Electrical Industrial Maintenance Supervisor

Gerdau · Petersburg, VA

Level: Supervisor
Team: Reliability
Degree: Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked: 5+ years
Industry: Metals
Posted: 21 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A supervisor reliability role at Gerdau (metals) in Petersburg, VA. You will lead a team responsible for electrical maintenance and reliability across plant systems.

They ask for: 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
Tools it names: Kaizen, 5S, Root cause, SAP
Day to day: relocation help

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How this role compares

Against 57 other live reliability postings in Virginia.

Base pay: Not listed in this posting
Experience asked: More than usual (5+ vs 4+)

Skills these teams ask for most

Welding 48%
✓ Team leadership 41%
PLC 28%
✓ SAP 24%
✓ Root cause 21%

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Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, 5S, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 5+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: Gerdau in Petersburg

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What You'll Do

As the Electrical Industrial 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.

Required

✓Bachelor's 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

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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

Electrical Industrial Maintenance Supervisor

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

At Gerdau, you'll 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 you'll 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

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 We're Looking For

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

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

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