Steel Mill Utility Technician Trainee

At U. S. Steel, we believe different perspectives power better solutions. We foster an inclusive culture and celebrate the diversity of our teams as we make the steel that moves the world.

Picture your first weeks on the job: you clock into a rotating 8-hour shift, gear up with PPE, and step onto a production floor alive with motion. You move between areas of the mill, supporting production and service units. One hour you’re using hand tools and torches to prep materials; the next you’re helping maintain equipment or positioning product with mobile gear—all in a heavy industrial setting where safety and precision come first.

Role Snapshot

This is an entry-level Utility role—the foundation of a long-term career in steelmaking. You’ll learn the processes, support multiple operating units, and after initial training, advance to operating material-handling equipment such as overhead and mobile cranes, tractors, trucks, dozers, loaders, boom trucks, and feeders.

Primary Contributions

• Support production units using basic hand tools, pneumatic tools, gauges, oxygen lances, power-actuated tools, and cutting torches.
• Handle, move, and process raw materials and finished product safely and efficiently.
• Assist with equipment checks and basic maintenance tasks to keep operations running.
• Work around hot, heavy, or sharp materials and occasionally near molten metal.
• Operate in varied environments—hot, cold, wet, greasy, dirty, and noisy—across different mill areas.
• Perform physical work including lifting over 25 lbs.

Work Location Coverage

A single application will be considered for openings across our three Mon Valley facilities: Clairton Works, Irvin Works, and Edgar Thomson Works.

What You’ll Need

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Willingness to work rotating 8-hour shifts, including weekends and holidays, with overtime as needed.
• Commitment to safety procedures at all times; PPE includes hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, protective clothing, metatarsal boots, and respirator when required.
• Reliable, punctual, and self-directed work habits.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment digital assessment.

How We Work

• Think: We analyze critically and champion change.
• Lead: We grow talent and collaborate across teams.
• Do: We empower performance and deliver results.

About U. S. Steel

Founded in 1901, U. S. Steel is a leader in steel production. As the first North American steelmaker to declare a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we continue to innovate while supplying essential products to automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy markets.

We invest in our communities through partnerships, charitable giving, and employee volunteerism, and we prioritize safety in every decision—because we are United by Steel.

Recent Recognitions

• Newsweek’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces®: 2021, 2022, 2023
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation – Equality 100 Award: 2020–2023
• Disability:IN – Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion: 2021–2023
• Ethisphere – World’s Most Ethical Companies®: 2022, 2023
• Military Times – Best for Vets: Employers 2023
• Mansfield Certification for advancing DEI in Legal: 2023

Equal Opportunity

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/CANoticeregarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)