Electronic Technician

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Analyze job requests received from various departments for priority, material requirements, and scope of project.
• Install, modify, monitor, troubleshoot, and repair automated industrial control equipment.
• Work with diagnostic equipment and tooling including digital volt meters, data recorders, oscilloscopes, megohmmeters, and other tools.
• Understand operating systems and software used within programmable logic control systems and human‑machine interfaces, making online/offline changes.
• Verify and adjust plant instrumentation; routinely check responsible area control systems.
• Collaborate with electricians to ensure timely and uniform equipment installations and upgrades.
• Work closely with production and maintenance personnel to provide systematic maintenance of controls and instrumentation.
• Maintain knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, fluidic, and electrical systems and components.
• Maintain computers and peripherals associated with plant industrial control systems.
• Read and interpret electrical drawings and schematics.
• Respond to emergency calls involving equipment breakdowns that affect production or product quality.
• Use the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) to create purchase orders and complete preventive‑maintenance and work‑order procedures.
• Perform departmental housekeeping and follow all safety policies, including the Cardinal Safety Rules.
• Attend monthly safety and crew meetings.
• Utilize Gerdau Business Systems and EMM concepts.
• Complete all required annual safety and environmental training.
• Manage tasks with significant environmental impacts (process pond water, spill prevention, RCRA waste, bag‑house dust, equipment calibration) and enforce compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations.
• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Promote personal and colleague safety, continuous improvement, and preventive actions to enhance health, safety, environment, process efficiency, and product quality.
• Perform all other tasks assigned by management.

Qualifications

• GED or High School Diploma.
• Experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment with a machine electrical background.
• Basic computer literacy.
• Ability to pass a written test.
• Completed Training Checklist for this job.

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