Job Posting: Shift Manager MES (Mobile Equipment Shop) Maintenance

Job Description

Build your career at U. S. Steel Minntac—supporting our Mobile Equipment Shop (MES) team in a fast-paced, safety-focused, industrial environment. This position is responsible for overseeing the bargaining unit in their role to repair and maintain mobile equipment. The Maintenance Shift Manager MES is also responsible for the following:

• Administer the U. S. Steel safety program to ensure a safe work environment, including proper housekeeping.
• Ensure daily, monthly, and yearly targets are achieved safely.
• 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.
• Minimum of 2 years work experience supervising crews in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Ability to work rotating shifts which will include extended workdays, weekends, and holidays.
• This is a safety sensitive position requiring drug and alcohol testing.
• The salary range of $78,114 to $117,171 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