Job Description

Join Our Team as a Management Associate - Drill and Blast Engineer!

Are you a recent or soon-to-be college graduate looking to kickstart your career in a dynamic and innovative environment? U. S. Steel is excited to offer an incredible opportunity for motivated individuals to join our Minnesota Ore Operations at our Minntac and Keetac Mines in Mt. Iron and Keewatin.

About the Role: As a Management Associate - Drill and Blast Engineer, you'll be part of our entry-level program designed to accelerate your professional development. Over 12-24 months, you'll receive comprehensive training across multiple functional areas, gaining valuable experience and skills. This program is designed to strengthen leadership capabilities to prepare the college graduate for advanced roles within our operations or in a number of disciplines that support our operations.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Apply your geologic and engineering problem-solving skills in an open-pit mining environment.
• Collaborate closely with the Drill and Blast supervisor to enhance practices.
• Produce daily and weekly Drill and Blast plans.
• Design Blast Patterns using appropriate burden and spacing.
• Monitor, analyze, and report blast movement and performance data.
• Set up seismographs and extract readings to monitor ground vibrations and air blasts.
• Work on projects related to Fragmentation Optimization with stakeholders.
• Supervise and direct unionized employees to ensure efficiency and safety.
• Consult with and direct mine production personnel to execute mine plans successfully.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Geotechnical, or Mining Engineering.
• Must have at least a 2.75 GPA, will accept 2.5 with experience.
• Graduated within the last three years from an accredited college or university at the time of hire.
• Extensive computer skills and ability to learn new software's quickly.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written skills.
• Ability to multitask and to work independently.
• A willingness and eagerness to learn from others in the organization.
• This is a safety sensitive position requiring drug and alcohol testing.

Preferred Skills:
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:

• Experience with Mine Planning Software

• A willingness and eagerness to learn from others in the organization.
• 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.

The base salary of $73,608.30 is a good faith estimate. Based on candidate skills/experience the final offer may be lower/higher.

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.

Underneath it all is our Culture of Caring, which shows up in our community partnerships, charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, scholarship programs, leadership training, and much more. And of course, it takes shape in 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:

• Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies® 2022, '23, '24
• Disability: IN's Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, '22, '23, '24
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Equality 100 Award 2020, '21, '22, '23-24, '25
• Military Times' Best for Vets: Employers 2023, '24

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.)

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