Electrical Maintenance Technician
Company: Orion Talent
Job Ref: # 3296205
Date Posted: 7/21/2025 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Ecorse, MI
Salary: $33 - $33
Description
Go to end ⇓Company: United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel)
Position Details:
Titles: Electrical Maintenance Technician
Location: Great Lakes Works- Ecorse, MI
Shift:
- The plant runs 12-hour days and 12-hour night schedule Monday – Saturday, off Sunday.
- You will work days for 3-months then nights for 3-months on rotation. When fully staffed the plant will shift to a 5am-1pm / 1pm-9pm / 9pm-5am shift schedule.
Compensation:
- $32.70/hr Your total pay includes your base hourly rate + OT paid out after 8-hours worked daily + shift differential + quarterly + annual target bonuses with multipliers (typically half paid out quarterly, the balance paid annually)
- Your expected W2 in a year can range from $145k-150k.
Benefits: U.S. Steel offers an unparalleled benefits package, to include comprehensive Medical/Dental insurance; competitive salary; excellent upward mobility potential; company matched 401K retirement plan (100% of 6%) +$110 to the employees 401k account regardless of participation, profit-sharing, and an eventual opportunity for promotion and eligibility for the management PENSION plan (age-based, 4.25% 18-34, maxes out at 8.5% 45+ based on earning for the month); tuition assistance; making U.S. Steel a great place to work!
Position Description: Great Lakes Works, situated along the Detroit River in the communities of Ecorse and River Rouge, Michigan, contains finishing facilities for steels that are used primarily by customers in the automotive industry. As an Electrical Maintenance Technician you will be responsible for performing maintenance and repair to facility and production equipment within different areas of the mill. You will be part of the United States Steel Workers Union workforce that has a tremendous relationship with management throughout the mill. Candidates must have strong troubleshooting and repair skills, and should have experience with the troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of electrical systems within industrial equipment, facilities, automated systems, and other mechanical/engineering systems. Electrical systems include motors, controls, motor controls, PLCs, MCCs, AC/DC systems, electrical schematics, analog electronics, AC/DC electrical drives, power conversion, instrumentation, and computer hardware. Ideal candidates will have good mechanical and electronic troubleshooting skills and be creative problem solvers. Due to the nature of the business, the facilities operate 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, 365 days/year. Therefore, this position?may require work outside of normal hours during plant shutdown and any unplanned/unforeseen outages.
Requirements:
- Candidates must have a high-school diploma or GED
- Candidates must have the maintenance experience outlined in the position description above in the military, or in a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Candidates must have outstanding safety record and good general understanding of maintenance operations
- This is a very industrial, blue-collar environment that requires a keen eye for safety
- Candidates must pass a pre-employment hair follicle drug test as U.S. Steel has a zero-tolerance policy for drugs and alcohol for safe steelmaking operations.
Company Description:
United States Steel Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada and Central Europe and an annual raw steelmaking capability of 29.3 million net tons. The company manufactures a wide range of value-added steel sheet and tubular products for the automotive, appliance, container, industrial machinery, construction, and oil and gas industries. Every day, U.S. Steel employees around the world dedicate themselves to putting the company’s five core values into action. Safety is first – it’s U.S. Steel’s top priority. The other core values are diversity and inclusion; environmental stewardship; focus on cost, quality, and customer; and results and accountability. Focusing on these values guides the company’s highly skilled workforce toward realizing U.S. Steel’s Vision: Making Steel. World Competitive. Building Value. U.S. Steel’s operations are efficient and high tech, and the company’s customer focus is intense. U.S. Steel has been making steel for over 120 years, always with an eye to serving customers’ needs in the most cost-effective ways possible, aiming to build value for customers, employees, and the communities in which it operates using the same responsible approach that has positioned U.S. Steel as a leader in the global steel industry.
Why U.S. Steel: At U.S. Steel you can realistically expect virtually limitless career opportunities either at this location or at any of their many other locations throughout the US. This position leads to higher levels of maintenance, and eventually maintenance leadership, with opportunities to eventually Area Manager, then Group Operations
