Shift Manager - Electrical Maintenance

Shift Manager - Electrical Maintenance

U. S. Steel is an integrated steel producer committed to delivering high-quality steel solutions safely, reliably, and responsibly. Our employees work together to support customers, strengthen operations, and build the future of steelmaking through disciplined execution, innovation, and continuous improvement.

The Shift Manager - Electrical Maintenance, is responsible for providing hands-on leadership and direction for electrical maintenance activities across Fairfield Tubular Steel Operations. This role directs the safe and efficient inspection, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance of electrical equipment and systems while coordinating the assigned crew and making timely decisions to restore equipment with limited direction from other managers.

The Shift Manager supports a 24/7 steelmaking operation by prioritizing planned and unplanned electrical work, coordinating maintenance response with Operations, and ensuring effective shift turnover. The role partners closely with Operations, Mechanical Maintenance, Engineering, Reliability, Utilities, Safety, vendors, contractors, and plant leadership to improve equipment availability, reduce repeat failures, and support stable production.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively engage teams and promote an environment of respect, communication, accountability, and collaboration. The Shift Manager is expected to coach represented employees, welcome ideas and different perspectives, and create the conditions for safe work, employee development, and consistent maintenance execution.

Responsibilities:

• Administer the U. S. Steel safety program and electrical safe-work requirements to maintain a safe work environment, including effective safety conversations, hazard recognition, energy isolation, lockout/tagout, job briefings, and proper housekeeping.
• Coordinate, organize, and direct the activities of the assigned electrical maintenance crew to safely support production, equipment reliability, work execution, and cost objectives.
• Supervise union-represented electrical maintenance employees and work closely with Operations, Mechanical Maintenance, Engineering, Reliability, Utilities, Safety, vendors, contractors, and plant leadership.
• Prioritize daily electrical maintenance activities based on safety, equipment condition, production impact, work-order readiness, labor availability, and operating requirements.
• Provide hands-on leadership during electrical breakdowns and process interruptions; support diagnosis, coordinate repairs, remove barriers, and escalate technical or resource needs as appropriate.
• Direct inspection, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance of industrial electrical equipment and systems, including power distribution, motors, motor controls, variable-frequency drives, control panels, instrumentation, and related production equipment.
• Ensure electrical maintenance work is performed in accordance with applicable procedures, permits, drawings, schematics, electrical codes, environmental requirements, and company standards.
• Coordinate with Operations to safely release equipment for maintenance, communicate repair scope and expected status, test completed work, and return equipment to service.
• Review equipment history, electrical failure data, inspection findings, work orders, and repeated downtime events to identify risks and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Reduce electrical equipment downtime and repeat failures through disciplined troubleshooting, preventive action, root cause analysis, and follow-through on repairs and recommendations.
• Support planned maintenance outages by coordinating job scope, labor, contractor support, parts, tools, permits, equipment access, and shift coverage.
• Review work orders and maintenance backlog; ensure assignments are clearly defined, properly documented, and updated with accurate failure, repair, labor, and completion information.
• Maintain effective shift turnover by communicating equipment status, completed work, open work orders, temporary repairs, safety concerns, production risks, required follow-up, and priority actions.
• Provide coaching, feedback, and day-to-day direction to employees; reinforce accountability, teamwork, respectful workplace expectations, and consistent execution of electrical maintenance standards.
• Support employee development through onboarding, qualification, cross-training, technical coaching, and knowledge transfer related to FTSO equipment and electrical systems.
• Perform administrative activities such as scheduling crews, managing attendance and coverage, reviewing timekeeping, documenting employee matters, conducting safety conversations, and completing required maintenance reporting.
• Monitor shift maintenance performance, including safety, response time, downtime, repeat failures, work-order completion, preventive maintenance compliance, backlog, and contractor or material needs.
• Due to the nature of our business, our facilities operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. This position requires rotating shift work and may include extended workdays, weekends, holidays, and additional coverage as operational needs require.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 5 years of industrial electrical maintenance, electrical troubleshooting, or related technical experience required.
• Supervisory, lead, or demonstrated crew-leadership experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment required.
• Working knowledge of industrial electrical equipment and systems, including electrical distribution, motors, controls, drives, instrumentation, and electrical troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead employees in a hands-on maintenance environment and make sound decisions with limited direction.
• Strong commitment to safety, environmental compliance, equipment reliability, respectful leadership, and employee engagement.
• Effective communication, planning, troubleshooting, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to interpret electrical drawings, schematics, one-line diagrams, equipment manuals, and technical documentation.
• Ability to work effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Reliability, Utilities, Safety, vendors, contractors, and plant leadership.
• Level and compensation will be based on experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior electrical maintenance experience in steelmaking or a related heavy manufacturing operation.
• Experience working rotating shifts, including extended workdays, weekends, and holidays.
• Prior experience supervising union-represented employees or comparable military leadership experience.
• Experience with power distribution equipment, motor control centers, transformers, circuit protection, variable-frequency drives, programmable logic controller interfaces, instrumentation, and industrial control systems.
• Experience using a computerized maintenance management system to manage work orders, preventive maintenance, backlog, labor, and equipment history.
• Experience leading root cause analysis, electrical equipment troubleshooting, preventive or predictive maintenance, reliability improvement, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Experience coordinating planned outages, contractors, parts, and multiple maintenance resources in a 24/7 operation.
• Associate or bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Industrial Maintenance, or a related field.

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