Gerdau Ameristeel Employer Reviews

It was a great place to work when I was younger , But after 35 years the 12 hour shifts were getting to be too long . Also it was time for a change . I am recieving a pension from Gerdau Ameristeel but am looking to suppliment this with either full or part time work .

They have a very good culture and training for new employees. Only noticed that there was a time when management fail to conduct appropriate investigations nor communicate to concerned persons when situations arose to the detriment of the poor guy who was new and didn't have influence to upper mngt. Seeing the good rather than being always critical – more... on a person actions would have been better. Unbalanced info was given to upper mgnt behind the back of the poor guy. Hope they get better. – less

I enjoyed my employment and short career with Gerdau, but family health issues became more important, I would recommend this company to anyone seeking employment in this field

I volunteered 225 hours of my time to Gerdau to assist them with Annual Account Reviews.

Working there the longest and went thru the good and bad times there. Did my trade there and worked on almost every piece of equipment in there over the years.
Was from one end to the other over the years and up above and down underneath.

This company is good but the Knoxville Mill leadership is terrible. Lots of secrets and down talking to employees. They try to portray a great working environment but leadership will be the one that stops you from doing anything to achieve your goals.

Good company to work for with fair compensation and benefits. The guys you work with are great for the most part.

• Leadership
o Currently direct two Planners and one Reliability Technician
o Worked as a shift manager for operations for one year to obtain frontline supervisory experience and to also develop improvement projects pertaining to methods to produce specialty products.
• RCM
o Key stakeholder in developing standard process flow for Routine Equipment – more... Care program, where the operators clean and perform basic inspections on equipments using their five senses.
o Audited daily round inspections and reduced the amount by 80% and converted them to less frequent PM’s.
o Developed routine routes for:
 Vibration measurements on major rotating equipment such as the Combustion Air Fan Bearings, Main Mill Motor Bearings, Gearbox Bearings, and Exhaust Air Fan Bearings.
 Thermography on pumps, motors, and hydraulic systems. This particular mill uses the most hydraulic systems in North America and therefore is critical to capture potential failures.
 Checking gas and air leaks using ultrasonic technologies.
 Using ultrasound meter to pump grease into bearings in some areas of the plant
 Taking oil samples via bottles and inline particle count from major gearboxes, motor bearing oil, and hydraulic systems. Received certification from ICML as MLAII to perform oil analysis and develop Work Orders to counter any anomalies.
o Key stakeholder in developing and initiating standard swim lane process flow for Work Orders and responsible for ensuring that the Maintenance Facilitators, Production Facilitators and Planners do not deviate from that standard.
o Developed and improved quality of PM’s during the CMMS transition from D7i (EAM) to SAP
 Directed and ensured Rolling Mill Planners input all PM’s based on standardized format.
 Provided technical support for PM’s, such as providing information on volume of grease for each bearing, establishing frequencies for oil changes, setting the correct torque on fasteners, checking the clearances of wear liners and filter change frequencies with correct Beta Ratio filter element.
• Failure Analysis
o Led Failure Analysis meetings with Operations and Maintenance on getting to the root cause of failures that caused maintenance delays over 60 minutes.
o Ensured that Maintenance Facilitators followed the Failure Analysis standards and the information was into PRG (Portal of Routine, pre-formatted database) within 24 hours of the failure.
 Failure Description
 Observation (What and Who)
 Cause Analysis (Asking up to five why’s and developing fish bone diagram which should include variables such as equipment, measurement, personnel, and environment.
 Action Plan (Who and When)
 Evaluation (FA automatically gets sent to Reliability or a Maintenance Sponsor to check if the action plan was actually completed as described.)
 Led Maintenance FA Check meetings to provide support if any of the action plans were behind. – less

Gerdau Ameristeel Joliet ILL, 60435
QA Floor Supervisor Tech. 12/16/2004 to 01/12/2009
* Inventory Count on Steel Billets and Warehouse
& Finished Goods Counts with RF Scanners.
* In House Calls from Higher Management
for Input/Corrections of Customer Orders.
* Trained workers in work procedures.
* Recommended measures to improve production
methods,
* – more... equipment performance and quality of product
procedures.
* Interpreted company policies to workers and
enforced safety regulations.
* Established and adjusted work procedures to meet
production schedules, using knowledge of
capacities of machines and equipment.
* Recommended measures to improve production
methods, equipment performance and quality of
product that comes In & Out. Interpreted company
policies to workers and enforced safety
regulations.
* Check Chemistry Of Steel to meet Qualifications
for customer orders.
* Grind Steel Billets to check different kinds of
graded steel 1018-1045-1065-1080FG, And Aircraft
Quality...etc
* Computer Skills Experience: Microsoft Word,
Outlook, Excel... etc
* Check for Any Defects on the HOT Bed Walkway of
finished Steel/Goods.
* Magnaflux Machine Sample Testing for Defects on
Finished Samples..
* Tensile Machine Testing For Strength &
Measurements Of Finished Goods..
* Computer Data Entry & Customer Paper Order
Changes, Tag Reprints Etc..
* Inspections On Customer Returned Bundles in Warehouse
For Visual Defects on Orders with Union Crew
Members..
* Steel Sample Size Checking with Digital Gages &
Micrometers for Tolerance Requirements of Customer
Orders. – less

Deliver rebar to construction and road construction sites ! Strap and unstrap loads, pre and post trip tractor trailer. Make sure loads are even distributed and proper weight balance .

Company is good to work for with wonderful benefits and also room for advancements when goals are met. Safety regulations always met through a series of safety meetings weekly. Able to keep a professional work enviroment and keep things between workers on time.

I loaded the EBT Furnace with scarp steel, refilled alloys and helped maintenance with repairs. Management at Gerdau are all top notch. my co-workers were my friends. they are very safety concious and did their jobs with precision.

A typical day at work consist of a lot of inspecting,cutting and bending Steel bars.The management was great and my coworkers was excellent helpers as well good with communication.There were no hard work there just common sense

There was always something new to learn. Educational opportunities were great as well. Long hours along with weekends & holidays were the normal. Would have retired from there however, after working there for almost 12yrs, I was let go during a low point in my life. In my opinion, legalism trumps hard work and dedication. Over the years, alot of good – more... people were let go. – less

Well I loved operating that kind of crane and the managment team was great.

forklifting and machinist...I lerned about different calbrations for different size bars and I beams.

Management sucks at the St. Paul ,MN Mill. Your either in or your out. Horrible place to work I wouldn't recommend anyone to work here.

Long hot days because of the furnaces your work with. For the most part it was easy work. Great people work there, they are easy to get along with and very welcoming. The management was good also easy to get along with. The hardest part would have to be the coiner because it jammed a lot.

I was happy working at Gerdau. I was capably of doing many thing besides my job.

Only worked there for about 5 months. Started as a mill laborer cutting steel with an acetylene torch. Moved into a crane operator after a few months which was really fun. Watched one of the 7 people that started with me move into a lead position only after a few months, only to get laid off after 5 months. They only laid off about 12 people. Which – more... is a lot since it only seemed like about 75 people total for all 3 shifts. Worst part of the job was cleaning the furnace, and having to run from red hot pieces of steel that snaked up over your head. This was back in 2008, so not sure how this facility is doing now.

Coworkers were great. 1st line supervisors were good. The plant manager had a stick up somewhere. Best part of the job is that there are other opportunities within this company. – less