Electrical Maintenance Supervisor

Gerdau SA

  • PETERSBURG, VA
  • 3 days ago

    Highlights

    If youre an electrical maintenance leader who enjoys developing people, improving reliability, solving complex technical challenges, and making a visible impact on plant performance, wed like to talk with you. This is a high-impact leadership role where youll partner directly with plant leadership and have the support, resources, and technology needed to improve equipment performance and develop your team.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPETERSBURG, VA

    Description

    Electrical Maintenance Supervisor

    Lead Electrical Reliability for a Steel Mill $115K-$130K + Bonus + Relocation Assistance within the U.S. | Leadership Role - Day Shift

    At Gerdau, youll have the opportunity to lead a skilled electrical maintenance team, influence reliability strategy, and drive continuous improvement across critical production systems. This is a high-impact leadership role where youll partner directly with plant leadership and have the support, resources, and technology needed to improve equipment performance and develop your team.

    Why Join Gerdau?

    • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage starting Day 1
    • 100% 401(k) match up to 6%
    • Paid parental leave
    • Tuition reimbursement
    • Stable, growing company investing in equipment reliability and predictive maintenance technologies
    • Opportunity to lead meaningful improvements in a highly automated industrial environment

    What Youll Do

    As the Electrical Maintenance Supervisor, you will lead a team responsible for electrical maintenance and reliability across plant systems. You will work closely with operations, engineering, and maintenance leadership to improve equipment performance, reduce downtime, and create a safe, high-performing work environment.

    Key responsibilities include:

    • Lead and develop electrical maintenance personnel
    • Improve equipment reliability through predictive and preventive maintenance programs
    • Support troubleshooting and resolution of electrical and mechanical equipment issues
    • Drive safety, environmental, quality, and operational excellence initiatives
    • Partner with operations to minimize downtime and maximize plant performance
    • Coach and develop employees through training, mentoring, and hands-on leadership
    • Support continuous improvement initiatives including Kaizen, 5S, and root cause failure analysis
    • Monitor performance metrics and implement action plans to achieve business objectives
    • Manage routine maintenance activities, work execution, and reliability improvements
    • Participate in outage planning, major repairs, and capital improvement projects

    What Were Looking For

    Required

    • Bachelors degree in Engineering or a related technical field OR HS Diploma/GED and 5+ years of job-related work experience in lieu of degree.
    • 3+ years of leadership experience in industrial maintenance, manufacturing, steel, metals, mining, pulp and paper, chemical processing, power generation, or related heavy industry
    • Experience leading electrical maintenance or reliability teams
    • Knowledge of predictive, preventive, and reliability-centered maintenance practices
    • Experience troubleshooting industrial electrical systems, motors, drives, controls, and power distribution equipment
    • Strong leadership, communication, and employee development skills
    • Ability to build relationships across maintenance, operations, and engineering teams

    Preferred

    • Experience with overhead cranes, utilities, mobile equipment, substations, switchyards, HVAC systems, or industrial environmental systems
    • Experience with CMMS systems such as SAP, Maximo, or similar platforms
    • Experience in steel manufacturing or other heavy industrial environments

    Leadership Opportunity

    This is primarily a day-shift leadership position with off-hours support for critical maintenance activities, outages, and operational emergencies.

    If youre an electrical maintenance leader who enjoys developing people, improving reliability, solving complex technical challenges, and making a visible impact on plant performance, wed like to talk with you.

    Apply today and help shape the future of steel manufacturing at Gerdau.

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    Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

    If you are vision-impaired or have some other disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act / Accessible Canada Act or a similar law, and you wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment at Gerdau, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at (866)-788-2798 or recruiting@gerdau.com

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