Management Associate - Maintenance

Job Description

U. S. Steel is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture and celebrate the diversity of our employees.

The Management Associate program is our entry level program for college graduates to help accelerate their professional development. Management Associates are provided between 12-24 months of training across multiple functional areas with work assignments designed to assist in both personal and skill-set development. The role may include rotational assignment(s) within the department. This program is designed to strengthen leadership capabilities to prepare the college graduate for advanced roles within our operations or in a number of disciplines that support our operations. U. S. Steel has an opening for a Management Associate - Mechanical Maintenance in our taconite mining and processing facilities in Northern Minnesota. Our facilities operate 24/7, 365 days a year. Position may require rotating work schedules, weekends and/or holidays work. This is a safety sensitive position requiring drug and alcohol testing.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering from an ABET-accredited university

• Minimum 3.0 GPA

• Be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship

• Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Administer the U. S. Steel safety program to ensure a safe work environment

• Apply engineering and/or business principles and problem-solving techniques in a manufacturing environment to ensure maximum operating efficiency

• Supervise, direct, and coordinate the efforts of experienced technicians to keep the production operations running at maximum efficiency with minimum interruption

• Consult with other operations and maintenance managers, plant engineers, staff professionals, and outside equipment manufacturers

• Make design modifications to existing equipment and processes to improve reliability and product quality

• Performing equipment failure analysis and making appropriate recommendations

• Review proposed equipment replacement or upgrades, including capital projects

• Engage in maintenance planning functions to minimize downtime; investigate process improvements and participate in facilities upgrades

• Participate in the development and/or revision of Safety, Quality, Operating, and Maintenance procedures to ensure they drive world class results

• Provide technical and hands-on support

• Assists workers in diagnosing process and equipment problems

• Devise and implement cost saving strategies

Preferred Skills:

• We are looking for motivated self-starters that can work in a fast paced, data-driven environment. The successful undergraduate will be an analytical problem solver, have an extremely high level of customer focus and a passion for process improvement. In addition, a successful candidate will have:

• Demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and an aptitude for your area of study

• A strong record of team, project and/or people leadership in a work setting and/or extracurricular activities

• A willingness to take initiative to understand the business

• An aptitude for problem solving; strong writing and verbal communication skills

• A strong commitment to excellence and to personal and professional growth

• Must be resourceful, responsible, tenacious, curious, independent, confident and high energy

• The ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks

• Leadership and strong decision-making skills

• Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically