Highlights
From there, you’ll prioritize alarms, balance loads, and keep critical services online for the plant—no two days look the same, and your expertise makes all the difference. Minimum of 1 year manufacturing and/or industrial experience (including relevant experience gained in military service) or equivalent education.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Mountain Iron, MN |
| Industry | Mining |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1901 |
| Website | https://www.ussteel.com/ |
Description
HTHW Boiler and Plant Utilities Operator
Step into a shift where your decisions keep an entire mining operation moving. At U. S. Steel Minnesota Ore – Minntac, your day begins with a systems check across the utilities backbone that powers production. From there, you’ll prioritize alarms, balance loads, and keep critical services online for the plant—no two days look the same, and your expertise makes all the difference.
What a day might look like
- Bring 7 HTHW boilers up to optimal operating parameters and monitor performance throughout the shift.
- Maintain stable output on the compressed air system for tooling and process demands.
- Start, monitor, and verify performance of fire water pumps.
- Operate and tend potable water treatment and wastewater treatment systems.
- Balance flows across numerous water distribution systems to meet production needs.
Work environment
You may be required to work at heights and/or in confined spaces, and you will be working in various areas of the plant location. Depending on the area, environmental conditions can be hot, cold, dirty, greasy, wet, and noisy.
What you bring
- Class 1B or higher Boilers License
- Minimum of 1 year manufacturing and/or industrial experience (including relevant experience gained in military service) or equivalent education
- High School Diploma or GED
- Willingness to work overtime as needed
- Strict adherence to safety procedures and guidelines at all times
- Punctuality, consistent attendance, and self-direction for the success of the operations
- Must Pass the Digital Assessment.
Preferred experience
- Potable and Wastewater Treatment (State Certification Not Required)
- Fork Truck and Telehandler Operation
- Water Testing and Treatment
- HTHW Boiler Experience
- Preventive / Corrective Maintenance and Trouble Shooting Skills
- Exceptional Safety Practices
- Light Maintenance
Compensation
$42.56/hr
Technical proficiencies
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Mechanical Design & Engineering
- Boiler Certification
- Boiler Troubleshooting
- Boiler Operation
Important
This is a safety sensitive position requiring drug and alcohol testing
About Company
U. S. Steel is one of the leading producers of value-added steels and the largest integrated steel producer headquartered in the United States. We are a high-tech, leading-edge company whose rich history of talented people, high-quality products, and innovation spans more than a century. Our vision is clear — Making Steel. World Competitive. Building Value.
U. S. Steel is a major supplier of high-quality hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated sheet products and the continent's largest producer of tubular products, meticulously designed to meet a new generation of demands.
We maintain major production operations in the United States, Canada, and Central Europe, where our annual raw steelmaking capability of 29.3 million net tons translates into a wide range of value-added steel sheet and tubular products for various industries, including appliances, automotive, construction, and energy.
Above all, our strength is our people. With more than 38,000 diverse and talented employees worldwide, we achieve strong business results in an environment of teamwork and inclusion.