Shift Manager - Hot Mill

Job Description

• Administer the U. S. Steel safety program to maintain a safe work environment, including compliance with safety requirements, effective safety conversations, hazard recognition, and proper housekeeping throughout the Hot Mill area.
• Coordinate, organize, and direct the activities of the assigned operating crew to safely meet production, quality, cost, reliability, and delivery objectives.
• Supervise and lead union-represented employees while working closely with vendors, contractors, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and other operating departments.
• Monitor Hot Mill operations to ensure standard quality and operating practices, procedures, and guidelines are consistently followed.
• Oversee material flow and equipment operation through the Hot Mill process, including billet or workpiece movement, furnace and heating activities, rolling operations, cooling, product handling, inspection, identification, and transfer to downstream operations.
• Implement the production plan by coordinating staffing, material availability, operating priorities, process settings, and equipment availability to meet customer specifications, quality requirements, and delivery commitments.
• Respond to operating disruptions, process deviations, equipment malfunctions, and product quality concerns; make timely decisions and coordinate resources to restore safe and stable production.
• Assist employees in diagnosing machinery and equipment malfunctions and coordinate repairs or corrective actions with Maintenance and technical support resources.
• Reduce unit downtime and improve the performance and reliability of Hot Mill equipment through disciplined operating practices, effective problem solving, and follow-through on corrective actions.
• Develop, implement, and reinforce operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate recurring problems, improve product quality, and strengthen process consistency.
• Monitor production results and key operating indicators, including safety performance, throughput, delays, yield, quality events, equipment downtime, and operating cost, and take action when performance is outside expectations.
• Lead and support root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and cost-saving initiatives that improve safety, quality, productivity, reliability, yield, and cost performance.
• Provide coaching, feedback, and day-to-day direction to represented Union employees; reinforce accountability, teamwork, respectful workplace expectations, and consistent execution of standard work.
• Perform administrative activities such as scheduling crews, managing attendance and coverage, completing production reports, documenting shift activity, conducting safety conversations, and compiling other required reporting.
• Communicate shift status, production priorities, equipment conditions, safety or quality concerns, and open action items through effective shift turnover and cross-functional coordination.
• 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 the ability and willingness to work rotating shifts and may include extended workdays, weekends, holidays, and additional coverage as operational needs require.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Demonstrated experience leading employees in a hands-on manufacturing, production, industrial, or military environment.
• Ability and willingness to work rotating shifts, including extended workdays, weekends, and holidays, as operational needs require.
• Demonstrated ability to lead represented personnel, reinforce expectations, address day-to-day employee matters, and make sound decisions with limited direction.
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, operational discipline, respectful leadership, and employee engagement.
• Effective communication, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, vendors, contractors, and plant leadership.
• Level and compensation will be based on experience.

• Applicable industrial experience in steelmaking, rolling, tubular manufacturing, metals processing, heavy manufacturing, or a comparable continuous-process environment.
• Prior Hot Mill, rolling mill, furnace, finishing, material handling, or related production experience.
• Prior experience supervising union-represented employees or comparable military leadership experience.
• Working knowledge of industrial production equipment, material flow, production planning, quality controls, equipment troubleshooting, and continuous improvement methods.
• Experience using production reporting systems and performance data to manage throughput, downtime, yield, quality, and cost.
• Experience leading root cause analysis, equipment troubleshooting, process improvement, and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Associate or bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business, 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 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 visitwww.ussteel.com/CANotice regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)