SSAB operates steel mills across Sweden, Finland, and the United States, serving industrial customers worldwide with high-strength and advanced steels. The company is actively engineering a transition to fossil-free production—a shift reflected in both their active project portfolio (fossil-free process development, preventive maintenance automation, equipment upgrades) and their tech-stack shape (heavy PLC and manufacturing automation via Allen-Bradley, Siemens, and Ignition; supplemented by SAP, Oracle, and IFS for operations and supply chain). Engineering hiring is accelerating across mills globally, with maintenance and predictive-maintenance expertise now a core focus.
Notable leadership hires: Maintenance Team Lead
SSAB is a publicly listed steelmaker headquartered in Stockholm with operations spanning Sweden, Finland, and the United States, employing over 10,000 people across more than 50 countries. The company manufactures and distributes premium steels, including high-strength grades and decarbonized offerings, alongside value-added services for industrial customers. Core operational challenges center on production efficiency, equipment availability, and emissions reduction—all reflected in active transformation initiatives around fossil-free steel production, computerized preventive maintenance, and equipment modernization. Active hiring spans 13 countries, with engineering and manufacturing roles leading recruitment velocity.
SSAB uses PLC systems (Allen-Bradley PLC-5, CompactLogix, HMI; Siemens), industrial software (Ignition, Wonderware, FactoryTalk), enterprise systems (SAP, Oracle Database, IFS), and business tools (ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Power BI). The stack reflects heavy manufacturing automation and operations integration.
SSAB's active projects center on fossil-free steel production, computerized preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment upgrades to increase throughput, high/medium voltage switching and load transfer systems, and new by-product development. Emissions reduction and production downtime minimization are stated operational priorities.
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