Electronics Supervisor

Sterling Steel Company produces over 500,000 tons of wire rod annually. Customers have various uses for this rod, including Leggett & Platt making bed springs, which they invented.

Leggett & Platt purchased a portion of Northwestern Steel and Wire and reopened it as Sterling Steel Company in 2002. Leggett is not only the owner of SSC, they are also one of the largest customers.

It is the mission of Sterling Steel Company to be the Safest and Lowest Cost provider of Quality Steel
. We are committed to conform to all established requirements and expectations of our customers and to a philosophy of Continuous Quality Improvement. Meeting these goals requires teamwork, dedication, and ongoing training from all our 275+ employees.

• Monitor electrical processes that affect operation of Rod Mill and quality of product
• Troubleshoot to find cause of electrical problems (equipment, electrical, motors, PLC…) and implement solution for correction to decrease the amount of down time
• Take readings and predict source of problems
• Manage drives program for backup and restore
• Receive calls during ‘non work hours’ to assist with trouble shooting; return to mill if needed
• Oversee Electrical Supervisor & department
• Fill in for Electrical Supervisor as needed
• Assist Rod Mill General Supervisor & General Manager as directed
• Educate employees on what we do as well as how and why we do it
• Provide ongoing training & coaching of current and electrical end employees
• Document employee performance issues & administer discipline
• Participate in Union employee grievance procedures if needed
• Report operational issues to General Manager & Roller in a timely manner
• Share information with other Maintenance and Production Supervisors/Managers
• Complete required reports
• Assist in initial creation and ongoing evaluation of SSC Electrical Apprenticeship
• Provide training to Elec Techs, Electrical Apprentice & Electrical Supervisor
• Audit and update SJPs
• Verify that all SJPs and Safety processes are followed
• Enforce SSC Work Rules and Policies consistently
• Champion and participate in ECO, QMS & Continuous Improvement initiatives
• Comply with and enforce all SSC Safety rules
• Participate in training from HR, Rod Manager, Safety, and Leggett & Platt
• All other duties as assigned

• 5+ years Heavy industrial electrical & electronic experience
• 2-5 years leadership experience

Industrial Technology / Electronics / Electrical or related education preferred. Supervisory training helpful.

• Able to learn the sequence of operations for equipment and understand sensors, motors, valves, gearboxes, etc. in detail
• Knowledge of energy points
• Understand properties of physics
• Basic understanding of process control, machine control and hydraulics
• Read/Cross reference/modify electrical and P& basic layout prints
• Strong comprehension of AC and DC electricity
• Able to follow distribution layouts and understand why sources of power are controlled in panels as they are
• Understand voltages from high voltage yard to plant floor
• Understand discrete and analog designs
• Apply understanding of schematics’ symbols and logic in problem resolution
• Understand AC and DC motor designs, starters, fusing, overloads, drive and dynamic braking
• Working knowledge of drives as source of controls power including wired connections, interfacing relays, IO, Power and communication connections
• Understand communication control without wired connections and be able to connect to drives that use communication for controls. Drives software
• Knowledge of basic structure of OS, ES, HMI servers, HMI clients, backing up servers and downloading HMI Servers
• Understand PLC Hardware configuration and communication from point to point
• Know how to access addressing of the hardware
• Average to advanced computer skills including use of Microsoft Office, accessing files on network drives, writing/sending/receiving emails
• Understand licensing of installed software
• Willing and able to learn, retain and apply new information
• Able to provide ongoing training to employees
• Knowledge of Siemens software preferred

• Able to work in extreme temperatures (hot & cold) while wearing required PPE
• Mo…