Job Description

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference—together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose.

The Electronic Technician analyzes job requests received from various departments for priority, material requirements and scope of project. Primary responsibilities include: plan, coordinate, and perform all operations required to troubleshoot, maintain, repair, modify, calibrate, test and service control systems in support of steel production and related plant operations. Work involves a basic knowledge of programmable logic controllers, industrial control devices, electrical wiring, and principles of operation and application of equipment.

This job requires experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment, with a machine electrical background and a completed Training Checklist for this job. This incumbent should possess basic computer literacy. The incumbent must also be able to pass a written test.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Analyze job requests received from various departments for priority, material requirements and scope of project.
2. Installation, modification, monitoring, troubleshooting and repair of automated industrial control equipment.
3. Work with related diagnostic equipment tooling including: digital volt meters, data recorders, oscilloscopes, megohmmeters, and other tools and equipment.
4. Have a basic understanding of various operating systems and software utilized within programmable logic control systems and human machine interfaces with the ability to make online/offline changes.
5. Verifies and adjusts plant instrumentation; routinely checks responsible area control systems.
6. Work closely with electricians to ensure timely and uniform equipment installations and upgrades.
7. Work closely with production and maintenance personnel in providing the systematic maintenance of controls and instrumentation.
8. Have a basic knowledge and understanding of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, fluidic, and electrical systems and components and how they operate.
9. Maintain computers and peripherals associated with plant industrial control systems.
10. Able to understand electrical drawings and schematics.
11. Respond to emergency calls involving equipment breakdowns that affect production and/or quality of end product.
12. Responsible to use CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to create purchase orders and accomplish PM and work order procedures.
13. All other tasks assigned by management.
14. Responsible for departmental housekeeping.
15. Responsible for following all safety policies including the Cardinal Safety Rules.
16. Attend monthly safety and crew meetings.
17. Responsible for utilizing the Gerdau Business Systems and EMM concepts.
18. Responsible for and completing all required annual safety and environmental training.
19. Tasks which have significant environmental impacts are (i.e. Process pond water, spill prevention, containment and response, RCRA waste, KO61 Dust (bag house dust) PM’s, and calibration of equipment.
20. Employee is expected to know, understand, and follow all applicable Federal, State, and Local environmental legal requirements and practices.
21. Enforce environmental compliance to procedures, practices, and regulations within the department.
22. Ensure environmental compliance with all applicable Federal, State and Local regulations within the department.
23. Strong verbal and written communication skills.

The incumbent is responsible for his/her safety as well as his/her colleagues, seeking continuous improvement related to employee’s health and safety, environment and the process efficiency and customer’s satisfaction with the quality of products and services. All efforts must be directed for preventive actions.

Qualifications

Must have GED or High school Diploma

Experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment.

This incumbent should possess basic computer literacy

The incumbent must also be able to pass a written test.

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. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.

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