Mechanic Apprentice

Earn while you continue your education and get hands-on experience. Our skilled and experienced employees will mentor you as you rotate through our different departments gaining valuable experience.  Starting pay is $27.88. You will work 6 am to 2:30 pm, Monday – Friday with a minimum of a 36-hour work week to give you time for your classes and studies.

We Have:

• A strong global presence with mini-mills that transform millions of metric tons of raw material to produce steel beams, flat-rolled steel, merchant bar, rebar, spikes, and wire used by the automotive industry, appliance, construction, machinery, and equipment industries.    


• A culture that welcomes diversity, encourages innovation, and creates products that serve humanity.  


• An environment that values teamwork, safety, and sustainability. 


• A commitment to continuous improvement and the belief that we can create a better future for our employees and our global community by investing in people, processes, and technology. 

We Offer:

• Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision Plans – Eligible upon 1st day of hire 


• Health & Dependent Care (Flexible Spending Account) 


• 100% Matching 401K up to 6% 


• Life/Accidental Life Insurance 


• Health Advocate Services 


• Employee Assistance Program 


• Tuition Reimbursement Program 


• Career Path System and Training 

Qualifications Required:

• High school diploma or GED.


• Enrolled in a verifiable maintenance technical training program.


• Understanding of shop mathematics with the use of drawings, specifications, charts, tables, and precision measuring instruments.


• Basic understanding of some or all the following maintenance disciplines: AC/DC motors, gearbox mechanics, lubrication principles, welding, cutting torch, NFPA 70E, and common maintenance hand tools preferred.


• 1-2 years of experience working in an industrial environment in a position containing a routine maintenance component.  

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete a variety of duties pertaining primarily to basic techniques of maintenance functions using a variety of hand tools.


• Take care to properly dismantle, repair, lubricate, reassemble, or otherwise work in general maintenance on hydraulics, pneumatics, pipe fitting, assembling, and installation.


• Perform basic electrical maintenance repair on noncomplex circuitry.


• Adjust, clean, or lubricate equipment as preventive maintenance.


• Tear down, replace, repair, assemble, and install standard, non-complex equipment, parts, components, and accessories.


• Perform work in other maintenance crafts as necessary, such as burning, welding, fabricating, machining, and other duties, and work assignments as required and directed.


• Must display aptitude in at least one of the basic crafts of electrician, millwright, fabricator, welder, or vehicle mechanic.


• Start, observe, operate, or otherwise activate equipment to detect or verify correction of malfunction.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Operate mobile equipment to lift and transport materials, including loaders, cranes, man-lifts, brick-lift, and forklifts.


• Ensure daily preventative maintenance is performed on vehicles and mobile equipment, which may include fueling, cleaning, and checking/adding fluids as needed.


• Follow all PPE requirements and safety rules and guidelines for all tasks being performed.


• Assist in training of coworkers as needed.


• Maintain communication with coworkers through two-way radio and hand signals.


• Demonstrate ability and willingness to work as part of a self-directed team with limited supervision. 


• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition.


• Exhibit engagement in Gerdau Business System tools and methodology.


• Use basic computer skills.

Physical Requirements:

• After graduating with a degree, you must be able to work a 12-hour rotating shift schedule, including days, nights, and two consecutive weekend a month.


• Ability to climb stairs, climb ladders, reach, squat, tolerate prolonged standing or walking, balance, bend, operate mobile equipment, crawl, kneel, and push and pull objects.


• Ability to work in extreme ambient temperatures up to 160°F.


• Ability to work in cramped quarters and at heights up to 180 feet.