Shift Manager I - Maintenance

United States Steel Corporation; Granite City (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Steel Corporation seeks a Shift Manager Utilities at its Granite City, IL facility to lead daily operations in the Ironmaking Utilities area and the Cogeneration Facility. You will motivate team members and direct activities to meet safety and production goals.

The role requires supervising union employees, coordinating maintenance, interpreting blueprints, and implementing cost-saving strategies while upholding U.S. Steel's safety program and housekeeping standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 2-year technical degree preferred.
• Minimum 1 year experience in turbines, pumps, fuels and steam generation, water treatment and cooling systems, power distribution systems.
• Experience supervising unionized employees or military leadership preferred.
• Ability to work rotating shifts including extended workdays, weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Administer the U. S. Steel safety program to ensure a safe work environment, including proper housekeeping
• Directly supervise union employees and work closely with vendors and contactors
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers and assign duties accordingly
• Coordinate, organize, and direct activities of maintenance crews
• Assist workers in diagnosing malfunction in machinery and equipment
• Maintain proper inventories of required spares in order to provide efficient operations
• Coordinate repairs and preventative maintenance with a team of mechanical/electrical maintenance staff
• Use technical knowledge, equipment documentation, safety procedures, and maintenance schedules to follow, improve, and develop preventative and routine maintenance programs
• Devise and implement cost saving strategies
• Develop and implement methods and procedures designed to eliminate maintenance problems and improve product quality
• Perform administrative activities such as scheduling crews, completing reports, conducting safety conversations, and complying other reporting as necessary

Skills

Safety leadership

Team supervision

Blueprint interpretation

Maintenance coordination

Rotating shifts

Education

High School diploma or GED

2-year technical degree preferred

Job description

United States Steel Corporation has an immediate opening for a Shift Manager Utilities at our Granite City, IL facility. This position is responsible for motivating and directing individual team members in the daily operations of the Ironmaking Utilities area and the Cogeneration Facility.

Responsibilities:

• Administer the U. S. Steel safety program to ensure a safe work environment, including proper housekeeping
• Directly supervise union employees and work closely with vendors and contactors
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers and assign duties accordingly
• Coordinate, organize, and direct activities of maintenance crews
• Assists workers in diagnosing malfunction in machinery and equipment
• Maintain proper inventories of required spares in order to provide efficient operations
• Coordinate repairs and preventative maintenance with a team of mechanical/electrical maintenance staff
• Use technical knowledge, equipment documentation, safety procedures, and maintenance schedules to follow, improve, and develop preventative and routine maintenance programs
• Devise and implement cost saving strategies
• Develop and implement methods and procedures designed to eliminate maintenance problems and improve product quality
• Perform administrative activities such as scheduling crews, completing reports, conducting safety conversations, and complying other reporting as necessary

Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED required
• 2-year technical degree is preferred
• Minimum of 1 year experience with operational and mechanical background on Turbines and pumps, fuels and steam generation, water treating and cooling water systems, power distribution systems and other related utility systems.
• Preferred candidate will have experience supervising unionized employees or similar military leadership experience.
• Ability to work rotating shifts which will include extended workdays, weekends, and holidays

Base salary range $90,000 - $105,000.This base salary range is a good faith estimate. Based on candidate skills/experience the final offer may be lower/higher.

Competency Summary

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals: Think: Think Critically and Drive Change Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results

Company Overview

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.)