, and assembles simple equipment parts, components, and accessories.
• Cuts, bends, and threads conduit, pipe, and tubing.
• Maintains specified records of work performed, details of repairs, and material usage.
• Requires interpretation of schematics/blueprints at an intermediate level.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Operates mobile equipment to lift and transport materials including loaders, cranes, man-lifts, brick-lift, and forklifts.
• Ensures daily preventative maintenance is performed on vehicles/mobile equipment to include fueling, cleaning, checking and adding fluid as needed.
• Follows all PPE requirements and safety rules/guidelines for all tasks being performed. Assists in training of coworkers as needed.
• Maintains communication with coworkers through two-way radio and hand signals.
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a self-directed team with limited supervision.
• Maintains work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition.
• Engagement in GBS tools and methodology.
• Assists maintenance personnel as needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• AAS in industrial maintenance and maintenance reliability certifications are preferred.
• Verifiable maintenance technical training.
• Understanding of shop mathematics with the use of drawings, specifications, charts, tables, and precision measuring instruments.
• Experience working in an industrial environment in a position containing a routine maintenance component.
• 3 to 5 years of heavy industrial mechanical maintenance experience.
• Advanced knowledge of the following maintenance disciplines: AC/DC motors, gear box mechanics, lubrication principles, welding, cutting torch, NFPA 70E, and common maintenance hand tools.
• Intermediate knowledge of pumps, gearboxes, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, stick and tig welding and rigging principles.
• 401k, with 6% company match, begins day 1
• Company paid short- and long-term disability along with life insurance.
• Weekly pay
• Generous vacation time available immediately
• Supplemental benefits including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance along with Identity Protection and Legal Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Uniforms provided along with a Safety Boot allowance
• Paternity leave
• Employee Discount program
• Tuition Reimbursement, Professional Development Assistance, and a Scholarship program
• Flexible Spending, Health Savings, and Dependent Care accounts available
• Pet Insurance options

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to climb stairs, climb ladders, reach, squat, tolerate prolonged standing/walking, balance, bend, operate mobile equipment, crawl, kneel, and push and pull objects. Reach, squat, and tolerate prolonged sitting.
• Ability to lift up to 70 lbs. Ability to operate hand controls with both hands and foot pedals with both feet.
• Ability to perform sustained overhead reaching, and to work in cramped quarters and at heights.
• Ability to work a rotating shift schedule including days, nights and weekends.
• Ability to tolerate working in areas where noise levels can reach 120 decibels.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.

If you are vision-impaired or have some other disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act / Accessible Canada Act or a similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Gerdau, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at (866)-788-2798 [e-mail]

Nearest Major Market: Duluth MN
Nearest Secondary Market: Superior WI