Process Manager I - Maintenance

This position applies electrical expertise and predictive and preventive maintenance practices to optimize equipment reliability, availability, and performance.

Reporting to the Electrical Maintenance Coordinator, this position supervises and coordinates employees engaged in the installation, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of machinery and equipment used in pipe manufacturing.

The Process Manager – Electrical Maintenance leads electrical maintenance personnel and supports the safe, reliable operation of hot mill equipment. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong operational discipline, technical expertise, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills to drive effective maintenance execution and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and direction to electrical maintenance personnel, reinforcing safe work practices, consistent execution, accountability, and high-quality workmanship.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, continuous improvement, and ownership of equipment reliability and maintenance quality within hot mill electrical maintenance.
• Maintain a visible floor presence and provide maintenance leadership across shifts, weekends, and critical production periods, as business needs require.
• Plan, schedule, and prioritize electrical maintenance work in coordination with operations and other maintenance functions to support production requirements.
• Provide technical guidance to employees in diagnosing equipment malfunctions and determining appropriate corrective actions.
• Perform and support electrical troubleshooting of motors, drives, control systems, instrumentation, and programmable logic controllers as applicable.
• Implement reliability-focused maintenance strategies that reduce equipment downtime, improve facility performance, and strengthen the preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Monitor equipment performance, downtime trends, and maintenance metrics to identify reliability risks and improvement opportunities.
• Lead root-cause failure analyses and ensure corrective actions are implemented to prevent recurring equipment failures.
• Coordinate planned outages, shutdowns, equipment upgrades, and capital improvement projects to ensure safe and timely execution.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline; or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 2 years of electrical maintenance experience in steel manufacturing or heavy industrial operations.
• Prior leadership experience in manufacturing, steel, or tubular environment preferred.
• Strong commitment to safety, including safe work practices.
• Proven ability to lead in a fast-paced, heavy industrial steel manufacturing environment.
• Strong problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• High level of accountability, urgency, and ownership for safety, equipment reliability, maintenance execution, and support of production and customer commitments.
• Effective communicator with the ability to influence across Operations, Quality, Business Planning, Maintenance, and hourly teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to escalate issues and provide clear status updates.
• Ability to work flexible hours and support critical needs across shifts as required.

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
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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

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