Intern - Plant Processes - United States Steel Corporation

Job Description

U. S. Steel is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture and celebrate the diversity of our employees.
We are seeking two Process Control Interns for the summer of 2025 at Minnesota Ore Operations. This position is a temporary full-time position and will directly impact the corporation by performing daily activities that include hardware, software, PC support, performance monitoring and customer service for our internal customers. The Internship affords the opportunity to apply educational experiences to real world process control applications. Experiences are offered that encompass both existing system maintenance / enhancements, as well as ground up design, development and installation of new systems and processes, focused on productivity and quality improvements. Strong mentoring by seasoned Process Control Engineers ensures a mutually beneficial work experience. We will be hiring one intern for our Minntac location (Mountain Iron) and one intern for our Keetac location (Keewatin). This is a safety sensitive position requiring drug and alcohol testing.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to assisting with the following:

• Foster a safe working environment.
• Learn mining operations.
• Configuration, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of process control hardware and software.
• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot all processes involved with DCS, WDPF systems, PLCs and HMI.
• Accurately design, develop and implement programs and systems to meet identified current and future business needs in accordance with current software development standards and standard operating procedures.
• Evaluate, install, configure, and support Third-Party Software.
• Resolution of customer requests and problems.
• Accurately perform and assume other duties and responsibilities in accordance with current standard operating procedures as may be required at the direction of the team manager.
• Collaborate with supervisor, operating personnel, and other maintenance personnel regarding system maintenance issues, as well as system enhancement requests.
• Administering security to applications, networks, and systems within the U. S. Steel environment.

• Candidates must be a full-time student pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree. Prefer candidates pursuing degrees in; Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• Candidates must be a current student and have completed their sophomore year by June 2024 and be in good academic standing.
• Must have at least a 2.75 GPA, will accept 2.5 with experience.
• Authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

• We are looking for motivated self-starters that can work in a fast paced, data-driven environment. The successful undergraduate will be an analytical problem solver, have an extremely high level of customer focus and a passion for process improvement. In addition, a successful intern will have:
• Demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and an aptitude for your area of study.
• A strong record of team, project and/or people leadership in a work setting and/or extracurricular activities.
• A willingness to take initiative to understand the business.
• An aptitude for problem solving; strong writing and verbal communication skills.
• A strong commitment to excellence and to personal and professional growth.
• Must be resourceful, responsible, tenacious, curious, independent, confident, and high energy.
• The ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Leadership and strong decision-making skills.
• Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically.

Competency Summary

At U. S. Steel all employees are expected to display the following core competencies every day to advance corporate, team and individual goals:

Think: Think Critically and Drive Change
Lead: Develop Talent and Collaborate
Do: Empower Performance and Deliver Results

Company Overview

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.

We show pride in our communities with community partnerships, corporate charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, leadership training, and much more. And of course, we have a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.

We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

• Newsweek’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® 2021, ’22, ‘23
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Equality 100 Award 2020, ’21,’22, ‘23
• Disability:IN’s Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, ’22, ‘23
• Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies® 2022, ‘23
• Military Times’ Best for Vets: Employers 2023
• Mansfield Certification for progressing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Legal Department: 2023

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 visit www.ussteel.com/CANotice regarding collection of personal information and U. S. Steel's privacy practices.)